Fashion (15)
Godiva: pagan goddess, fashion icon Featured
Supermodel Gisele Bundchen was immortalized in Vanity Fair, in 2000, when she appeared as a naked Lady Godiva, riding a white horse. The fashion shoot is one of many that have been inspired by the English legend. But, this…
Feminine Fashion: Vanguard Style Featured
In 2012 Moschino launched its collection of military chic womenswear in Milan. In mostly black and white with touches of “girly pink,” the brand’s final statement on war seemed to be delivered with a biker’s jacket bearing a large peace sign on…
Cheekbones: A Brief History Featured
Until about a century ago women, depicted in painting and other visual media, had cheeks, but, you’ll notice, not cheek bones. There’s rouge and skin, but the cheekbones aren’t a feature. A look at virtually any magazine shoot today shows…
“Bio-customized” sneakers ethical? Featured
In the last year we’ve seen major brand names offering customization tools to their consumers. US sneaker manufacturer Converse, for example, enables you to go online, to choose patterns and colors from their current snatch palette for each part of…
Future fashion: is it organic? Featured
It was a couple of decades ago when I first came across the work of Koji Tatsuno. The work of Tatsuno, a relatively unknown and self-taught Japanese fashion designer, was being shown in Joseph, an upscale fashion store in South Kensington.It…
Textiles “prints are the Wild West” of fashion says Christina Binkley in the Wall Street Journal today. The reason? Binkley notes high end fashion companies are beginning to realize the potential of digital printing technology that “allow designers to explore”…
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Dark, romantic aesthetic: Kristen Stewart A sudden outburst of fascination with vampires – vampire movies, vampire TV shows, etc. – seems to come back around every ten years. But Goth – the fashion influenced by the Adams Family’s Morticia and…
A 19th century "Masonic" Knights Templar hat. WJ: Thank you for speaking to us today. You have what at first sight appears to be a pretty diverse array of interests, from arcane symbolism to modern design, and you’re involved in…
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They've cracked it. The mysterious story of the Faberge egg that has fascinated artists and writers for more than a century was the central theme of Balmain's spectacular ready-to-wear fashion show yesterday. A new era at Paris’s sex-charged…
(Illustration: A Freemasonic tracing board (left) and a fashion mood board (right). Contemporary German fine artist Gerhard Richter is making a splash is his home country right now. A major retrospective of the artist’s work has just opened at the…
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