Monthly Archives: April 2021

Many artists throughout the decades devoted themselves to the creation of collages: this technique can be incredibly inspiring and provide us with unique works in different fields such as art and fashion as well. Often collected in scrapbooks, employed to … Continue reading →

It is unfortunately not so rare in our times to spot on Instagram an independent artist or designer complaining about a major fashion brand plagiarising their original works or using their artworks without crediting them. This practice often makes you … Continue reading →

Fashion is a fast business: it is an industry that keeps constantly updated with what happens in the world, with its finger on the pulse of society, recording trends, passions and shifts in tastes to produce new ideas and manufacture … Continue reading →

The most commonly used word in the English language, the definite article "the" derives from gendered articles in Old English – "se" (masculine), "sēo" (feminine) and "þæt" (neuter). In Middle English, these merged into "þe", the ancestor of the Modern … Continue reading →

The fashion industry is in mourning after it was announced yesterday that designer Alber Elbaz, 59, had passed away on Saturday at a Paris hospital from COVID-19. Compagnie Financière Richemont, his joint venture partner in AZ Factory, his latest fashion … Continue reading →

A song, as we have seen in the previous post about Billie Holiday's "Strange Fruit", is a powerful medium: it can instill strength, empower and inspire a revolution. Today it is Liberation Day in Italy, a public holiday in which … Continue reading →

At the beginning of director Lee Daniels' film "The United States vs Billie Holiday" American jazz singing legend (Golden Globe winner and Academy Award nominee Andra Day) is being interviewed by Reginald Lord Devine (Leslie Jordan). The radio journalist mentions … Continue reading →

After visiting an exhibition, many of us stop in the museum shop and buy a small memento, maybe a pen or a notebook, that may remind us of that trip and that visit. But the Maritime Museum in Helsingør (Elsinore), … Continue reading →

Earth Day, an event to increase public awareness of the world's environmental problems, was first established on April 22, 1970. But saving our planet and working together to fight climate change has never been more urgent as it is now. … Continue reading →

We explored the possibilities that the blockchain may offer in journalism in a previous post in 2018. Then, two years ago, we also looked at how French luxury goods conglomerate Louis Vuitton Moët Hennessy (LVMH) was exploring the blockchain and … Continue reading →