Monthly Archives: November 2017

In a recent post we looked at a young brand producing luxury products that launched an impressively successful Kickstarter campaign. In the information accompanying the campaign the label's team broke down the production cycle behind a brand's manufacturing process into … Continue reading →

"Find yourself a job". This was my father's mantra and it was usually repeated to everybody who seemed to have grand and creative plans about their careers. The reason for this harsh and realistic mantra did not come from the … Continue reading →

For supermodel Naomi Campbell he was a father figure; French fashion designer Nicolas Ghesquière thought instead that fashion was about embellishments until he learnt from him about construction and architecture. He was famous for his open kitchen where he regularly … Continue reading →

It is certainly not rare to see art, architecture and graphic design combined together under one roof, but it is maybe less ordinary to see them reunited in an exhibition by just one artist. The event in question is "Sol … Continue reading →

The many reasons that prompted Martijn van Strien to start The Post-Couture Collective in 2015 could be reduced to one key concept – the disgust over fashion excess and overconsumption. The modern fashion industry is essentially based on high volume … Continue reading →

"Bruja" means "witch" in Spanish and, being generally female, witches usually embody all the supernatural scary power of women. It is therefore rather symbolic that one of latest jewellery collections by Caralarga is called "Brujas".  Founded in 2015 by Ana … Continue reading →

Mention luxury and our minds immediately conjure up visions of famous and powerful fashion conglomerates and groups, visible logos and celebrity studded runway shows. Yet luxury can be a quiet and humble affair, an experience revolving not around the interests … Continue reading →

In a recent previous post we looked at the power of crytopcurrencies and wondered if the Bitcoin (at the time of writing this post the digital coin is worth around $6,500) may be able to help the fashion industry and … Continue reading →

"Singles' Day" a festival by Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (BABA.N) hit a new record yesterday reaching $5 billion in transactions in less than 15 minutes. In 2016 sales had reached $5 billion in an hour (with a total of 120.7 billion … Continue reading →

In yesterday's post we looked at an exhibition curated by fashion commentator, publisher, educator and trend forecaster Lidewij Edelkoort. A few days ago the Paris-based company Edelkoort founded – Trend Union – presented during a seminar at The New School … Continue reading →