From horse hair to fish bones, silk and feathers, these are just some of the materials used to express the vision lying behind the masterpiece garments created by Alexander McQueen.
This fashion artist, because that is what he was, an artist and then a designer, left the world too soon and as from his own words: [...]

Dear Alan,
1. Your theme was ‘Possibility’. You are saying that inside our DNA lies a section that contains all of our ancestral experiences and memories from our past. Explain that concept of “Ancestral Memory” that inspired you.
A: Ancestral memory is a somewhat fringe scientific theory that truly fascinated me. For thousands of years, particular cultures [...]

THE SOUND OF FASHION [THIS IS NOT A LOVE SONG]
Tomorrowing in one of the many sleepless nights, the owner of Art to Design galley, posted me an unexpected comment on the song I’m Older Now by Jay Jay Johanson sounding this way: “Listen to this track, the old Vivienne [Westwood] will appear in front of [...]

Storia
Il palazzo, una delle ultime grandi residenze nobiliari del centro di Firenze, fu voluto dalla baronessa Fiorella Favard di Langlade che incaricò, nel 1857, l’architetto Giuseppe Poggi, allora molto in voga tra la nobiltà fiorentina. La baronessa era un personaggio per certi versi misterioso, della quale si ignora l’origine della ricchezza, nata a Livorno nel [...]

View from the Bridge of Sighs. The Bridge of Sighs (Italian: Ponte dei Sospiri) is a bridge in Venice, northern Italy . The enclosed bridge is made of white limestone and has windows with stone bars. It passes over the Rio di Palazzo and connects the old prisons to the interrogation rooms in the Doge’s [...]

FUN WINDOW at LOUIS VUITTON LONDON
Enjoy,
Linda Loppa

ARCHEOLOGY
Mentored by: Danilo Venturi
Prepared by: Suthini Tanangsnakool (Pui) & Yeong Win-Ni (Koko)
LONG TERM TREND
SOBJECT
SUBJECT / OBJECT
As a matter of fact, merchandise has been consuming us.
Living in a circular time, we are moving forward blindly with no concrete goals nor direction. At the age of uncertainties, we are struggling to identify ourselves, and often feel the [...]

Può la moda essere sostenibile? è una sfida obbligata a cui nemmeno la moda si può sottrarre. Gruppi del lusso globale investono in brand sostenibili, insegne del retail di massa propongono capi in fibre eco-friendly, piccoli marchi inscrivono il riuso di materiali di scarto dentro l’estetica del fashion sofisticato, la responsabilità [...]

we wait for RENOVATION…
Villa Favard… opening soon…october 2011.