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Balmain Though I've quipped and quibbled in posts past about the crazy notion of multiple layers and football player shoulders, it's fair to say I think this is where we are heading—volume. It's also camouflage and protective layers. I have not a doubt in the world that this is in response to a primal need to dig deep and burrow, the polar opposite of reveal and flaunt. Could a thing like fashion possibly be influenced by politics and world order? Oh please, this is the real reason I loved history. Early on I saw the connection. See http://allwaysinfashion.blogspot.com/2016/08/years-of-fashion-part-one.html http://allwaysinfashion.blogspot.com/2016/09/years-of-fashion-part-two.html http://allwaysinfashion.blogspot.com/2016/10/80-years-of-fashion-part-three.html http://allwaysinfashion.blogspot.com/2016/10/years-of-fashion-part-four.html   Too bad I couldn't form the same bond with math. We expect New York Fashion Week to give us an idea what we may be wearing as we expe...

Korean Street Fashion-September 2018 In streets of SEOUL Credits: Musinsa

UNT’s College of Visual Arts and Design held its annual scholarship awards reception this past September 15 th . The Fashion Design Program was well represented by these talented students: Emily Dillard, Senior, awarded The Gene and Jerry Jones Scholarship in Fashion Design Bre Ferrara, Senior, awarded the The Harry and Anna Bernstein Memorial Scholarship & The Roger K. Thomason Scholarship in Weaving Ashley Gilbertson, Junior, awarded The NAMSB Foundation, Inc. Julius Marcus Award for Excellence in Fashion Design Endowment Alaysha McClinton, Senior, awarded The Mary Jo Rawlins Scholarship in Fashion Design Hannah Miller, Senior, awarded The Michael Faircloth Scholarship in Fashion Design Anabel Moreno, Senior, awarded The Neiman Marcus Scholarship in Fashion Design Rachele Mubanga, Sophomore, awarded The Jean Andrews Scholarship Krissi Riewe, MFA candidate, awarded the Joann Elliot Bond Memorial Scholarship Congratulations to these students on their awards, and thank you to th...

Last spring before I went to France I quickly made this yellow ochre-coloured A-line skirt (like, the actual night before, because that is what insane people like me do in order to maintain a maximum stress level). I had had the fabric waiting in my to-do pile of fabrics for a few of years already and decided it would make a great and comfy travel skirt. With large pockets, of course. Skirt-show-off walking, as one does. Dark yellow is a strangely versatile colour that pairs well with many others, and I especially like it with wine red. Maximising the level of autumn-points. Photos by my friend Asko Rantanen / Asko Jonathan Photography  who takes amazingly creative pictures.

'As the bearer of this book, you are most fortunate - there are many fine cocktails in your future'. Who doesn't want to see a fine cocktail in his or her future? Summer or winter, autumn or spring, to celebrate or to mourn, a cocktail is a challenge for the palate and a great way to put your culinary imagination at work. As someone so much in love with the spices, I couldn't stop using them outside the usual savory or sweet edible recipes, and trying my hand on cocktails is the next stage of personal achievement.  'Like a spread of tarot cards, a cocktail combines different components - each with a unique role to play, a flavor or texture to contribute - and that purpose changes depending on the combination and quantities of ingredients. The ritual involves certain instruments, careful measurements, an alchemy of ingredients, and an order of operations. There's a science to that, but there is magic in the mix, too'.  Inspired by tarot cards, the 45 'Div...

Photo: Neil Kendall It will be a full moon tonight and if the sky is clear I know I will most likely be woken up by it, as it stares straight into my window around 3am with a light strong enough to penetrate my sleep. But I still don't want to close the curtains because there is just something about being woken up by a bright full moon, so I most often tend to stare back at it for a while and ponder the universe. So in honour of that I'll post a picture from a photo series inspired by Méliès 1902 film  La Voyage Dans La Lune – taken   at the end of this summer, when I had the chance to shoot with amazing vintage style photographer Neil Kendall in Chester and I got to be the first one to try out his new moon set! Not to be shared without proper credits.

My dolls search for any and all excuses to get all dressed up and show off. This year, however, I asked if they really wanted to continue to go to the Emmy Awards (the U.S. television Oscars). After all, many of the celebrities and their nominated TV shows are scarcely known outside of the country AND (more importantly) the gowns are not always on par with the "gold standard" gear of the Academy Awards or the Golden Globes. To this inquiry, there was a resounding YES vote throughout the house (including from dolls who do not wear gowns). This red carpet event, they explained, allows them to upstage the stars in spectacular fashion by restyling or even redesigned the gowns! The problem with the lackluster look of today's red carpet events, is what seems to be the missing element of glamour! To our eyes, there seems to be a lack of imagination, a lack of passion for sensational fashion! What happened to opera length gloves, what happened to the stoles, the swashbuckling cap...