Monthly Archives: February 2020

Every season more fashion designers decide to opt for a different approach rather than choosing conventional fashion week presentations or runway shows. London-based Osman Yousefzada, for example, decided to shun the runways at London Fashion Week and present instead his … Continue reading →

Fashion weeks can be veritable tours de force around the world, from one trendy and established capital to emerging fashion destinations. Taking part as a spectator, influencer or critic in such events can be a privilege, but the downside is … Continue reading →

If you follow fashion from the point of view of an enthusiastic fashionista or influencer, you will probably think the industry mainly revolves around trends and endless runway shows, collections, presentations and assorted launches and events. Yet, while fashion is … Continue reading →

Fans of voluminously exaggerated sleeves are probably rejoicing as, though highly impractical, impossibly voluminous sleeves have been reappearing on the fashion runways. Yet, they may not be something desperately new. Schiaparelli tried her hand at this trend as early as … Continue reading →

In yesterday's post we mentioned how some designs by Xavier Brisoux on display in the Maison d'Exceptions section at Première Vision in Paris seemed to have structures borrowed from nature and reminiscent for example of the shell valves on chitons. … Continue reading →

Trade fairs serving the fashion industry can be exciting events, as you always find intriguing products on display. Some attract you for their colours, others for their materials or for the techniques employed to make them. Xavier Brisoux's designs, recently … Continue reading →

It is always exciting finding unlikely or bizarre fashion correspondences between images from different historical periods. Check out, for example, this fashion illustration by Charles Martin published on the Gazette du Bon Ton in 1920 (No. 7, Pl. 49) featuring … Continue reading →

Chocolates and flowers may be conventional presents for St Valentine's Day (which is literally around the corner…), but Vlisco is suggesting a different type of present for all lovers – fabrics and poems.   The Dutch wax fabric company dating back … Continue reading →

Last October at the Affordable Art Fair in Stockholm there was a section dedicated to the work of recent graduates. Among the artists featured there was also Gustaf Helsing. Graduated with a Bachelor's Degree in Textiles from Konstfack, the University … Continue reading →

In yesterday's post we looked at a textile artist reinventing embroidery. Let's continue the thread (pun intended) in this post by focusing on a fashion designer experimenting with fabrics and techniques.  After attending the Swedish School of Textiles, Camilla Arnbert … Continue reading →