Monthly Archives: October 2019

Halloween may be a chance for the most extravagant among us to finally put on that costume they have been longing to wear for the entire year. But there are other occasions to show your love for costumes on ordinary … Continue reading →

In pre-Internet times when a public figure or a celebrity died they would get an obituary in the papers. Nowadays, things are more global and we often share our grief online and post our condolences or tributes on social media. … Continue reading →

The documentary "Halston" (2019) by Frédéric Tcheng features several people who knew the fashion design and includes an archival interview with Elsa Peretti, the Italian-born jewellery designer who first joined Halston as a model. In the documentary Peretti is shown … Continue reading →

Most of us mainly wear hats for practical reasons nowadays, to protect ourselves from the cold or the heat. Yet, when you leaf through vintage magazines, especially publications from the '40s or the '50s, and see some of the styles … Continue reading →

In a previous post we looked at new collections for the S/S 20 season characterised by stripes. In that post we mentioned that stripes have always been fashionable, so let's go back in time to November 1948. This image from … Continue reading →

There are motifs and graphic patterns that will never go out of fashion. One example? Stripes. Artists are naturally drawn to stripes that can create visually striking effects, think for example about Daniel Buren's works or Bridget Riley's Op Art … Continue reading →

There is an intense debate about finding ways to turn the fashion industry into a more sustainable business, but the sustainability issue is also being tackled in other fields such as architecture, with designers working on developing eco-friendly structures. In … Continue reading →

You can easily find connections between fashion and architecture in the most unexpected places: a collection may be deemed "architectural" to indicate rigorous or fluid lines; there are architects who turned fashion designer (the tradition is long and goes from … Continue reading →

In yesterday's post we looked at an artist using fabrics to create paintings. But would it be possible for a fashion designer, instead, to turn things around and create a garment that, unfolded, would look like a painting? If you … Continue reading →

Mention the word "quilting" and most of us will conjure up in our minds a wonderful traditional craft, and quilts with intricate and colourful geometrical figures that have also provided through the decades intriguing inspirations for fashion collections. Yet Bisa … Continue reading →