When Alessandro Michele presented that first menswear collection under what were tension-filled and uncertain circumstances back in January last year, reportedly it was the British press who were cheering the hardest when it came to the finale. They were natural cheerleaders for the rejection of Gucci’s conventional gloss and the two fingers up at what was the… Continue reading Tea Drinking Punks at Gucci
Category: History
The Return of Dior to Blenheim
I’ve not yet written about the Dior collections by interim/stop-gap/supposedly temporary leaders of the in-house design team, Lucie Meier and Serge Ruffieux on the blog. I have done for Dazed and my initial thoughts after their couture collection were that a house as big and prestigious as Dior felt hollow without the guidance of a visionary creative… Continue reading The Return of Dior to Blenheim
The Big D
Not long after the attacks in Brussels, I found myself there to complete a jigsaw puzzle that began when I used to moon at the MOMU museum in Antwerp. Actually, the mooning still happens. I’m just less likely to go on random Eurostar jaunts to Belgium. Back in 2009, the MOMU played host to an… Continue reading The Big D
The Marriage of Manus and Machina
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