Monthly Archives: August 2020

We are used to seeing the superficial side of fashion: grand fashion shows, celebrities sitting in the front row or influencers taking selfies boasting about a collaboration, purchase or gift from a luxury house. Yet fashion can be used for … Continue reading →

We don't know what Autumn 2020 will bring us when it comes to the current Coronavirus pandemic, but, hoping to reach out to readers and entertain them a bit more with a new format, Irenebrination is launching a virtual Book … Continue reading →

While the Venice Film Festival will kick off at the beginning of September despite the ongoing Coronavirus emergency, the 17th International Architecture Exhibition was postponed till 2021. Yet rescheduling the event is not such a bad idea as the extra … Continue reading →

Long before Covid-19 disrupted our lives and the schedule of fashion shows, Congolese designer Anifa Mvuemba had started thinking about alternative ways to present the collections for her brand Hanifa and make sure that people who don't usually have access … Continue reading →

Clashing textures, contrasting prints and bright and bold colours: these are the three main visual elements that immediately strike you while looking at Atong Atem's photographs. Yet, there's more behind her images currently part of an exhibition at Messums in … Continue reading →

The styles of women in key and powerful positions are always analysed in detail, something that doesn't always happen to men in the same (or even in more powerful) jobs. So, throughout history we learnt to dissect the messages behind … Continue reading →

The algorithm is everything in our times. In the age of big data, automated algorithms that can help analysing large volumes of information in just a matter of seconds are the key to power. But studies and researches carried out … Continue reading →

Super large tote bags have been spotted on more than just one runway and lookbook in the last few seasons. You may for example remember Jacquemus's S/S 19 maxi straw bags, Opening Ceremony's super large tote (View this photo) or … Continue reading →

On Thursday US President Donald Trump issued executive orders to ban the social media app TikTok. After 45 days, if the app is not sold by their Chinese-owned parent company, the order will stop "any transaction by any person, or … Continue reading →

The power of fashion and social media can be unpredictable and surprising: while rehearsing for his performance on NBC's "The Today Show" in February Harry Styles wore a multicolored JW Anderson cardigan. Inspired by children's toys and colour books and … Continue reading →