Chiara Narciso Lampoon Magazine

/ Fashion

Niccolò Pasqualetti: designing human diversity

«The fluidity of stone and the sensuality of water»: Niccolò Pasqualetti on being an independent and emerging brand today: birth and growth of the designer now a LVMH prize finalist

/ the art field

How to Handle With Care: a show-guide on art collecting and the relevance of exhibition spaces

A robot - a stuffed dog - following training related to the description of the works, is able to produce an analysis together with ChatGPT - its observations are ironically expelled as if the dog pooped

/ Humanities

Princess Tāj-al-Salṭana: she was beautiful, indeed

Today we see her as ugly, but Princess Tāj-al-Salṭana was a symbol of womanity, feminist struggle and a pioneer of intersectionality. History of the woman who influenced Persia

/ Louis Vuitton

Pharrell Williams: the nomad who landed in fashion

An overview of all the experiences that have led the music producer to head Louis Vuitton's creative direction: from rap music to catwalks on the Pont Neuf

/ naturally sourced

The environmental impact of garments at the center: Filter by fabric

The arrival of EU regulations and the push of brands toward an ethical and transparent system with respect to the consumer, beyond the Woolmark Company initiative

/ The Publishing Industry

It’s beginning to look a lot like a ‘spamming’ Christmas

Christmas spam hits the inboxes of journalists. This thin the line between journalism and advs turns the publishing industry into marketers. A Xmas inquiry with intellectual irony

/ Humanities

Mia Moretti Explores Cultures and Community in Her Music

Multiculturalism in the producer's work. Sounds from different cultures as a way of passing messages to other communities. Mia Moretti in the lens of Jacq Harriet and Carolina Orrico

/ Collections

Magliano: masculinity menswear – human diversity shapes the community

Rediscovery of popular and provincial clothing, masculinity and human diversity, queer community and political action: the principles that brought Magliano to Pitti as guest designer

/ Humanities

From the curvy movement to SS24, fashion forgot inclusivity beyond the catwalk

The last few seasons have confirmed this, after a wave in which the trend was the representation of everybody the fashion returns to extremely slim bodies, normo-typed and stereotyped

/ raw materials

Latest from the supply chain: how jeans production has changed

What are the steps that have led the industry to a conscious product? From the production of yarns, to natural indigo and the use of new techniques to replicate the washing of denim

/ Collections

Politics, ethics and collaboration: fashion according to Marco Rambaldi

«Crochet, once considered the symbol of patriarchy, turned into a feminist symbol of independence, becoming itself a manifesto to wear» – Marco Rambaldi, Bologna and the LGBTQ+ community

/ Collections

The celebration of slowness: manufacturing and artisans in the SS24 of Cecilie Bahnsen

Cecilie Bahnsen emphasizes that the collection is a symbol of how the work evolves in the atelier and she wants to tell the story of each piece until it arrives on the runway

/ Collections

Desert, NY city architectures, and CGI tech: a narrative for the RL888 bag

A phygital approach to the customer - Ralph Lauren’s project with House 888 is part of the brand’s broader reflection on the experiential possibilities offered by Web3

/ Collections

Cormio SS24: a world of women where women are not in charge

«Banality is like entropy; everything collapses into it in the end», So begins the letter with which Jezabelle Cormio kicks off her disturbing critique of contemporaneity

/ Exhibitions

The show in Venice Everybody Talks About the Weather – the semantics of ‘weather’ in visual art

Why does the art world shy away from reflecting on climate change through artworks? Dieter Roelstraete curated the show Everybody Talks About the Weather at Fondazione Prada in Venice

/ call to action

Collect, recirculate and recycle – A call to reuse from the fashion capitals

Spazio Meta, La Réserve des Arts, Materials for the Arts. The repurposing and reuse of objects and props used by fashion brands in the circularization process of the industry

/ Collections

MSCHF case: from Satan Shoes to the Microscopic Handbag

MSCHF collective want to mock capitalism by leveraging pop culture, but they end up feeding it – the mini bag is visible only under a microscope and is a little bigger than a grain of salt

/ Collections

Rurality reworked: is fashion design still inspired by a family?

Cosmopolitan cities are homogenized, suburbia is experienced as a disgrace: a topic addressed by Italian fashion designer Federico Cina

/ call to action

Getting rid of the abstract goals: Mylo and the Global Fashion Summit 2023

The case of stop in production of Mylo, an alternative and ethical material created by Bolt Threads has created a stir: why does fashion still put little effort?

/ architecture

Fashion designers into interior design: from Kawakubo to Owens – the first was Pierre Cardin

There are plenty of designers who have trained in architecture and industrial design, such as Raf Simons, Tom Ford, Gianfranco Ferré – dubbed the fashion architect, and Virgil Abloh himself

/ Venice Biennale

I Wish It Was Mine: the boundaries of reality are crossed, the imagination is unleashed

Ivan Moudov serves as artist and orchestrator of Alberta Pane Gallery's group exhibition I Wish It Was Mine, open to the public until July 29, 2023

/ Events

Fashion Film Festival Milano 2023 counts a new category: the Best Metaverse Fashion Film

From niche-shorts to the Metaverse – jury-selected films from around the world: the winners of the sixteen competing categories announced on June 19 at the Fashion Film Festival in Milan

/ Exhibitions

Siamo Foresta: path in Triennale Milano, Luiz Zerbini brought trees into a room

A tree-lined path conceived by Luiz Zerbini and a forest within the museum walls: an exhibition by Triennale di Milano and Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain

/ the art field

The topoi of human history – present and past in Pietro Ruffo’s work

Geographic maps and writing, geometric overlays and experimentation with different materials: the breakdown of Pietro Ruffo’s operas and career

/ call to action

What does the Rana Plaza disaster mean for the fashion industry after ten years?

The biggest disaster that happened in the fashion world and caused by the sick logic of the system, how the industry evolved

/ Dior

Dior’s feminist deployment marks Cruise 2024 show in Mexico

The French brand lands in Latin America to rediscover traditions and urges through the evocation of the figure of Frida Kahlo

/ architecture

Cristián Mohaded and Loro Piana: Apacheta, stone towers to mark your path

Through the Apacheta at Milan Design Week 2023, Cristián Mohaded and Loro Piana form a union rooted in Argentina, Territorio Hibrido

/ call to action

Magic mushrooms implied in microdosing practice: Madison Margolin

After Adderall: increasing productivity through psychedelic substances in daily intakes, Madison Margolin's report

/ call to action

«Is it acceptable to kill animals for fashion?» – SLAY documentary

Produced and directed by Rebecca Cappelli, the documentary across the globe delves into the different steps in the critical production of leather and its use in the fashion system

/ Mary Quant

History of the rise of the miniskirt and its originator Mary Quant

The controversy over the attribution of the garment's invention and a career on the edge of the system: the miniskirt and its inventor

/ Exhibitions, the art field

The grandeur of the architecture and the encounter with Aperçues by Nina Carini

The site-specific exhibition designed by the artist dialogues with the sacredness and silence of the space of the Basilica di San Celso in Milan

/ Exhibitions, Humanities

The carefreeness of childhood collides with adult reality in Luca Staccioli’s exhibition

ArtNoble Gallery presents Luca Staccioli's exhibition WAKE-UP CALL, an intimate reflection on the meaning of childhood in relation to the socio-cultural environment that surrounds us

/ call to action, textile fibers

Why Animals’ images used in the fashion industry? Humane Society International

Schiaparelli is not the first one using images connected to the animal world, but what has changed today? beyond the Schiaparelli case to understand this phenomenon

/ Collections, textile fibers

A planet-friendly future begins with respectful textiles: Pangaia’s case study

Accelerating toward an Earth Positive Future combining design, purpose, new and advanced technologies that build on the properties of natural materials, PANGAIA case

/ Collections

Coperni Fall Winter 2023 robotic takes during Paris Fashion Week

Sébastien Meyer and Arnaud Vaillant: the partnership with Boston Dynamics and robot dogs are the new twist in the collection's show at Paris Fashion Week

/ Collections, Hermès

Paris Fashion Week report: Hermés’ naturalistic immersion in Fall Winter 2023

After sales beyond all expectations and winning the MetaBirkin trial, the brand returns with a proud woman at Paris Fashion Week

/ Collections, the art field

The Sixties of Courrèges revisited by Nicolas Di Felice in FW 2023

«Is the sky blue?» is the leitmotif that accompanies the collection's runway reflecting on contemporaneity and its obsessions

/ Collections, JIL SANDER

Milan Fashion Week: Jil Sander’s take on minimalism in Fall Winter 2023

No more limits imposed by the brand's heritage, Lucie and Luke Meier rediscover the present in their fifth year of operation

/ Milan, the art field

ICA Foundation, Milan: Clash and nostalgia of Chemutai Ng’ok and Riccardo Benassi

ICA Milan: not only artists, but also collectors, industry professionals and enthusiasts contribute to create an environment of research and experimentation

/ Digital Intelligence

Fraud and false declaration, what’s behind organic cotton certifications

To understand the true nature of cotton, a testing technique has been developed to unearth any GMOs or pesticides on the final product, the case of Analytical Group

/ Bode, Collections

Bode came back from America debuting with the womenswear at Paris Fashion Week

Emily Adams Bode Aujla's practice starts with storytelling surrounding her own everyday life to render through clothes a familiar portrait: the FW 2023

/ Events, Humanities

Craving for a Renaissance in our era, the Awards conceived by Eco-Age

Conceived by Eco-Age and co-founded by Livia Firth in 2021, the awards involved young activists in the field of social and environmental innovation

/ Collections, gucci

Gucci returns to the catwalks for the men collection: there’s no sign of Alessandro Michele

Essential and devoid of esoteric narratives, does Fall Winter 2023 prepare for the arrival of a new creative director or mark the ultimate return to heritage?

/ Digital Intelligence, The Publishing Industry

How publishing is evolving in the metaverse: the Red Eye metazine case

«Living, Seeing, Dreaming. Toward the Metaverse and Back». Red Eye, first magazine in the metaverse, tells about the possibilities of exploration through the web

/ call to action, Humanities

Paradise Found: An Erotic Treasury for Sybarites, a compendium by Betony Vernon

Vernon's artistic journey ranges from art to activism in the erotic realm: the book enables an exploration of the secrets of pleasure through a pictorial voyage

/ call to action, Humanities

Unraveled, Maxine Bédat: Jeans, as a symbol of globalized and popular fashion

From cotton farming in Texas to manufacturing in Bangladesh and on to disposal and donations in Ghana, the whole terrifying life cycle of clothing

/ Digital Intelligence, Humanities

Leveraging blockchain technology to put plastic back into the production cycle

Recovered seaside plastic is an alternative to virgin plastic. Tracking it through blockchain technology can prevent its dispersion by promoting recycling

/ call to action, Humanities

How to fight malnutrition at a global level – Sanku’s project

Through the inclusion of critical nutrients into the food, Sanku is trying to prevent diseases and deficits for malnourished populations

/ Berlin, Exhibitions

Fashion in Berlin rediscovers handicrafts and supports Ukraine – a report from 202030 summit

In the Colosseum space Theater in Berlin's Prenzlauer Berg, the 202030 fashion summit debated regenerative textiles, biodiversity and involved Ukrainian designers. Christiane Arp intervenes

/ Collections

Collina Strada SS23 in New York: «from funky caterpillar era to full butterfly glow-up»

From post punk aesthetics to the romantic and rebellious revolution, Hillary Taymour Collina Strada presents a co-ed show in the Brooklyn greenway setting

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