Monthly Archives: December 2019

It is difficult not to be fascinated by sci-fi films about faraway worlds, trips to the moon or to mysterious planets and adventures that may provide us with a glimpse of things to come. The way people may live, move … Continue reading →

The debate about considering fashion as art has been going on for decades and in the past we have seen not just fashion designers taking inspiration from art, but also people working in different branches of the fashion industry, such … Continue reading →

We all take stock at the end of the year and look back at things that have happened to us or in the world. The fashion industry usually looks back remembering the designers who left us, celebrating a trend that … Continue reading →

Every year there are new exhibitions, retrospectives, special installations, art fairs and biennale events to discover. Yet, at the end of every year, when you find yourself taking stock of what you saw, you usually realise there is one work … Continue reading →

Fun, annoying or simply silly, memes have invaded social media in the last few years. The Merriam-Webster defines "meme" as "an idea, behavior, style, or usage that spreads from person to person within a culture" and as "an amusing or … Continue reading →

Up until a few years ago when a fashion house was blamed for blatantly copying somebody else's design, they would issue a vague statement explaining that something had gone wrong internally, possibly blaming a random member of the staff (as … Continue reading →

Fashion inspires each and every one of us in different ways: for example, her passion for this discipline led Vanessa Barragão to attend a Master in Fashion and Textile Design at Lisbon University. After graduating, though, Barragão realised that fashion … Continue reading →

We have grown accustomed to having access to water or electricity, but such facilities are still a luxury in some parts of the world. According to international NGO WaterAid, one in ten people have no clean water close to home … Continue reading →

Science can be a great inspiration to create innovative patterns for textiles, but the same can be said about technology. Computers and data science can indeed be employed to give a new spin to traditional narratives. There are quite a … Continue reading →

What do crystal structures have in common with textiles and patterns? Many of us may be tempted to answer this question with a single word – nothing. Yet, by going back in time to 1951 and to the Festival of … Continue reading →