Monthly Archives: May 2022

Many creative minds operate in different fields nowadays, but this often happened in the past as well and, in some cases, we simply forgot about them. In multiple posts on this site we analysed and rediscovered the work of the … Continue reading →

In the history of fashion there are quite a few designers who were inspired by ancient art and in particular by Greek and Roman sculptures. For example, the draped motifs in Madame Grès' extraordinary gowns and in Valentina's evening dresses … Continue reading →

Quite a few fashion houses have been exploring the possibilities offered by video games in the last 15 years. At the beginning, it was more a fascination with costumes for video game characters (remember Prada's costumes for Shinji Aramaki's mecha … Continue reading →

The slogan T-shirt is a wardrobe staple: through this garment we speak without opening our mouths, we show our allegiances to a brand, we tell other people who we support, which artists, films or bands we like, who we vote … Continue reading →

Gun violence in the United States is at the forefront of public consciousness as, sadly, dramatic episodes involving firearms keep on happening, often a few days apart one from the other. On Tuesday an 18-year-old gunman shot and killed 19 … Continue reading →

In yesterday's post we looked at deconstruction as a technique to reinvent a garment, but this is obviously not the only one. Japanese menswear designer Ichiro Suzuki, a graduate of the Royal College Of Art, has developed, for example, throughout … Continue reading →

Camouflage patterns have perennially been in and out of fashion, and, throughout the decades, we have seen camo integrated in casualwear and in Haute Couture gowns. Yet, with the war in Ukraine continuing, it would be inappropriate for designers to … Continue reading →

Organizing an exhibition is a daunting task: you must research a topic, select items and objects to exhibit from an archive or from private sources, prepare the display cases and exhibition spaces and create a narrative path that visitors can … Continue reading →

Three months have gone since the Russian invasion in Ukraine started and the war is continuing. While Ukrainians are dealing with the devastation, Russians are starting to face the effects of sanctions imposed by the West and of the exodus … Continue reading →

It is always great to find correspondences between art, fashion and design and sometimes it can be unexpected. An example? a visual correspondence between one of Katherine Anne Rose's works and a fabric by Nanni Strada. Glasgow-based photographer and artist … Continue reading →