Monthly Archives: February 2018

Quite often going to visit an exhibition helps designers getting inspired for their collections. In Maria Grazia Chiuri's case it was the exhibition "It's Just a Beginning", that opened last October and closed in January at the National Gallery of … Continue reading →

Sometimes it is simply bizarre how one day you see on a runway an accessory inspired by something and the next day you actually manage to see the original piece that may have inspired that design. So, for a twist … Continue reading →

For some kind of weird coincidence Dolce & Gabbana's A/W 18 runway took place a day before the launch in Rome of the Met Museum's Costume Institute's Spring 2018 Exhibition "Heavenly Bodies" (May 10 – October 8) about fashion and … Continue reading →

Fashion show goers know that there are runways that move you to tears or that fill you with an unexpected sense of joy or with utter feelings of disappointment. Alessandro Michele's shows for Gucci have the power to leave people … Continue reading →

The film "Ready Player One" directed by Steven Spielberg is not out yet, but it promises to be a great journey into the future by way of the past with hundreds of references to the '80s, a period of time … Continue reading →

Once the largest hotel in New York City, the Hotel St. George was characterised by a bas-relief that featured modern symbols, from skyscrapers to means of transport including buses and trains, steampships and even a dirigible. The sinuously stylised waves … Continue reading →

The biggest news during London Fashion Week didn't relate to clothes, but to the fact that the Queen turned up at Richard Quinn's runway show that took place Tuesday afternoon at 180 The Strand. Sitting next to supreme fashion dictator, … Continue reading →

Genuine subversion is a subtle business and history has often proved that radical revolutions are made with small acts and gestures. That's exactly what artist, stylist and designer Judy Blame did in his career and that's why his death at … Continue reading →

As seen in yesterday's post, one of the inspirations for Raf Simon's A/W 18 collection for Calvin Klein, showcased during New York Fashion Week, was Andy Warhol's 1966 "Silver Clouds" installation. The arty ghost of Warhol also hovered in MM6 … Continue reading →

Kansas barns and electric chairs certainly do not conjure up visions of cool fashion runways. They are indeed nightmares out of news stories like the one that inspired Truman Capote's In Cold Blood, revolving around the murder of the Clutter … Continue reading →