Tag: Couture
Chanel and Italian manufacturers: acquisitions and a show on Lake Como
On the occasion of Chanel’s show in Como, the house’s commitment to shoring up the Italian manufacturers in its supply chain—stories and snapshots from the annals of Italian style
Chanel e le manifatture italiane: investimenti e feste sul lago di Como
In occasione della sfilata di Chanel a Como, l’impegno della casa per consolidare le manifatture italiane coinvolte nella catena produttiva: tra le cronache, i rimandi e le storie del costume...
Definition of Sustainability: Fashion Without Microplastics
It has become a common refrain—among buyers as well as certain managers—to say that sustainability doesn’t sell, when in fact sustainability simply isn’t on offer. The entire fashion industry is...
Definizione di sostenibilità: una moda senza microplastiche
Diventa un luogo comune, per i buyer così come per alcuni manager, dire che la sostenibilità non vende – quando invece la sostenibilità non è in offerta. Tutta la moda...
The Fashion Industry: Why Doesn’t Creativity Embrace Sustainability?
Fashion, Creativity, Sustainability: Trump’s words might just give a jolt to an industry that still refuses to commit to manufacturing natural fibers free of plastic
What is a purpose-driven economy? Definition, meaning of each contemporary work
Running a business means giving profit to the owner and workers, as well as the community and the area where the business grows: purpose economy is a successful strategy for...
Canapa: non c’è niente da inventare, c’è solo da non dimenticare
Rinnovare la memoria della canapa indossandola – un mosaico di imprese italiane suddivise in quattro regioni. Dalla jeanseria in Molise all’atelier di Egna
Guatemalan artisanry is dying: can price transparency save it?
Through price transparency and detailed documentation, Luna del Pinal brings value to Guatemala’s ancient crafts and its artisanal indigenous communities
How Maison Margiela’s Replica Line Bottled Winter’s Essence
From Chamonix’s Snow-Covered Chalets to the Lab: By the Fireplace, part of the Replica collection, draws on the nostalgia of 1970s Chamonix, blending raw materials and alpine culture into a...
The Collection Mondrian and Saint Laurent’s relationship with Claude Lalanne – a pop Antithesis
A conversation with Olivier Flaviano, director of the Musée Saint Laurent Paris. He assumed the leadership of this Parisian institution in 2016 and worked for one year with Pierre Bergé
Hope: The Middle Eastern Legacy of Oud in Modern Perfumery
From incense-filled mosques to haute couture, Hope bridges cultures and eras with its blend – a dive into the history and artistry resonance of oud, as captured in Dominique Ropion’s...
Sir Ridley Scott: The Strengths and Flaws of a Tireless Filmmaker
English director Ridley Scott celebrates his 87th birthday this November with the release of Gladiator II, a clear testament to his prolific and enduring spirit. But has everything he created...
Raw Land: Elsa Peretti in Sant Martí Vell
Confusion becomes an expression of human, cultural, and professional identity – Elsa Peretti transformed the world’s disorder into an organic form
Sant Martí Vell, il capolavoro di Elsa Peretti e la definizione di eclettismo
Andare oltre l’eclettico – la confusione diventa espressione di un’identità umana, culturale, professionale: Elsa Peretti elaborava il disordine del mondo in una forma organica
Gli archivi effimeri e ruvidi della moda, esplorati con Marco Pecorari
Marco Pecorari con Ephemeral Matters porta alla luce storie di moda dimenticate di moda sfida la concezione tradizionale di archivio – tra inviti, polaroid e tessuti fragili che svelano una...
L’addio di Hedi Slimane a Celine – l’evoluzione di un brand attraverso i suoi designer
Hedi Slimane lascia Celine dopo sette anni, a due giorni dalla presentazione della collezione Un été francais – un’analisi di un brand che è stato una tela bianca per le...
The Fashion Month: is there any sustainability? Only 10 looks here to talk about
Ten looks out of over two thousand: a selection that calls for sustainability, after witnessing a month of non-stop fashion shows – we ask for no plastic, no prints, no...
Maria Grazia Chiuri e Stefano Boeri su moda, genius loci e maestranze
L’incontro tra due esponenti del potere culturale tra Milano e Parigi – una conversazione che resta attuale, a partire dal concetto di filiera corta e artigianato
Oslo positions itself as a circular fashion city
Overshadowed by Copenhagen, Oslo is emerging as a city for circular fashion, focused on sustainable textile industry, with convincing initiatives – against the backdrop of Norway’s dependence on oil and...
Mina and Balenciaga have much in common
Balenciaga Music | Mina Series. A parallel between two seemingly distinct artistic paths: Mina and Don Cristóbal both lived uncompromising lives in pursuit of abstraction
Mina e Balenciaga hanno molto in comune
Mila Schön diceva che non le importasse degli abiti, ma Mina ispirava ogni moda. Ancora nel remix di Mark Ronson nello show Gucci di Sabato De Sarno: sul sipario di...
Humanitarian Design and the archetypes of clothes with REantwerp
Belgian designer Tim van Steenberg and journalist Ruth Goosens create REantwerp, a fashion brand that employs refugees and repurpose leftover fabrics
The code of conduct for Berlin Fashion Week SS25
As Berlin Fashion Week continues to evolve, it promises to inspire and challenge the fashion community worldwide, driving forward the ideals of creativity, diversity, and sustainability in the years to...
Olimpiadi di Parigi 2024: Haute Couture e Sport nell’età del capitalismo trans-estetico
Il partenariato Premium fra LVMH e le Olimpiadi 2024 vs The Rest, ovvero la moda indipendente – qual è il valore del business di moda alle Olimpiadi di Parigi 2024?
Denim and upcycling stories: from Miu Miu to Vitelli
An upcycled jean emits up to 83 percent less CO2 than a new one - Miu Miu's latest Upcycled collection and other efforts to explore the potential of vintage denim...
Denim e upcycling: da Miu Miu a Vitelli
Un jeans upcycled emette fino all’83% di CO2 in meno rispetto a uno nuovo – l’ultima collezione Upcycled di Miu Miu e altri tentativi per esplorare il potenziale del denim...
Duecento uscite per Valentino – Alessandro Michele è il drago della moda
Cultura ruvida, bestiari e il non aesthetically correct nel debutto di Alessandro Michele da Valentino: un corpus di duecentosessanta immagini, colpo di coda da drago della moda
The legacy and heritage of Venice – an honest conversation with Toto Bergamo Rossi
The main purpose of Venetian Heritage is to promote one of the less known aspects of Venetian art: the sculptures. Nobody talks about that, always painters
Il ricordo di Vivienne Westwood nel 2024: due aste, una mostra, Cafè Society
A un anno e mezzo dalla scomparsa di Vivienne Westwood, Christie’s mette all’asta capi e accessori appartenuti alla stilista, mentre Cafè Society torna di attualità al photocall londinese di Challengers
Cosmic Garden: safeguarding Indian craft manufacturing
The Cosmic Garden exhibition at the Venice Biennale is committed to the emancipation of women through craftsmanship – with the support of Dior. A dialogue with Karishma Swali, from the...
77th Cannes Film Festival: cinema meets controversy
While the red carpets promise to dazzle, underlying tensions threaten to overshadow the cinematic celebration – including political controversies, labor strikes, and a potential #MeToo reckoning
In service and servitude: Bless, a dogma or philosophy against ‘redundant’ work
Interview with Desiree Heiss and Ines Kaag. Bless’ collaboration with Fendi for Design Miami/: «Everything has the right to exist, as long as it takes some responsibility»
Bacterial stunts and molds at Margiela – from 1997 till today
Who remembers Martin Margiela’s bacterial stunt from 1997? Mold on clothes, multiplied in the backyards of contemporary museums. Retracing the technique used in the exhibition
Donne e nuovo realismo: da Dries Van Noten ad Avavav
Il rifiuto dell’estetica Glamazon di Dries Van Noten, la ragazza di fumo di Chloé e gli show di The Row e Avavav – la linea comune del reale nella rappresentazione del femminile
Paris fashion’s return to conservatism
Contemporary fashion finds itself navigating a spectrum from avant-garde innovation to traditional conservatism. At Paris Fashion Week, runway presentations showcase a resurgence of conservative aesthetics
Cristóbal Balenciaga, la serie: quando i giornalisti contavano
Se ne fa un gran parlare, nella serie su Balenciaga, di giornali e giornalisti, di come modulare il loro apporto e incanalarlo al meglio. Potevano decretare o distruggere la riuscita...
Deciphering the myth that is the Big Four
Chronicles from NYFW and LFW – why are we still holding on to an old idea to recreate something new? This might be the time to rethink the old tradition...
Not only street style, a walk in the Parkside is a precise code
Washed-out photographs in a light that reflects on femininity and womanity. Aliocha Wallon's analog photography for Lampoon online is a sluggish ode to street life and effortless freedom
Couture SS 2024: make fashion great again
Fashion has a tendency to look back in order to be able to move forward. The German philosopher Walter Benjamin described how this could be a new way of looking...
Exploring human fluidity in digital spaces: gamification and self-expression
A deep dive into the gamification’s role in shaping Gen Z virtual identities: self-determination, human fluidity and the potential risks of alienation: Roblox and Fortnite cases
Non c’è caos, né tragedia – solo geometria alla Couture SS24
Calma e daywear a Parigi. Schiaparelli, Dior e Chanel – le sfilate della couture week parigina suggeriscono una moda in stato di quiescenza, sobria
Couture – no Opulence any more, but responsibility
Anything that appears opulent today turns out to be out of time, out of the human context we are living in – opulent fashion is not current, it is waste...
Camila Falquez raises social consciousness on BIPOC, Black, indigenous, people of color
BIPOC means Black Indigenous and People of Colour. A conversation with Camila Falquez, Latin America’s fashion photographer of the year, whose work focus is in on systemic racial injustices
L’arte di ricevere e di allestire la tavola: le regole di uno snobismo ancora attuale
Tra le cose da non fare a tavola: non commentare, in positivo o in negativo, quel che si sta mangiando. Rimane noioso, con buona pace degli chef stellati star mediatiche,...
A master according to Gio Ponti – Luis Barragán: his house and rough architecture
Rough walls that are the size of walls – screens on which the spectrum of the Mexican sun is projected. «My house is my refuge, an emotional architecture», architect Don...
Givenchy-a-ga: the designer and the creative directions of Givenchy
Adélia Sabatini and Alexandre Samson presenting a Givenchy catwalks book in Milan published by Ippocampo. A conversation on Givenchy
