Monthly Archives: January 2019

In multiple posts last year we looked at the connections between fashion and religion, analysing not just modern designs, but also items venerated in particular places, including the Sacred Girdle in Prato and the cloak bearing the image of the … Continue reading →

Bold and abstract geometries can help creating great knitwear designs, so it was only natural for Pringle of Scotland to turn to them for its A/W 2019 menswear collection. The brand's in-house design team didn't actually look at random geometries, … Continue reading →

A pair of mysterious eyes and the words "With their own light and lash I have drawn them" appeared on a tactical armour-like vest that opened Dior's menswear show that took place yesterday, during Paris Fashion Week. From a distance … Continue reading →

Yesterday's post focused on two collections – Valentino and Undercover's – showcased during Paris Fashion Week that had a special connection between them and in a way also explored the theme of the double. Yet, also Raf Simons was facing … Continue reading →

If you analysed the main motifs characterising Valentino's A/W 19 menswear collection just for what they were, you may have wondered if Pierpaolo Piccioli was maybe using the sci-fi theme to make a comment about some contemporary social issues. Flying … Continue reading →

The menswear shows may have moved to Paris, yet the attention of the general public last night wasn't certainly on fashion, but was focused on what was going on in London. British Prime Minister Theresa May suffered a historic defeat … Continue reading →

Nowadays designers have got to be really careful when they release a product or a collection since a particular inspiration may offend this or that group of people. Maybe bearing in mind what happened last December when some of the … Continue reading →

Some of the Pre-Fall shows we looked at last year, took place in unique locations, including the Temple of Dendur at the Met Museum (Chanel) and Tokyo (Valentino). Yet, though entertaining, the fashion circus can be exhausting for those who … Continue reading →

Cinema remains one of the main fashion inspirations for many designers: quite often designers borrow ideas from a colour palette, the personalities of the main characters or the creations made by a costume designer for a specific film. Erika Cavallini looked … Continue reading →

There was an architectural mood hanging over Ermenegildo Zegna A/W 19 menswear collection. Showcased yesterday in the transit hall of the monumental Milano Centrale railway station, designed by Ulisse Stacchini and inaugurated in 1931 (in the history of fashion there … Continue reading →