Monthly Archives: February 2017

The fashion month that is slowly yet relentlessly coming to an end this week in Paris, proved that politics, resistance and human rights have been on many designers' minds. Art has also been (as usual) an important inspiration, while architecture seems … Continue reading →

In yesterday's post we looked at a designer who showcased his collection during the latest Milan Fashion Week and who mainly focused on textile elaborations. Let's move on today and explore something completely different with Arthur Arbesser's A/W 17 graphic … Continue reading →

Finding young designers who focus on fabrics and textiles rather than instantly appealing visual effects and current trends may be difficult, but London-based Chinese-born Xuzhi Chen is one of them. The designer graduated from Central Saint Martins and worked for … Continue reading →

During the latest fashion weeks we have seen designers protesting against US President Donald Trump in different ways: Raf Simons invited people to resist on his men's runway in New York via messages scattered on T-shirts and belts made with … Continue reading →

Just a couple of weeks ago insiders who worked on the presidential campaign stated that US President Donald Trump prefers female staffers "to dress like women". Soon after the statement, people took to the social media and started celebrating influential … Continue reading →

In his S/S 17 collection for Moschino Jeremy Scott took inspiration from paper dolls. Humble paper continued to provide him with ideas for the next season as well, as showed on today's runway during Milan Fashion Week.  The opening pieces – … Continue reading →

In yesterday's post we looked at Christopher Kane's A/W 2017 collection, with its Space Age references. As stated in that post, among the main accessories introduced during Monday's runway there were Kane's futuristic Safety Buckle bags and high-top sneakers (the … Continue reading →

It is surprising how, at times, a fashion collection moving from a sort of sci-fi art inspiration can indirectly make a political statement. But, somehow, this is what happened on Christopher Kane's A/W 17 runway.  Showcased during London Fashion Week, Kane's … Continue reading →

There's different ways to be political and vent your anger in fashion: you can wear your opinion on a slogan T-shirt, for example, or you can opt for more silent and subtle conceptual forms of protest as Hussein Chalayan did … Continue reading →

"To be hybrid anticipates the future. This is America, the nation of all nationalities. The racial and cultural intermixture is the antithesis of all the tenet of the Axis Powers. For us to fall into the Fascist line of race … Continue reading →