Monthly Archives: October 2015

Most Halloween features suggest readers costumes and ideas for partying on the scariest night of the year. But horror can provide us with sound inspirations not just for costumes and for one night only. A great idea is for example … Continue reading →

The recent news about Raf Simons leaving Dior and Alber Elbaz exiting Lanvin have spawned a series of articles about the state of fashion. Pressure, the fast rhythms of the industry and social media gone haywire have been blamed, but, … Continue reading →

In a fashion industry that is rapidly changing, mutating or, who knows, maybe coming to an end (consider Raf Simons stepping down from his role as Creative Director at Christian Dior and yesterday's announcement regarding Alber Elbaz leaving Lanvin…), there … Continue reading →

Tapestries often draw from literary or mythological subjects, yet the art of weaving was often employed to narrate political events such as the story of famous battles or to celebrate a key victory. Emperors and kings at times commissioned sets … Continue reading →

Yuri Pardi's "Monument" collection, showcased at the graduate shows during summer, was definitely among the most original ones. A take on geometry and anatomy, the collection featured men and women's wear garments that looked as if they had been sculpted … Continue reading →

Fans of mixed-media artist Ugo Rondinone who have been consistently following his practice from the '90s perfectly know that it can be difficult to pigeonhole the works produced by his studio. They span indeed from abstract paintings and videos to … Continue reading →

Last Thursday it was announced that designer Raf Simons was stepping down from his role as Creative Director at Christian Dior for personal reasons. The fashion house's Spring/Summer 2016 collection, showcased during Paris Fashion Week at the beginning of October, … Continue reading →

Events labelled as "fashion nights" scattered all over the world from Milan to London and New York have been rather depressing for being just another occasion to shop rather than learn anything about the fashion industry.   Yet in Venice they … Continue reading →

The art of knitting has enjoyed in the last few years a sort of renaissance also thanks to exciting and intriguing exhibitions. Yet, though beautiful and well organised, quite often such events focused on designer pieces and, rather than prompting … Continue reading →

In yesterday's post about the "Global Fashion Capitals" exhibition at the Museum at FIT we mentioned the fact that the event also launched a side project, a digital publication entitled Global Fashion Bloggers.  Complementing the exhibition, the publication curated by … Continue reading →