Monthly Archives: December 2017

Sit down and think: how many times in one day you see something on the Internet, on the screen of your smartphone or your television and wish you could change it, from major issues such as conflicts and pollution to … Continue reading →

We're currently surrounded by Christmas lights shining and sparkling from the streets, the shops or the houses around us. Yet, if you fancy seeing some arty lights and you happen to be in St. Moritz, you should head to Vito … Continue reading →

When in November the news about Azzedine Alaïa's death spread on the Internet, tributes and homages immediately started pouring in from all over the fashion and fashionable world. The industry seemed genuinely grief-stricken and mourning one of the last couturiers.  A … Continue reading →

In Saturday's post we mentioned Rick Owens' block-shaped interior design pieces inspired by the German bunkers that were made from concrete and used during the Second World War. In that post we highlighted how the designer conceives them as futuristic … Continue reading →

Yesterday's post closed with an art reference: fashion designer Rick Owens seems to have been obsessed for the last few months with the head of Filippo Tommaso Marinetti "Italian Loudspeaker" sculpted by Italian artist Thayaht in 1935. The head actually … Continue reading →

Ritualistic, hieratical, sacred, tribal and brutalist: these were maybe the main adjectives the organisers at Milan's Triennale design museum were trying to tackle when they decided to dedicate a restrospective to Rick Owens. Housed in the Curva – the vast … Continue reading →

In yesterday's post we looked at the correspondences between Gucci's Pre-Fall 18 lookbook and a Dario Argento film. Yet, at times, if you look carefully at Gucci's collections and know your art, you can even spot other references maybe taken … Continue reading →

Alessandro Michele had warned journalists interviewing him about his S/S 18 collection for Gucci – he wasn't going to change style and modus operandi that soon. So the brand's Pre-Fall 18 collection – as shown by its recently released lookbook … Continue reading →

In a 1969 New York Times article Rachel Lambert Mellon – American horticulturalist, garden designer, stylesetter, philanthropist, art collector and heir to the Listerine fortune – stated that "nothing should be noticed." This remark was referenced to garden design, her … Continue reading →

Fans of Dutch designer Iris Van Herpen will remember how she got inspired for her S/S 2015 collection by her visit at CERN, the Switzerland-based European Organization for Nuclear Research in Geneva. Since 2011 CERN has been organising a series … Continue reading →