Conversations on Power: Irene Silvagni
Q&A with Irene Silvagni, Former Creative Director, Yohji Yamamoto
Irene Silvagni died on March 23 after a long illness, but throughout her long career she was one of the...
Fashion Criticism
On Mercantile Liasons
Fashion, as an industry, survives because of commerce, and commerce is the result of carefully planned media exposure: everything that...
What Revolution?
On the Age of Influence and the Power of Self-censorship in Fashion Writing
Many are those who today speak of the necessity of a ‘fashion revolution.’ Certainly there are some fundamental issues in...
Keeping in Touch
Suzy Menkes’ ‘digital-first’ approach asks, how do fashion critics stay relevant?
‘You have to be relevant’ – thus spoke Suzy Menkes in a recent interview. But while Suzy Menkes remains one...
Fashion Writing: On Fighting the System
It’s an open secret in the industry that advertising brands dictate editorial content, sometimes explicitly, often tacitly. Stories of reporters...