The thirties in Paris seems to have been a good time for female designers as Lanvin, Chanel, Schiaparelli, Vionnet and Madame Gr√®s all were in their glory years, doing different things and cornering different markets. Of this five, Chanel has flourished, Lanvin has been successfully revitalised, Vionnet has been through a rough topsy turvy revitalisation… Continue reading The Sphinx of Fashion
Category: Art
Exactitudes
You might have heard about or seen photographer Ari Versluis and stylist Ellie Uyttenbroek’s ongoing project ‘Exactitudes’, whereby they have been snapping photos of people since 1994 in locations all over the world, focusing on people in particular ‘style tribes’. You end up asking whether individuality actually exists because by their definition, by portraying these… Continue reading Exactitudes
Fashion in Motion
‘Fashion in Motion’ is probably the one thing that the internet has over print and though the experience of thumbing through a magazine, smelling the pages and having images imprinted in your memory that way is an experience that can’t be equalled, what ‘new media’ (an irritatingly redundant term these days….) can offer is presenting… Continue reading Fashion in Motion
9 degrees celcius is warm enough for me…
I‚Äôm crying from the rooftops with this beautiful image by Annabel Mehran to declare that the weather is officially warm enough for me to go barelegged and shortsleeved…. nothing more to be said really other than I hope these days are here to stay as multi-sherbet-coloured satin skirts are itching to be worn in this… Continue reading 9 degrees celcius is warm enough for me…