Monthly Archives: August 2017

Four years ago in a post entitled "A Brief Glossary of the Most Abused Terms, Expressions and Concepts in Fashion" (divided in Part I and Part II), we mentioned the word and the verb "Curator/To Curate". In that post we … Continue reading →

In yesterday's post we looked at model Barbara Mullen and at a project trying to rediscover iconic images portraying her. There is actually a famous picture of Mullen that we didn't include in that post: it shows the model captured … Continue reading →

A model in a Gilbert Orcel emerald green hat and strings of amber beads serenely smiles in a picture taken in 1956 by William Klein. For most of us this is just another classic fashion image, one of those elegant … Continue reading →

We live in a very visual world: we constantly take pictures with smartphones and post all sorts of photographs on the social media, chronicling different moments from our lives – from something we may have seen in the street or … Continue reading →

There's nothing better than having a rest on a Sunday while watching a film – like the musical Les Girls (1957) directed by George Cukor – featuring visually intriguing costumes.  The movie – with music by Cole Porter – tells the … Continue reading →

A sweater can keep warm the person who is wearing it, but in future it may even generate electricity to power small devices. You don't think it is possible? Check out the article "Harvesting electrical energy from carbon nanotube yarn twist" … Continue reading →

In a previous post we looked at Amazon's The Fix, an in-house affordable accessories label available exclusively to the retailer's Prime customers. Yet, as reported by the MIT Technology Review, the Internet-based retailer may be aiming not just at reselling … Continue reading →

We started exploring a while back the various collaborations between fashion designers and dance companies. The trend is not just continuing, but it is becoming a modern tradition. After creating in 2013 the costumes for choreographer Benjamin Millepied's "Neverwhere" for … Continue reading →

Fashion designer Iris Van Herpen explored the power of water and air in her latest Haute Couture collection entitled "Aeriform", but a team of researchers (Jifei Ou, Mélina Skouras, Nikolaos Vlavianos, Felix Heibeck, Chin-Yi Cheng, Jannik Peters and Hiroshi Ishii) … Continue reading →

If you like visiting museum displays of incredibly rich jewels and bejewelled artefacts, but have missed the exhibition of the Al Thani Collection at the Victoria & Albert Museum last year, don't despair as you will be able to catch … Continue reading →