As any historian will tell you, the 1950s were a time when the conventional values of conservative, steady quotidian philosophy dominated. And, that is only normal, given that the world was recovering after the uncertainties and horrors of the Second World War. While there were fascinating artists that emerged during this time, the mainstream visual […]
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“Diana Vreeland: The Eye Must Travel” is a 2012 documentary directed by Lisa Immordino Vreeland. The 1 hour 32 minutes film tells the story of an absolute original: Diana Vreeland. Diana is best known as the editor of fashion magazines such as Harper’s Bazaar and Vogue and for her enormous impact on what beauty and […]
A suit is the sartorial equivalent of the cultural and biological man. It is the symbol of manhood and embodies elegance, dynamism, flair and other elements that define the ideal man. Suits have been around for a very long time and, even though they did see a lot of change, their meaning and philosophical core […]
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Mainstream Fashion in the 1960s
The second part of the 20th century was a period of time ruled by duality in fashion and culture. On the one hand, there was the “norm”, the conservative style promoted by the mainstream media, and on the other hand there were the “rebels”, which, unlike the rebels of the years that had gone by, […]
Why is image so important? In short, our clothes, our ideas and our environment are connected and are ways through which we express our ideology to the other people, whether we want to do it or not. The clothes we wear are not so much an expression of who we are and what we […]
In our first part of our “Guide to vintage” we discussed how somebody who is interested in purchasing vintage clothes and accessories should proceed in order to get the best vintage pieces and not just “used stuff”. It’s funny how some people consider vintage to be “used” things, and this is why we decided that […]
The taste for vintage clothes and accessories makes some people turn into veritable treasure hunters of old-time clothes. In a world where the fashion industry keeps on expanding, some people like to add old finds to their wardrobes to make them more original, to fill them with history and to make fashion statements about their […]
“Great things are not accomplished by those who yield to trends and fads and popular opinion.” -Jack Kerouac Read the story of a guy who expressed himself by all means possible, matching his life to his appearance and making the best out of this world view. Jack Kerouac was one of the founders of the […]
The elegance and sophistication to which fashion has come today are obviously the process of a very long and sometimes hard journey that mankind has taken along the course of many years. Even though we take clothes for granted, which is only natural since we live in a world where they are not something to […]