Fashion is Good. Fashion is Evil. There's a dichotic statement that I could go on and on about. As it flashed across the screen in the opening sequence at the final show of the 11th ITS competition, which just finished up this weekend, I was thinking I could open up that can of worms and… Continue reading The Good and the Evil
Category: Travel
Race You To It
The invite was one clue and the venue address was another but I somehow could not put the little quaint illustration of the waiter and Club Firenze together into one equation. That is until we arrived at the Pitti Uomo Carven S/S 13 menswear show to find about thirty tables laid out on a football… Continue reading Race You To It
Mantón Reality
>> I've been world travelling again and Mexico City proved to be the best of the best for my shameless cultural appropriation. Remember my Guatamalan fella of a dress? Remember how awkward I felt over whether it was right to wear it? The comments (you guys put on QUITE a discussion there…) generally concluded that… Continue reading Mant√≥n Reality
Meh-heeeee-co
>> Remember that vivid and stunningly crafted mant√≥n de Manila, which I saw at a Loewe event in Barcelona a while back? Well, it's not quite fine silk embroidery but this cross stitch poncho/top piece which I picked up at the Mercado Artesanal de la Ciudadela in Mexico City, has everything else going for it, bearing some resemblance… Continue reading Meh-heeeee-co