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Bill Gibb, a forgotten Fashion Hero from the Scottish Highlands
Bill Gibb, a forgotten fashion hero from the Scottish Highlands, incarnated the romantic essence of British style – according to John Galliano. “British designers are storytellers, dreamers, and I...
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Molly Goddard, makes Frilly Dresses
What started out as an excuse for a party – Molly Goddard’s first collection was put together in six weeks for £500 and shown off schedule – became a business almost by accident. “I had no production...
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Stephen Jones, from Blitz club to Museum
Stephen Jones OBE (Order of the British Empire) is a leading British milliner based in London, who is considered one of the world’s most radical and important milliners of the late 20th and early 21st...
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Vetements’ Demna Gvasalia, took off where Martin Margiela stopped…..
Demna Gvasalia . Vetements, the design collective led by Demna Gvasalia, has created an earthquake during Paris fashion week over the last few seasons. Mr.Gsavalia is also the newly appointed creative...
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Terence Donovan, from East End Boy to Sixties Fashion Photographer to Film...
self portrait Terence Donovan Terence Daniel Donovan (14 September 1936 – 22 November 1996)[1] was an English photographer and film director, best remembered for his fashion photography of the 1960s...
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Black Power – the New Black: a post by Soul Safari
This I’d like to share a wonderful and inspiring post I found on https://soulsafari.wordpress.com/ .week Hello World. Today’s post is a longread so may I suggest to take your time. At the start of...
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Dapper Dan of Harlem & the Power of Logo’s
Dapper Dan of Harlem Designer Dapper Dan described his way of working as ‘sampling’, a unique interpretation of mixing existing designs and logos with his own interpretation…. Dapper is often...
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Kimono means “Thing you Wear”.
A disaster for kimonos in general happened in 1923 when a terrible earthquake hit Tokyo. Since the vast majority of structures were wooden/bamboo/paper arrangements they collapsed with the result that...
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Alta Moda, the Splendor of Inca Culture
It’s always a treat to flip through a fashion editorial shot by photographic powerhouse Mario Testino and see the world through his artistic eyes. A Testino portrait seems to look straight into it’s...
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Caftan, moves with the Air and with the Body
Emilio Pucci caftan, ph. Bob Krieger 1970 History Where exactly did these divine garments come from? They’re believed to have roots in ancient Mesopotamia, the cradle of civilization, a region that...
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Tao Kurihara, closed her Signature Label after Seven Years
It’s already 5 years ago, Tao Kurihara’s label, simply named Tao, ceased to exist. Under the umbrella of her mentor and Comme Des Garçons founder, Rei Kawakubo, Tao showed from a/w 2005 untill s/s...
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The Apple Boutique, only lasted eight Months
Apple Shop just before opening . The Apple shop was a retail store located in a building on the corner of Baker Street and Paddington Street, Marylebone, London. It opened on 7 December 1967 and closed...
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C.Z. Guest, one of America’s Classic Beauties & first Fashion Icon Award winner
Wearing oatmeal tweed Mainbocher, ph. Irving Penn 1952 A muse to artists like Andy Warhol and Salvador Dali, C.Z. Guest was one of the first true fashion icons. The socialite who also became a fashion...
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Betty Brosmer, “the Most Gorgeous Body of 50s”
Beauty queen of 1950s Betty Brosmer started her model career at the age of 13. The result was more than impressive – she has won over 50 beauty contests, has appeared on magazine covers more than 300...
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Paper-Cut-Project, amazing handmade Paper Wigs & Masks
Marie Antoinette paper wig . Duo Amy Flurry and Nikki Salk, aka the Paper-cut-project. The former fashion writer and local boutique owner, formed an artistic partnership to create handmade paper...
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James Galanos, one of History’s great American Fashion Designers
James Galanos, ph. Richard Avedon, 1975 .. Hubert de Givenchy, the illustrious French couturier, ones looked at an inside of a James Galanos garment and exclaimed “… we don’t make them this well in...
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Ulyana Sergeenko, Couture Collector & Street-Style Star turned Designer
Ulyana Sergeenko (born 30 August,1981 in Kazakhstan, Russia), the wife of billionaire insurance oligarch, Danil Khachaturov, first came to the fashion world’s attention, not as a designer but as an...
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Battle of Versailles, the Most Glamorous Night in Fashion History (Book &...
The Battle of Versailles: The Night American Fashion Stumbled into the Spotlight and Made History On November 28, 1973, the world’s social elite gathered at the Palace of Versailles for an...
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Raf Simons created a Robert Mapplethorpe Collection
It was the invitation that bore the first clue to what the SS17 collection would hold – a self portrait of Robert Mapplethorpe, the photographer best known for his highly controversial documentation...
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Daniela Gregis & a Not so Well Informed Blogger….
Daniela Gregis Looking for information about designer Daniela Gregis, I stumbled upon an article I’d like to share. Not because it’s a great article, but because of the nonsense written in the article....
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