Back in February at the preview event for the Schiaparelli and Prada: Impossible Conversations exhibition mounted by the Met Museum with the help of Conde Nast and Amazon, I did say that I was intrigued enough by how the physical conversation part of the exhibition would take place, to catch the exhibition in New York… Continue reading A Possible Conversation
Category: Art
Printworks
For all this talk about the possibility of a New Aesthetic in fashion – digital glitch patterns, superior digital printing, video projections on garments – there's no taking away from the fact that there's the inevitable counter-digital movement. Digital print has come a long way with people like Mary Katrantzou and Peter Pilotto really paving… Continue reading Printworks
World Traveller Pro
I have a particular fond memory of getting into London Fashion Week before it got eyeballed heavily from 2007 onwards (basically when Christopher Kane came on the scene). It was probably 2004-ish and I was slavishly learning the ins and outs of who was showing and what was going without of course going to shows. … Continue reading World Traveller Pro
Julie Does Something Else
The last time I spoke about illustrator Julie Verhoven, it was slightly tainted by a very honest interview that I conducted with her at the David David Gallery where she casted a reality check on the world of fashion illustration – that it is competitive, tough and often undervalued. A few months on and all… Continue reading Julie Does Something Else