Monthly Archives: April 2020

Let's continue the bed linen designs thread that started with yesterday's post to focus on patchwork covers and quilts as inspiration for fashion collections. Certainly this is not a new idea, as proved by previous Raf Simons' collections for Calvin … Continue reading →

Some of you may have taken part in the #pillowchallenge that started at the beginning of April. The challenge consists in wearing your pillow in a stylish way, as if it were a mini-dress, and posting a picture on your … Continue reading →

The Coronavirus outbreak halted many industries, among them fashion. Yet in Italy, despite the country is registering new cases, the peak seems to have passed, and a few shops started reopening. A final decision regarding specific industries (in particular the … Continue reading →

Museums may be closed because of the Coronavirus pandemic, but there are great online resources at the moment that allow us to fill our eyes with beauty, get distracted or do a little bit of research. It is possible to … Continue reading →

In September 2008, Maison Martin Margiela's celebrated its 20th anniversary with a fashion show. It was a glorious moment with a rapturous audience cheering and clapping. The event closed with a monumental soft fabric cake, Margiela's models hiding under it, … Continue reading →

Coronavirus-induced fear and anxiety have characterised our collective lives during the last few weeks. Yet, as patients in intensive care decreased and death numbers also showed a decline in some European countries such as Italy, many people have started discussing … Continue reading →

In the late '60s three Italian creatives Pietro Derossi, Giorgio Ceretti and Riccardo Rosso, designed the iconic Pratone lounge chair, an unconventional crazy seat reproducing giant blades of grass. In Italian the name of this design object means "big meadow". … Continue reading →

This is a rather unusual Easter break as the world is in a lockdown because of the Coronavirus pandemic. Some of us may be trying to take their minds off the latest news cooking, but also sewing, looking at fabrics … Continue reading →

In a previous post we mentioned Pope Francis's prayer service held in March for the end of the Coronavirus pandemic in an empty St. Peter's Square. During this event the Pope prayed in front of the wooden crucifix from the … Continue reading →

The Coronavirus pandemic has suspended our lives, locking us in our houses, making us lose the natural rhythms of our bodies and confusing our minds (hands up who feels we are stuck in a perpetual kind of Sunday…). And while … Continue reading →