The quiet. The minute. The hidden. The unsung. These are the surprising elements of fashion that have come together in ‘Manus X Machina Fashion in an Age of Technology’, which is perhaps the most contemplative exhibition of all the “blockbuster” openings, I’ve seen at the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute. Quiet doesn’t mean it… Continue reading The Marriage of Manus and Machina
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Big Words, Little Actions
I finally got a chance to watch the sequel that was always going to be car-crash, strictly-for-plane-viewing, fodder of ridicule – Zoolander 2. Not even the number of A-list cameos could save it. But one line did stick out as the sort of truth, that made the original film so spot on in its spoofing. … Continue reading Big Words, Little Actions
Getting Hands On
London Craft Week was an opportunity for me to get my backpack on, go to parts of London unbeknownst to me and learn about things outside of, but not wholly disconnected from the fashion realm. Eschewing press days and product launches, where I’m given a well-rehearsed press spiel, I decided to go probe around an… Continue reading Getting Hands On
Unpicking Unmade
Blog posts will be falling into a theme for a while as I continue to be intrigued by alternative methodologies and more altruistic ways of looking at the fashion world, that is undergoing what I think is a bit of an existential bout of self-doubt. These are the specific facets of fashion and creation, which I’ve… Continue reading Unpicking Unmade