Monthly Archives: February 2023

Social media platforms associated with online images offer a variety of immediate aesthetically pleasing digital pictures, providing us with a rich visual grammar and vocabulary. When it comes to fashion, this vocabulary borrows from the semantic fields of excesses, offering … Continue reading →

In the history of literature there are often stories about houses or buildings described as living creatures, capable of triggering strong emotions in those who live inside them. In some cases like in Edgar Allan Poe's "The Fall of the … Continue reading →

There was a piece of news this week that has enraged women in the US: the Republican governor of Virginia, Glenn Youngkin, blocked a bill passed in the Democratic-led state senate (supported by half the chamber's Republicans) to ban search … Continue reading →

For years Takeji Hirakawa's definition "Fashion DJ" worked pretty well. The Japanese fashion critic used this label in 2009 to describe the fact that for decades nothing new was created in fashion. Designers weren't indeed producing anything incredibly innovative, but … Continue reading →

It's St Valentine's Day and you know what would be great as a present for your beloved? Andy Warhol's silkscreen "Candy Box (True Love)", currently available for auction at Christie's in New York. The only downside is that most of … Continue reading →

Artists employing textiles, fibers and yarns in their works build soft worlds, weaving with their materials a wide range of stories. The best ones tell these stories through intricate immersive installations that create eerie environments with a dream-like quality about … Continue reading →

Note to readers: the following interview (and yesterday's) gives you the opportunity to take part in Xavier Brisoux's Competition – read the instructions and the interview carefully. Good luck! "Home for a large family. Home for a family living in 1934: air, light, … Continue reading →

Note to readers: the following interview (and tomorrow's feature) will give you the opportunity to take part in Xavier Brisoux's Competition – read the instructions and the interview carefully. Good luck! Documenting fashion is not always easy: you can take … Continue reading →

French knitwear designer and artist Xavier Brisoux will be opening his new exhibition "Du Point à la Ligne" (literally, "From Point to Line", but there's a pun there as "point" in French also means "stitch", so you could read it … Continue reading →

The MetaBirkins trademark infringement lawsuit came to an end yesterday afternoon in a New York court. Hermès International won a heated battle against the artist and entrepreneur behind the "MetaBirkins" digital collectible NFTs, Mason Rothschild (real name Sonny Estival). The … Continue reading →