Monthly Archives: June 2016

A young man leans against a wooden structure on the banks of the River Thames. His gaze is on the horizon and he's got his back to the camera. He's wearing a deconstructed hopsack linen piece and oxblood shoes; a … Continue reading →

Concise, graphic, geometrical and sculptural – your mind automatically conjures up these adjectives upon seeing images of Courrèges' first Resort collection by Sébastien Meyer and Arnaud Vaillant (previously of design duo Coperni Femme).  There is actually also another definition that could … Continue reading →

A new silhouette to enthuse about: that's what fashion critics got when last week Balenciaga's first menswear collection by Georgian-born Demna Gvasalia – of fashion cult collective Vêtements – opened menswear fashion week in Paris. Unfortunately, there wasn't much else … Continue reading →

The positive vibes that Thom Browne injected in his Resort 2017 collection earlier on in June extended onto his S/S 2017 menswear collection showcased yesterday afternoon in Paris. Before the show started there was actually a sad moment when the designer … Continue reading →

"The best fashion show is definitely on the street – always has been and always will be," states New York Times reporter and photographer Bill Cunningham at the very beginning of the documentary that in 2010 Richard Press dedicated to him. … Continue reading →

Many sectors will be hit hard by the Brexit (if it really happens…), but the creative and performing arts may be hit even harder if you consider the European funds injected into festival and events, or the international artists working … Continue reading →

It's a bad time for fashion weeks and fashion news: Milan menswear closed a couple of days ago, Paris menswear is on (while Resort lookbooks keep on being released…), Reuters revealed yesterday that, after Haute Couture Week, Dior will announce … Continue reading →

After a group trip to Europe for a comic festival, mangaka Jirô Taniguchi stops in Paris, hoping to visit the museums of the capital. Struck by an intense fever, he is instead confined him to his hotel room and, when … Continue reading →

The trilogy about travel that started at Prada's runway on Sunday afternoon with a colourful raver-meets-luxury hiker mood and continued on Monday with Gucci's peculiar grown-ups travelling in time loops in extravagantly embellished clothes, closed yesterday morning with Giorgio Armani's collection, entitled … Continue reading →

The bizarre and at times disquieting images of mysteriously peculiar children in Ransom Riggs' trilogy of books immediately came to mind after the first model strolled down the runway at Gucci. In Rigg's first story, Miss Peregrine's group of little … Continue reading →