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…