"It's a vision of what's happening in the world right now with women. On videos and TV all of the women look fake. I wanted to show this plasticized vision, but filtered through classic pieces and sticking to tradition." So said Miuccia Prada to Style.com after her A/W 07-8 show, which used fabrics to express… Continue reading Miu Miu Memory
Category: History
The Paradise
I no longer have to feel all guilty and faddy duddy about posting about period dramas now that shows like Downton Abbey have left a veritable cultural sweep of success around the world. Did I mention that during NYFW in September, the question that I got asked about the most was how does season two… Continue reading The Paradise
Bernstock Speirs Turns 30
The big 3 0 has been hitting a few people in the fashion business this week and now it's the turn of hat duo Bernstock Speirs aka Paul Bernstock and Thelma Speirs to look back and go all misty-eyed over their retrospective, which is currently at the Fred Gallery until the 24th November. The thirty… Continue reading Bernstock Speirs Turns 30
Museum Muse
Dries Van Noten seems to be a designer that I somehow take for granted; someone whose collections I always assume I'll like and certainly when you see it on the rails in stores, any lukewarm feelings that you previously had almost certainly become impassioned ones. On the surface, one might have thought that A/W 12-3… Continue reading Museum Muse