Monthly Archives: March 2018

Let's continue for another day the religious thread that started on Thursday by briefly exploring an architectural inspiration in the Chiesa della Santissima Trinità degli Spagnoli (Church of the Holy Trinity of the Spaniards), located in the intersection between via … Continue reading →

It's Wednesday morning and there's a flurry of activity in the St Giustino Cathedral in Chieti, Italy. Groups of local men are cleaning and repairing the wooden scenes for the Good Friday procession; chants rise in the distance from the … Continue reading →

The image in this post shows a pair of black fingerless gauntlets. Some readers may think they look rather Victorian for what regards their style and colour, and while they may have guessed the period (the gauntlets in the picture … Continue reading →

The appointment of Virgil Abloh at Louis Vuitton may represent the victory of the hype and the cult over precision and technical skills, but if you're a fan of architecture and construction, stop reading about hip brands and head instead … Continue reading →

A picture of a Louis Vuitton trunk. This is how Virgil Abloh anticipated yesterday's big fashion news to his 1.6 million Instagram followers. The French fashion house confirmed shortly after the post that Abloh had become the new artistic director … Continue reading →

Pick any representative of any fashion group, any brand or label out there and ask them what's one of their main aim for the future. They will all tell you they want to reach out to the younger generations, they … Continue reading →

Yesterday's post closed with Elsa Schiaparelli, so let's continue the Schiap thread for another day with this picture taken by Baron Adolph de Meyer in 1933. It shows Schiaparelli's "Peiping" (Peking) red quilted cape matched with a grey satin sheath. … Continue reading →

In yesterday's post we looked at costumes incorporating Commedia dell'Arte references integrated in a contemporary art installation. In that case the artist and the designer involved used black and white stripes, but Comedy of Manners costumes can incorporate stripes in … Continue reading →

As a fashion commentator when you spot a derivative design on a runway, you often wonder if that particular designer is maybe taking the piss out of consumers. It is easy to get the same feeling about certain modern artists … Continue reading →

For fashionistas loyalty to a brand is proved by proudly wearing the logos of their favourite brands or of the brands that sponsor them. At times (think Balmain), they profess their allegiance by considering themselves as part of an army. … Continue reading →