Elegance. Grace. Glamour. These words are sprinkled haphazardly in our modern fashion lexicon; descriptive ingredients in an already over-spiced stew of…
Category: Fashion History
The Forbidden City has been revealed in the most unexpected of places. Treasured objects from inside the court of China’s emperors…
Fashion, style, painting, art, literature, beautiful objets – these were her immersions. Dali, Giacometti, Man Ray, Cocteau, Duchamp and Steichen comprised…
While the fashion as art debate continues, so do the fashion exhibitions in global museums. I’ve been covering museum exhibitions, whether…
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…
So while we wait for the September British Vogue, let’s review our August homework, shall we? Here is the first shoot with…
Quietly last Fall, Alexander McQueen, the brand, introduced a line of rugs and home accessories, in collaboration with The Rug Company.…
Well, she is fashion royalty, after all. That’s likely why the blue bloods of Royal Ascot asked our dear Auntie Viv,…
Many years ago, in a land not so far away, two designers went head to head in a controversy over bandages.…
Dior Haute Couture made me scream those words out loud: “Now thaaaat’s coutuuuuure!” Inspired by the wonderful, whimsical and other-worldly illustration…