Blog entry | February 5, 2012 - 8:18pm
And yet again, Franck Sorbier, this Couturier of immense talent, presented a conceptual collection, while paying tribute to Classical Antiquity. In his ‘imaginary museum’, Aphrodite with her resin-sculpted torso crosses Diana the Huntress and Athena, the warrior.
Blog entry | January 29, 2012 - 8:32pm
When ‘Atelier Versace’ appeared on the Haute Couture calendar, it was only natural that a wave of curiosity and excitement would surround the presentation of Donatella’s impending collection during the usual three-day Haute Couture ‘celebration’, an event from which the label has been absent...
Blog entry | January 21, 2012 - 11:54pm
While delving into the Spring/Summer 2012 collections, and coming across such clever sources of inspiration as those of architecture and interior design, we spotted an undercurrent trend..
Blog entry | January 15, 2012 - 6:29pm
As flickering light bulbs die out and memories of the past year grow ever more distant, shoppers eagerly await the January sales as an occasion to treat themselves, all the while taking a clever peek at the new arrivals for next spring.
Blog entry | December 18, 2011 - 6:50pm
Pursuing a career as a high-level professional classical musician is definitely an obstacle course. At 24, Georgian-born Khatia Buniatishvili has accumulated enough successes to grant her admission into the closed circle of international concert pianists.
Blog entry | December 4, 2011 - 9:06pm
Classical Indian sitarist Anoushka Shankar and her group The Anoushka Shankar Project have been on their European tour since early November to promote a new album, Traveller, with the support of Deutsche Grammophon.
Blog entry | November 26, 2011 - 3:00pm
Jewellery design is undoubtedly one of the most dynamic and innovative fields of our time as jewels are no longer mere accessories, created and picked to match an outfit, but as all art objects, have a life of their own.
Blog entry | November 20, 2011 - 11:03am
The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts organized an impressive exhibition that pays tribute to one of the last ‘monstres sacrés’ of contemporary fashion, French Couturier Jean Paul Gaultier. ‘The Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier: From the Sidewalk to the Catwalk’ which showcases as...
Blog entry | November 13, 2011 - 4:23pm
The use of clothing enables artists to create complex narratives and build discourses on power, dependence, gender roles, heritage or personal identity. ‘Coming Out of the Closet: Clothing Art as an...
Blog entry | November 13, 2011 - 4:15pm
Fashion brands and trendsetters turn to our consumerist culture of design, interactivity and new media to track today’s modernity. Hypnotic screens with vivid imagery and artificial colours make up the every day world of millions of young people with a habit of photo and video sharing, constantly mingling fiction with reality. In this...
Blog entry | October 17, 2011 - 11:38am
Duality has always been a favorite in fashion. And so it is that every Yin has a Yang and every fine upstanding lady has her maid. Indeed, aprons, headdresses, strict overalls, nursing, housekeeping and governess uniforms in medical white, serious black or...
Blog entry | October 8, 2011 - 11:59am
Last week’s Parisian collections, destined for next summer, exuded a delicious ‘Discreet Charm of Bourgeoisie’ to such an extent that even the most whimsical houses like Jean-Charles de Castelbajac or Tsumori Chisato took a ‘sensible’ air. Almost all stereotypes of...
