Fashioning the Object

February 7, 2012 0

Institute of Chicago the exhibition titled “Fashioning the Object” explores these fiercely independent and far-reaching young designers from Berlin, London, Paris, and Stockholm that are producing fashion objects that straddle the line between traditional craft and cutting-edge technique, both in their use of materials and in the promotion of their brands. Contemporary fashion over the last 50 years has become increasingly tied to issues surrounding everyday life, fuelled by agendas as diverse as politics, the environment, pop culture, and social reform. Fashion designers, moving beyond traditional presentation methods such as the catwalk show or window displays, have embraced a diversity of methods to push their practice into new arenas. As these themes and experimentation are the ones the mostly affect my research I highly reccomend to visit this exhibition.

See through me… TRANSPARENCIES

Bang on trend / Fashion village

September 13, 2011 0

Some days i wear nothing on the outside because there is too much on the inside. Here is the SEE THROUGH – TRANSPARENCIES trend mercilessly hunted in the spring/summer 2012 catwalks jungle.
A playful trend continuously found on the latest catwalks worldwide that brings to the surface the inner contents over the bodies, some with several layers, or as second skins, used shamelessly. PVC, metallic yarns, organic fabrics all linked by this highly shiny, light, cellophane like, obviously sexy characteristic; printed, colored, but always transparent and always revealing.

Adam Andrascik

Fashion village

April 22, 2011 0

Adam Andrascik is an American, London based Womenswear Designer, whose collection I saw at Rendez Vous in Paris. I was impressed by the sculptural yet very wearable appearence of his garments, and by the fluro-bright colours he mixes very well. His favourite designer is Martin Margiela, you can tell, but I think after a few collections he already found a signature style and his own trademarks.

BLESS part #2 and the Shop Concept: read and repeat.

Crafts or arts?

March 15, 2011 0

Bless is a conceptual fashion label. Their creations are somewhat a mix between product and fashion design; new solutions for day-to-day life, which – depending on the product – come out in limited editions of 20 to 2000 pieces of one particular design. Allready the first of their editions – Bless N°00 – was picked up by Belgian avantgarde designer Martin Margiela, who showed the furwigs at his Autumn/Winter collection 1997/98 in Paris. The Shop mainly functions as an institution, a big Bless window on the world. Sold out products can be seen, former and recent products can be bought.

Opening Ceremony + MM6 = you can never forget your first capsule collection.

Fashion village

February 18, 2011 0

On February 13th something special happened in the fashion world. But let’s start from the beginning. As the Fashion Bible states: “And Karl said, Let there be designers’ capsule collections: and there were designers’ capsule collections.” After Karl for H&M nearly everyone made a capsule for any brand you can imagine. And many designers and celebrities collaborated on the Opening Ceremony, which actually is pretty famous for being super hipster and cool and extremely designer-friendly.

No need to shout

It's more than a fashion statement

November 5, 2009 0

(…) rather the entrance of the always daring Martin Margiela retail concept

Dal rasoterra ai piani alti

Step by step

February 15, 2009 0

Bruno Frisoni

Christian Loubutin

Miu Miu

Roger Vivier
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Stilisti o scultori?

Step by step

December 18, 2008 0

Marc Jacobs

Miu Miu

Pierre Hardy

Prada

Pierre Hardy

MiuMiu

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Roger Vivier
Le nuove calzature sembrano sempre più plasmate da un blocco unico di materia da cui traggono vita.
Fashion Designers or Sculptors?
These shoes seems that they are shaped by a single block of matter from which derive.
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Dov’Ã¨ finito Rei Kawakubo?

Mind the bag

November 11, 2008 0

Non ho avuto grandi sorprese quando ho visto le foto degli ultimi abiti proposti da Comme de Garcons per la linea svedese H&M. Le foto degli indossati sono belle, i close-up dei vestiti… non tanto. Ho deciso che sarebbe stato meglio dar fiducia al giudizio del Sig. Kawakubo, anche perchÃ© deve essere stato un sogno [...]

La cosa più bella dal Bread&Butter in poi

My second skin

September 16, 2008 0

Ho molti amici che per lavoro si trovano spesso in tutte le fiere del settore moda (Pitti Uomo, Bread&Butter, Designers & Agents, etc.). Capita anche a me per lavoro di dover visitarne qualcuno. Ãˆ il primo anno perÃ² in cui dopo tempo, ho ricevuto notizia di qualcosa degno di notaâ€¦ bei vestiti, bellâ€™esecuzioneâ€¦ qualcosa che [...]