Monthly Archives: January 2022

It was recently announced that fashion designer Peter Hidalgo, 53, died on January 17th in a homeless shelter in Manhattan. According to the reports, he was in the shelter hoping to qualify for subsidized housing. Hidalgo, born in Santo Domingo, … Continue reading →

Most brands nowadays launch special products or capsule collections to celebrate Chinese New Year (falling on 1st February 2022) and win in this way the loyalty of the Asian markets. Oriental inspirations have always been trendy in fashion: the Orient … Continue reading →

Covid changed most of us in one way or another: while it kept us apart from dear ones, in some cases it also pushed us to think and consider our lives and work. Confined in his home country, India, designer … Continue reading →

Comics are full of superheroes, extraordinary beings gifted with amazing powers who can save the world from all sorts of menaces, from assorted criminals and villains to aliens and monsters. Yet, at times, life unexpectedly turns us into unlikely heroes … Continue reading →

In the last few posts we looked at legal matters, copyright infringements, designers getting inspired by rare antique pieces and a collective or artists turning an exercise in trademark infringement into a work of art. But sometimes you wonder if … Continue reading →

In the last few posts, we looked at a copyright infringement case and at contemporary designs that bear some resemblance with creations from a few decades ago or with rare antique pieces. Quite often everybody seems to be copying each … Continue reading →

It is undeniable: some auction houses have become trendsetters and not just for their attention to new forms of art like NFTs. Visit Sotheby's site, watch their videos, read about their auctions and discover inspiring lots, rare trinkets, vintage fashion … Continue reading →

Fashion is made of cycles, rhythms and patterns that keep on coming back almost on a loop and the older you get, the more you're able to spot certain ideas, inspirations and nuances. Take Loewe's A/W 22-23 menswear collection, for … Continue reading →

We have recently seen how even the most unexpected characters out there are jumping on the non-fungible token (NFT) bandwagon. But the NFT bandwagon is also attracting legal cases based on copyright and dilution infringements. In the last few days, … Continue reading →

Since NFTs (Non-Fungible Tokens) became trendy last year after Beeple's purely digital work set a record in March, selling at $69,346,250 USD, many people – maybe too many – jumped on the non-fungible token bandwagon. There is undoubtedly some great … Continue reading →