Monthly Archives: January 2020

Most fashion designers talk about inspirations when they are interviewed about their collections. Sacai's Chitose Abe claimed there was another keyword behind her A/W 2020 menswear and Pre-Fall 20 collections – intuition.   While researching the theme that prompted her to … Continue reading →

Comics can be great sources of inspiration for fashion designers: at times their layout contributes to give a garment a sort of Pop Art twist; at others a specific character sets the mood for a collection. Bruno Sialelli at Lanvin … Continue reading →

Taking inspiration from a film for a fashion collection can be tricky: some designers, for example, tend to interpret the inspirations too literally, coming up with garments that look like costumes. This is certainly not the case with Undercover's Jun … Continue reading →

As seen in a previous post, some designers may react to the feelings of anger and frustration they may be experiencing in their lives using dark and somber tones in their collections, but Rei Kawakubo seems to prefer a colourful … Continue reading →

Yohji Yamamoto is tired. This is completely understandable considering that the Japanese designer is 76 and has been working in the fashion business for over 40 years. It is also hard not feeling tired when you consider the rhythms of … Continue reading →

Life can be incredibly surprising at times. And so it happened that, in the last few years, Japanese artist Suzume Uchida went from exorcising her anxieties and fears through her works, to collaborating with Yohji Yamamoto and creating illustrations of … Continue reading →

Introducing genuine innovations in fashion is not impossible, but at times it can be hard, due to the relentless fashion rhythms that may not allow a designer to experiment enough with a technique, or to limited financial resources. When it … Continue reading →

In yesterday's post we looked at Prada's A/W 2020 menswear collection. Let's continue the thread for another day to look at some architectural and graphic details in this collection. First of all the set by Rem Koolhaas' OMA/AMO. As stated … Continue reading →

Miuccia Prada is optimistic. In the last few seasons she focused on somber moods and shared her worries with journalists about Europe, extremism, racism, violence and the ominous ghost of wars, but, while the chaotic situation reigning supreme in the … Continue reading →

Images of apocalyptic fires in Australia have tragically dominated the news in the last few weeks: millions of hectares of land and homes were destroyed, people died and many species were pushed to extinction. Climate change fueled the fires that … Continue reading →