At first glance, Yohji Yamamoto's Spring/Summer 2011 collection, presented yesterday at Espace Vendôme in Paris, was just another in the long line of displays of the master's great skill. Yamamoto is the go-to designer for garments blending the line between their supposed function and metamorphosis into an architectural object, but this collection is - as ... Read more
Although I usually freeze at the mere thought of having to pick a "favorite" anything, I won't hesitate to say that to me, Dolce & Gabbana is the most aesthetically pleasing Spring/Summer 2011 collection so far. I say "aesthetically pleasing", not "the best" because it didn't introduce anything groundbreaking, but then again, it didn't want ... Read more
I once read that in times of (economic) crisis, trends dictate higher and higher heels deforming women's feet, suggesting an almost post-apocalyptic vision of the world in shreds where women tower over men, children, the old and the disabled by a good 16+ cm (6,3 inches), being above everyone else figuratively and literally (how feminist!), ... Read more