Too much of a good thing is bad The luxury world is a very distinct cultural place and market. Defined by the high quality of the goods, but even more by the steep prices, the luxury movers and shakers of the world make it hard to gain access to their world. Historically, the luxury […]
Category: Culture
The 2017 edition of the Academy Awards took place on February 26 at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles. The ceremony honored achievements 2016 films divided into 24 categories. The Oscars were hosted for the first time by comedian Jimmy Kimmel and was broadcast in the United States by ABC, as well as by […]
Fashion has many meanings in society. It conveys identity, personality, group belonging and more. Clothing can be political and it can be art. One of the things that clothing almost always is is a symbol of social status. Social status is defined as “a person’s standing or importance in relation to other people […]
AC Mood Board: Ainu Aesthetics
The Ainu people are considered to be the indigenous population of Japan. The Ainu arrived in Japan around 14,000 years ago, which is 10,000 years before the Japanese. Today, there live only between 20,000 to 60,000 people who identify as Ainu. Most of them live on Japan’s northern island of Hokkaido. Originally, the Ainu culture […]
Concept: fashion blog A few years ago, the concept of “fashion blogger” was a big trend in the online world. Not only because of its numeric value – it was estimated around 2012 that there were more than 2 million fashion blogs worldwide, but also because of the bloggers’ influence on style and culture. There […]
The 59th edition took place on February 12th. Held at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, the event was broadcast in the USA by the CBS network. The main music awards ceremony came as every year accompanied by a red carpet event, where the celebrities of the music industry showcased their clothes and accessories. Discover […]
In the world of Rock ‘n’ Roll, no name bears more significance than Elvis Presley. The undisputed King of the genre, has a legacy that is so strong, that it has turned him into a legendary figure in pop culture and one of the most well known music icons in the world, as Biography shares […]
If you still believe that social networks, dating websites and mobile apps can’t help in building the relationships in real life, you’d be surprised. Statistics show that only in 2014, about 33% of the couples found each other online. And by 2040 the share of relationships that started online is predicted to grow up to […]
The 23rd annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, also known as the SAG Awards took place on January 29. The ceremony, which was broadcast in the USA on two TV channels at the same time, TNT and TBS, honored the best achievements in film and television performances for the year 2016. As usually, the SAG Awards […]
Chinese New Year: Rooster Inspiration
The Chinese year of the Rooster will begin shortly, as the month of January approaches its 27th day. In the 12-year Chinese zodiac cycle, the rooster ranks tenth out of the 12 animals. 2017 is going to be a year of the rooster. What is the year of the Rooster? The […]
Although the runways have been breaking down gender barriers, implementing more and more co-ed fashion shows, there seems to still remain some gap areas that need to be bridged – one of which is body image issues. Body Positive Movement influencer Tim Gunn has openly discussed on numerous occasions this industry gap, namely that designers […]
A new year brings a new season of Fashion Weeks around the world. While most collections for the spring-summer 2017 season have been already unveiled, in 2017 we will see the collections for the autumn-winter 2017-18 season and for the spring-summer 2018 season. Fashion Weeks happen all over the world and AC is happy to […]
