Studiopretzel founder Emiliano Laszlo. Image by Marco Annunziata. Is consumerism killing craftmanship? How much longer will quality clothing exist? Fashion these days often forces industry insiders to forgo words such as quality and craftmanship in the name of survival, as defined by profit margins and output. In Florence, however, Studiopretzel is bucking the trend, offering [...]
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In Conversation with Magda Antoniuk
May 26, 2011 – 3:35 pm
Interview by Silvia Bergomi. All illustrations by Magda Antoniuk. Magda Antoniuk is a Polish illustrator with a university degree in sociology who turns fashion imagery into vivid hand-drawn creations that have appeared in numerous international publications. Despite or perhaps because of their interpretive, personal quality, her works imbue their subjects with an intimacy and reveal [...]
Classic Christmas Characters
December 17, 2010 – 2:30 pm
Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye in White Christmas Hot toddies, along with sequins, feathers and drama, are annual highlights of the holiday break. My favorite seasonal cinematic characters combine all of the above into hours of entertainment and style inspiration. The White Witch in the BBC’s original Chronicles of Narnia isn’t quite as editorial as [...]
Heat, Me-Heat, Re-Heat
November 26, 2010 – 7:46 am
Since Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth hit theaters in 2006, global warming has become a mainstream issue and concern that has finally initiated change within the New York fashion industry. In the past year, Sweden, a sustainable fashion leader, brought its exhibition Eco Chic: Towards Sustainable Swedish Fashion stateside; the Green Shows became a regular [...]
Secrets of the Bedouin
October 18, 2010 – 8:18 am
I came across the Bedouin while researching the culture of Dubai and was instantly infatuated by these vibrant desert-dwelling nomads who endlessly traverse the dunes of the Middle East and conventionally make their clothing from the fiber of the sheep and camels that travel with them. Both functional and fashionable, the Bedouin’s enormous thobes (garments [...]
