Funny Time of Year…

Beth Gibbons still is one of the few reasons it’s not entirely pointless to have a look at the pop-rock shelves… Unfortunately, as it happens in more than few occasions, her huge musical talents do...

Some random thoughts…

… about a painting from french artist Thomas Saliot. Street Light 1. Contemporary figurative painting owes much to Photoshop filters. It’s kind of sad. 2. Shorts and micro skirts look much better...

If you think…

… (as you should) that this girl and her fur Badass, next generation are shit-hot (pardon my French), then you probably want to hear Lika Volkova, who designs with Alessandro DeVito under the label...

It’s a shame…

…they don’t do it in bimbo pink. That would make a statement. Peacekeeper x James Piatt Spiced-up handbag

This won’t be any news…

… to any of you, but there was a fashion orgy at the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute Gala Benefit earlier this month. Many celebs did their best to impress, which unfortunately often...

Addendum…

… on Van Beirendonck. He may sometimes transcend his camp-LGBT manerism, and reach genius. Color madness

For no better reason…

… than sheer capriccio, I decided today had to be dedicated to the infamous Antwerp Six. The way they were, all badass From left to right: Marina Yee, Dries Van Noten, Ann Demeulemeester, Walter...

So it’s Spring…

… and I want flowers on my dress. Am I so literal I’m lame? And no thanks Miuccia, I don’t want bananas. I even think they’re a friggin‘ disaster these bananas everybody seems to praise. Do I need...

Dear Friends…

I owe you all an apology. I’ve been extremely unwell, hence missing for an month and a half, without a warning. Some of you expressed concern, which touched me a lot. I won’t go into details, but I...

United Nude…

… does really good things when not trying to incorporate furniture references in their shoes. Witness, the absolute wonderfulness of the product of their collaboration with Iris van Herpen. It’s...

It took me a while…

… to decide whether I should pay homage to Liz Taylor. I’ve never been especially found of her style, and while she has been absolutely gorgeous, I’ve never been very convinced by her fashion...

I’m into cute right now…

… and I’ve got a strange idea about the way it relates to classical aesthetics. Work by Jun Kumaori Stay tuned!

Patternity…

… is not only an astute bon mot, and a fascinating tumblr, it is also a shop where some pretty good tights can be purchased online for a hefty £42. A design I find particularly tasteful in an...

I could totally wear that…

Henri-Francois-Mulard, Portrait of a Woman, ca 1810 Notice the butter gloves. I hear you, my little shrimps, asking as one should always ask: “this is very well indeed, but what about the shoes?”...

Architecture is not necessarily…

… synonymous with austerity, even when you practice a relatively restrained classicism. At least, there may be some discrepancy between your architectural aesthetics: Paris' Pantheon by...

Luis Buñuel may have…

… too deeply impressed my imagination with Belle de Jour, but I find this picture insanely sexual: The sluttishness of the "Claudine" round collar

Color Theory…

… is quite a fascinating subject and should be on the curriculum of any wannabe fashionista. As you may know, Goethe is something like the father of the field where optics meets aesthetics, both as...

On the relevance of a black tie…

The make-up is also perfect and yet, not a single black tie in sight on the runways, neither for Spring nor for Fall. You know what to steal from the bf to be supremely untrendy.

Musical attire…

From this site via this site.

Ditto…

In the Navy…

… is just where I’d like to be, sailing the deep blue waves, far away from this leaden sky and that never to come spring. Or maybe I’ll just dream about the Flying Dutchman, listening to the wind...

Eccentricity

In this age, the mere example of non-conformity, the mere refusal to bend the knee to custom, is itself a service. Precisely because the tyranny of opinion is such as to make eccentricity a...

A Top-5 of male DNA providers…

… may come handy in those times when world news are slightly apocalyptic. When I ask my own gametes where should I look for a match (a question, my little shrimps, you know to be quite distinct...

Inspiration for tonight…

… comes from Preminger’s fabulous The Moon is Blue. I know of few other movies with so much rhythm while being just a matter of dialogue. The pitch is of biblical simplicity. A young girl meets a...

Oversizing is trendy…

… we’ve heard plenty of this during the month. Yet, I feel oversize falls at least under two very different categories. The first is the obvious: my jacket is too big for me. Despite all the...

A strong modernism…

… may no longer be a sign of a healthy society. It has been once the clearest symptom of confidence in our own values, in so far as they were projected towards a future under construction. But I...

It may or may not be a sign…

… but Sargent’s portrait of Madame X, much discussed when Manolo introduced it as a token of non-messy-layers icon, was on Peter Copping mood board when he draw Nina Riccci’s last collection. (Did...

The Freak show is on…

… at Mugler. As anticipated, something rather good was on its way with Formichetti taking the reins of the slightly decaying house. And without detour he delivered everything one was entitled to...

Splitting Hairs (A Cruel Tale)

Amazed, the populace that rites attend, Believe whate’er they cannot comprehend, And, inly edified to learn that two Half-hairs joined so and so (as Art can do) Have sweeter values and a grace more...

Here comes my Top 10…

… of non-trendy yet indispensable looks from Milano Fashion Week. As you may have noticed already, I’m not that much into trends: the way I see them, they are a kind of ready-to-think. Let’s look...