Monthly Archives: September 2017

Fashion is a transformative experience: dressing up can indeed radically change our looks, but also make us feel empowered (cosplayers may not be strictly fashionistas, but they do know this principle very well). Art-wise Cindy Sherman is considered as a … Continue reading →

Fashion has never been a coherent industry: given its changing nature it constantly mutates mood, telling you that a certain colour or silhouette is incredibly in, only to suggest you shortly afterwards that it's time to ditch it in favour … Continue reading →

In the last two posts we looked at S/S 18 collections with strong links with fabric elaborations. Let's continue the thread by focusing on Koché's new designs. Christelle Kocher's S/S 18 show took place in the Fourth Arrondissement-based Church of … Continue reading →

You can often spot kinesio tape on the body of athletes at sport events: the taping method provides indeed support and stability to muscles and joints without restricting the movements, offering at the same time extended soft tissue manipulation. In … Continue reading →

We all know that, when it comes to fashion weeks, it is mainly the most visually striking collections that end up being immediately posted on Instagram, while painfully hip and charismatic young designers (who often do not have any real skills … Continue reading →

The good thing about luring – pardon, inviting – millennials to your fashion show is that they are too young and inexperienced to immediately spot connections with past fashion trends and designs, so whatever they see may look intriguing and … Continue reading →

Multi-coloured jacquard knits, zigzag stitches, chevron motifs, light and transparent knits sparkling with Lurex yarns – it was business as usual on Missoni's S/S 18 runway. The large tent-like hats contributed to give a festive mood to the collection, after … Continue reading →

Two days ago Stephanie Lake, designer, curator, auction specialist and the caretaker of the Bonnie Cashin archive (and author of the volume Bonnie Cashin: Chic Is Where You Find It), decided to take action against copies. Lake spotted on a blog … Continue reading →

Who can resist a comic print? They are cool, they are always in fashion and they are also fun in a Pop Art key – Roy Lichtenstein docet. So it was only natural for Miuccia Prada to go for comics … Continue reading →

Marc Jacobs may be one of the best students at the Miuccia Prada school of fashion remixing, but Alessandro Michele must be, in some ways, Miuccia's illegitimate son. Since his appointment at Gucci, he has indeed infinitely remixed and recombined … Continue reading →