Bien avant les débats sur les gaines sculptantes ou les talons hauts, la mode exposait déjà ses adeptes à des poisons, des radiations ou des incendies. Une histoire de l’élégance à des périodes où celle-ci pouvait se payer au prix fort.
- Associate Professor in Fashion and Material Culture, Nottingham Trent University
As tendências da moda atuais não se comparam à agonia causada pelas modas passageiras do passado
Modern fashion trends have nothing on the agony caused by the fads of yesteryear.
A fashion academic recalls her time working at the iconic store in the 1990s, when it was at its fashion-forward peak.
A protagonist of surrealism, Schiaparelli was an extraordinary couturier who pushed the bounds of creativity, leaving her mark on Paris fashion and beyond.
The brand can trace its roots back to 1880.
Valentino wanted to make women beautiful
Napoleon’s sister Pauline used to rouge her nipples to enhance their appearence.
London’s Fashion and Textile Museum showcases iconic performance artist Leigh Bowery and his contemporaries, who fashioned a flamboyant new cultural scene after punk had fizzled out.
Des shorts d’école aux mini-shorts Gucci de Paul Mescal, le short est devenu un incontournable de la mode estivale.
From school shorts to tiny Gucci boxers, how the short-short became a summer fashion staple.
Keeping up with the Kardashians can be a real pain. How fashion trends from waist trainers to celebrity endorsed sneakers could do more harm than good.
An expensive purchase price may not guarantee that your product will hold its value.
From her early designs that brought flowing silouhettes into fashion to her iconic evening wear, this is a must-see exhibition for any fan of fashion.
It was her design of Kate Middleton’s iconic royal wedding dress that brought Sarah Burton into the limelight.
A new exhibition pays homage to the king of sequins, who combines detailed, traditional techniques with unconventional materials.
In purchasing iconic items previously owned by other celebrities, Kim Kardashian is negotiating her own place in the celebrity sphere.
Un espíritu rebelde que pretendía romper las reglas de la moda, pero ¿cómo será la Casa Westwood sin su diseñadora homónima?
A rebellious spirit who sought to break the rules of fashion, but what will the House of Westwood be like without its eponymous designer?
This is something that has been going on for hundreds of years.
As sneakers have gone from sportswear to fashion item, the market for the shoe has exploded.
About 100 billion items of clothing are produced each year. That’s not sustainable fashion.
As models hit the catwalk for London Fashion Week, how do these trends actually relate people on the streets?
Seriously though - can fashion really damage your health?
A walk through some of the more extreme examples of historical shoes.
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