According to British Vogue, cleavage is “out.” In Kathleen Baird-Murray’s Desperately Seeking Cleavage, featured in the December issue of the magazine, she notes the distinct lack of pertinently pushed-up breasts everywhere from runway to red carpet. “The tits will not be out for the lads. Or for anyone else, for that matter,” she states. In the edition she explores the history of a “bosom focused” fashion industry and analyses the different approaches women of today take cleavage. As per usual, the Internet was not having it, with articles being published left and right, attacking the magazine for dictating the closets of women and seemingly degrading a woman of a certain body type.…
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Fashion Photography: Telling a Story about Storytelling
Storytelling about evolving lifestyles. This is the essence of fashion photography. From a more practical point of view, it is a mean to show and describe what is going to be offered to public, to persuade people to desire it, to make us fall irremediably in love with the Zeitgeist. Due to the fluctuation of people tastes and the happenings influencing society, fashion photography has to keep itself up-to-date. How is it possible? Thanks to its Bards. The strength and effectiveness of a fashion image is due to the ability of the one who stands behind the camera and the editor supporting him/her, whose mantra is: “everything or anything for…
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Suit 101: The white shirt – camicie su misura
Note: This is part of an ongoing series known as Suit 101. A white shirt can create emotion, even if it is just a shirt. And if we look at shirt-making as an artform and an act of craftsmanship, then we began to sense the possibilities of making this staple…something special. – Sonya Glyn Nicholson, Parisian Gentlemen Bespoke shirts are no stranger to the man’s world — akin to how stilettos are no stranger to a woman’s world (Feminists may argue otherwise but let’s not get too deep here). Like shoes, a dress shirt — with its various permutations of patterns and colours — can give the entire outfit a fresh look. This could explain…
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Artisan Wonderland is in town with “L’Artigiano in Fiera”
If you’re looking for a place for early Christmas shopping without feeling ashamed about it, you’re in luck my friends. This weekend “L’Artigiano in Fiera” debuts in Rho-Fiera and it will stay open from 29th November up to 8th December everyday from 10.00 am to 22.30 pm with no need to pay the ticket for the entrance. This is the very favourite place for real Milan people to satisfy their forbidden need for handcrafted goodies from all around the world. Looking for artisanal beer? They have it – from 50 different countries. Scarves from Malaysia? No problem. About getting a fancy nail art from some of the emerging talents in Milan?…
