Monthly Archives: August 2022

It is a sad day for Haute Couture fans, but also for opera connoisseurs: Japanese fashion designer Hanae Mori, died on 11th August at her home in Tokyo, as confirmed by her office today. Born Hanae Fujii in 1926 in … Continue reading →

There have been plenty of references to pleated garments in this week's posts mentioning Issey Miyake, but, if you want to get some fresh inspirations for pleated designs, always opt for the classical period. You can actually do so by … Continue reading →

It is always interesting to try and spot correspondences between modern collections and designs created a few decades ago. But sometimes it is also possible to spot correspondences between creations made a few decades ago by iconic designers. For example, … Continue reading →

In yesterday's post, an obituary for Issey Miyake, we mentioned his exhibition "Bodyworks" that toured internationally from 1983 to 1985. For this event Miyake designed black mannequins characterized by flexible or sculptural poses that emphasized the shape of the female … Continue reading →

"(Issey Miyake's) cape with an attached hood enshrouds the wearer, as protective and imposing as a nomad's tent. He has recapitulated the traditional Japanese students' uniform, adapted the traditional work apron of the Japanese housewife and exalted the quilted cotton … Continue reading →

My mum and my aunt, both in their 80s, have a vivid memory of seeing something shocking in 1956 passing in the street in front of their house – trucks loaded with coffins, bringing back the bodies of local miners, … Continue reading →

The last few posts looked at technology and the digital realm, so let's get crafty today with an idea from Tatami Antiques, an independent online marketplace for Japanese antiquities that often offers intriguing textile pieces and ideas for fashion designers. Among the latest offers on the … Continue reading →

In the last few posts, we looked at fashion projects bridging the gap between the digital and the physical realms and in particular at fashion houses offering drops of NFTs and physical items. Yet there are contemporary artists who have … Continue reading →

In May this year, Gucci started accepting 12 cryptocurrencies – Bitcoin (BTC), Bitcoin Cash (BCH), Ethereum (ETH), Wrapped Bitcoin (WBTC), Litecoin (LTC), "meme" cryptocurrency coins Shiba Inu (SHIB) and Dogecoin (DOGE), and five U.S. dollar stablecoins (GUSD, USDC, USDP, DAI … Continue reading →

Combining a digital NFT offer with a physical item has become common in the fashion industry for a while now. Usually such offers come in limited editions, something that ties in with important principles for luxury collectors – scarcity, desirability … Continue reading →