AND_I: the goldsmith and the sculptor
I just love it when I come to the roots of things. You know how it feels to see a photography, a jewelry, a pair of shoes etc. and not to have any idea how to track them? Oh, so annoying! But this time, it has been tracked! Im sure you all know AND_I’s work,...
I’m a rock chick, putting my dancing knickers on – interview with fashion designer Ioana Ciolacu
How do I put it? Bucharest-based artist Ioana Ciolacu comes from the generation that promises to change everything in Romanian fashion. She has the background and she has the guts. Former student of Ion Mincu University of Architecture and Urbanism, she decided to shift towards fashion design and stick to it. Now she marvels us...
Girls need space
Trends and obsessions piss me off so badly. Especially in fashion, where they seem even more superficial than in other fields. Mild superficiality is easier to accept. But generally accepting and unequivocally adhering to trends in fashion is somehow ridiculous: a specific pattern, a certain type of skirt, wearing this color bag with those shoes,...
Rolling Words. A Smokable Songbook
What do we have here? A rapper – Snoop Doog this time – launching a book. But: How the hell are we going to get people to buy a book filled with nonsensical Snoop Dogg lyrics that only have value when coming out of his mouth? Simple. We make every page a rolling paper. P&O’s...
Angels in disguise
Beginnings is a short documentary series directed by Chiara Clemente for Sundance Channel that explores the early starts of different artists. It debuted with Yoko Ono and Carolina Herrera and now the Italian director has shifted focus to Paris, where she interviewed Christian Louboutin, Charlotte Gainsbourg or Frederic Malle. The purpose of the series is to...
We are allied
This week was formed the Model Alliance, a nonprofit organization which aims to improve models’ working conditions and to establish ethical standards on the fashion industry. The alliance was formed by former model Sara Ziff and Coco Rocha and Amy Lemons are members in the board. No, they are not complaining for none of the...
drifting saudi style
Probably you’ve seen it already and if not, omfg, watch it right away. I had to sleep on it, just to be sure it is worth mentioning and now I’m crazy about it. Yeah, I’m talking about M.I.A’s Bad girls video. The singer-hipster-rapper-provocateur is now bringing bling bling to the Middle East. Bad Girls was...
Wearing a suit is a man business
Its time to move to the field. One hell of a soccer team and one hell of a coach: Barcelona and its inteligentia Joseph Guardiola. I remember first seeing him on tv about one year ago when Barca was playing against God knows who and suddenly I had a real reason to look at that...
Unquiet dead beings
Inspired by Rusalka from the Slavic mythology, Zacky is trying to save the world again. Here I let you in the distinguished company of Mr. A. S. Pushkin and his Rusalka. He looks; his heart is full of trouble, Of fear he cannot quite explain; He sees the waves rise more than double And suddenly...
sUPREME: from living in a cult-like bubble to mainstream
Business of Fashion tells us the story of getting from a skate clothes producer to a mainstream brand. And we’re talking here about a Supreme one. The Supreme. Having the aesthetics of hip-hop and skateboard culture and producing niche clothes, they carried out as being seen as a religion. They have a strong concept behind...
Addicted to the game
Wanna get schooled in Jay-Z? Now you can, cause there’s a class at Georgetown University. Michael Eric Dyson, professor, author, radio host and television personality, has offered at Georgetown University this semester a popular class dedicated to Jay-Z – his life and his career. “It just happens to have an interesting object of engagement in...
New type of muse
awwwww. the call of my inner male desiring Alessandra Ambrosio (i dont encourage women body love). forget all the ridiculously petite Hollywood starlets (and im talking here about mila kunis and scarlett johansson – damn right i dont like them!). shouldn’t the sexiest woman on earth look more like models/victoria’s secrets models? Whether shes dressed...