Un Veritable Cachemire

By Ira Solomatina

Richard Avedon, Vogue, 1967. Courtesy ICP and Vince Aletti

The idea of time as a crumpled handkerchief offers a welcome alternative to the notion of time as a linear trajectory that is moving in the direction of progress and continuous betterment. Perception of time as linear is one of the legacies of the Enlightenment era which saw history as moving away from ancient barbaric, uncivilised and primitive times towards...

Keywords: A crumpled handkerchief, A pawnbroker's ticket, Bestial degradation, Cultural Appropriation, Etro

Betwixt and Between

On liminal time in the context of the fashion show

By Nathalie Khan

Illustration by Agoera

Catwalk shows hardly ever begin on time. Delay, anticipation and deferment are traditionally part of the routine. Waiting for the...

Colour Codes

Decoding the Homoerotic Hanky

By Dr Jordy Jones

Hal Fischer, 1975. Courtesy of MoMA online collection.

Flagging is a way of communicating basic information without needing to speak. Bandanas are soft introductions. They are self-labelling devices,...

Conversations on Power: Irene Silvagni

Q&A with Irene Silvagni, Former Creative Director, Yohji Yamamoto

By Anja Aronowsky Cronberg

Illustration by Chris Rubino

Irene Silvagni died on March 23 after a long illness, but throughout her long career she was one of the...

A Pair of Sneakers

February 18, 2022

By Anja Aronowsky Cronberg

Jason Fulford, Image originally published in Vestoj 'On Masculinities,' 2016.

How many miles of endless asphalt haven’t I covered in these shoes, and in how many cities? This pair of...

TALKING ABOUT DOUBT WITH ALESSANDRO MICHELE

CREATIVE DIRECTOR, GUCCI, ROME

January 27, 2022

By Anja Aronowsky Cronberg

Orfeo Tagiuri, For Phoebe, 2021.

Fashion can be so… come si dice… autoreferenziale. Self-referential? It’s crazy to me that a creative director should use a...

Notes on Doubt

January 20, 2022

By Angelo Flaccavento

Drawing by Angelo Flaccavento

Relevance is certainly a status given by the system, sometimes rather arbitrarily, but it also gives worth to one’s efforts....