Usually after a Fashion Week ends, many people in the media publish the craziest of designs followed by the title or comment “Would you ever wear this?” Many people are then commenting on the uselessness of the fashion event and how designers are not creating enough clothes that are wearable and accessible. Comments […]
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The town of Basel in Switzerland is known today on the international fashion scene mostly for its annual Baselworld event, which gathers the best in watchmaking from Switzerland and beyond. The event rounds up thousands of fans of luxury watches and a strong media crowd. Located at the meeting point of the German, French and […]
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Mood Board: Temple of Muses
Bernard Picart (or Picard) (1673-1733) was a French book illustrator and a noteworthy engraver of the first half of the 18th century. His most outstanding work is probably “Cérémonies et Coutumes Religieuses de tous les Peuples du Monde” (“Religious Ceremonies and Customs of All the Peoples of the World”), published between 1723 and 1737, which […]
Handkerchiefs are one of those items that are quite hard to categorize: they fall between a utilitarian item and a style accessory. Today, they are quite controversial, as many people wonder whether they should still be used or not… Quick history The handkerchief has an old and inexact origin. While some say it originated […]
Scott Hoover is a Los Angeles-based portrait and fashion photographer. Scott is a creative professional who works with great skill and talent to photograph men for magazines, ads and more. In this Attire Club interview, he discusses photography, his inspirations and more! Attire Club: Who is your main role model and inspiration when […]
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AC Mood Board: Peking Opera
Peking Opera or Beijing Opera is a form of traditional Chinese theater. This style of representation combines vocal performance, music, dance and acrobatics and features highly complex elements of costume and makeup. History and characteristics The genre arose in the late 18th century and became developed and recognized in the mid-19th […]
The essence of fashion design
Photographers are a very important part of the fashion world. They are the ones who create the dream images the fashion publications of the world and the brands we all know. We have put together a list of the most important fashion photographers of the moment and of the past, who have influenced the […]
Fashion is all about reflecting life and the mindset of a space, place and group of people. When looking at the history of fashion, we can see that there have been some many things that we today call crazy, but which were at their time either the norm or a strange novelty. Therefore, we have […]
Many of us enjoyed cartoons on television when we were young. Some of us even enjoy them very much as adults. For many kids, cartoon characters, given the fact that they are very narrow in terms of development (they only have a few traits, which, let’s admit it, unfortunately is not far from what grown-up […]
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Fashion’s Creative Laws
Every creative field has a strong and serious connection with the idea of copyright, which is the legal frame that allows one to create without having to worry that someone else will steal his or her idea, replicate it and then make money off it. Interestingly enough, in the fashion world, the copyright idea does […]
Paris Fashion Week is one of the most anticipated and respected fashion events in the global style calendar. The most recent PFW event, which showcased spring-summer collections for the 2016 season, started on June 24 and went on for 5 days in a row, during which French designers and their guests unveiled their take on […]