Art and fashion have a complicated relationship. While some argue that fashion is a form of art, others reject the idea completely. Miuccia Prada is on the second team, which seems ironic since her brand has a very close relation to the arts through the Fondazione Prada and collaborations with filmmakers (Ridley Scott and Roman […]
It all started in 1837 when 16 years old Louis Vuitton decided that he wanted to be an artisan and left his family in Asnières to try his luck in Paris as a trunk maker. In 1854 the brand was officially born with a store at Rue Neuve des Capucines. The classic monogram appeared in […]
When we think about fast-fashion, there’s no shortage of names: H&M, Zara, Topshop… But until the 1990’s, when the term didn’t even exist, Gap was ‘the’ place to find good quality pieces with very reasonable prices. The American company established in San Francisco, in 1969, by Donald and Doris Fischer, as a multibrand store that […]
Everybody knows Stella McCartney’s trajectory: raised on a farm, in England’s countryside, Paul and Linda’s daughter learned to value nature and animals since she was a child. After an internship at Christian Lacroix, while still a teenager, she went to Central Saint Martins to get her degree and her graduation show had friends Kate Moss […]
Two elements are eternally associated with seduction: heels and the colour red. When both are united, what’s the result? Christian Louboutin, of course! His red soles are part of fashion history for over 20 years and have expanded into handbags, men’s accessories and even lipstick and nail polish. It’s not bad for a boy who […]
Few years have passed since Lee Alexander McQueen left us and it’s not an overstatement saying that fashion found itself ‘orphan’ from one of its greatest creators, maybe the best from recent decades. The son of a London taxi-driver, who was born in a working class family, learned early how to sew, refined his skills […]
Ralph Lifshitz grew up in the Bronx, a New York neighbourhood where reality is far from the glamour of the Upper East Side. But it was never an obstacle for him to dream about the lifestyle of traditional WASPs: the beach houses on the outskirts of Boston, Ivy League universities and elite sports such as […]
Anyone who knows a little bit of fashion history is aware of Coco Chanel’s trajectory: an orphan girl who was abandoned in a nunnery by her father, she aspired to be a singer, but her skills as seamstress ended up opening the doors to a new and prestigious life, and to change forever the way […]