Monthly Archives: June 2018

A great way to recharge yourself when you feel you may have lost all inspirations is playing with juxtapositions and with the dichotomies of modern life, such as traditions Vs innovative technologies or natural Vs robotic fabrications. These dichotomies are … Continue reading →

In the last few posts we have indirectly mentioned issues focusing on social and physical barriers when we talked about governments in the US and Europe dealing with migration issues. But can you change frightening barriers into easily crossable boundaries? … Continue reading →

We all have our personal obsessions and, while some of us may like collecting pictures of the most beautiful and blissfully poetic places on Earth, for the last three years Harley Weir has been rather busy archiving a unique collection … Continue reading →

Fiber and textile researchers, designers and fans who may be in Tuscany for the Florence-based Pitti Filati yarn fair should try and make time to visit the latest exhibition that opened today at Textile Museum in Prato, Italy. Organised in … Continue reading →

As seen from multiple posts on this site, the connection between fashion and death has always been rather, well, fashionable. Alessandro Michele recently explored the memento mori theme in Gucci's Resort collection, but the latest materialisation of this connection occurred … Continue reading →

You don't need to be an experienced exhibition curator to know that the best art events and installations are the ones in which members of the public are requested to actively participate in a fun and engaging way. That's exactly … Continue reading →

In yesterday's post we looked at polka dots, one of Comme des Garçons signature patterns, appearing on the Parisian menswear runway of the famous Japanese house. There was a time when in Glasgow polka dots became rather fashionable, thanks to … Continue reading →

There were no comments, messages or references to global events such as the migrant crisis in Europe and the debate about separated families at the US border on the menswear runways (yes, runways can become an opportunity to speak your mind … Continue reading →

It is rather bizarre how in our times fiction can become incredibly similar to reality, while real events look distorted, almost seen through a surreal filter.  Take The Handmaid's Tale: Episode 9 (Series 2) showed Commander Waterford visiting Canada and … Continue reading →

Stealing and remixing are two very popular exercises often practiced in today's fashion industry, but, while Miuccia Prada started the trend many years ago in a discreet way and took it to other levels making it often too difficult to … Continue reading →