It is a week for revealing secrets. Twitter kicked off Museum Week yesterday – an initiative that will give users behind-the-scenes…
Category: Fashion and Art History
Fashion, style, painting, art, literature, beautiful objets – these were her immersions. Dali, Giacometti, Man Ray, Cocteau, Duchamp and Steichen comprised…
Feeling ka-powed by the gazillion fashion weeks that have suddenly come into your consciousness? Have they deemed you unconscious? I know…
Time is fleeting. Artists come. They tell us their stories and then in a moment, they are lost. I read a…
In part one, I looked at the visual vocabulary from both the Moghul and Maratha Empires, scattered throughout the story that…
That’s precisely how I think Karl Lagerfeld approached his latest Métiers d’Art PF12 collection for Chanel, entitled Paris-Bombay. He said hello…
It seems a few designers took a page from this book when it came to inspiration, this season. Images: Vogue.com, Elle.com…
Shakespeare’s Ophelia: O, what a noble mind is here o’erthrown! The courtier’s, scholar’s, soldier’s, eye, tongue, sword, Th’ expectancy and rose…
Burberry checks? Check. Lumberjack track? Check. Expressionist impressions? Check. See other posts on Fashion and Art. See more Otto Dix. See…
The Fall campaigns are hitting my consciousness, despite the sultry August heat. It’s at this time of year – when the…
The Motherland is a study in stark contrasts. It is often colourful. It is sometimes black and white. It is as…
When I was at the AGO recently, taking in the last bit of Maharajas and their many baubles, I had a…