3-D Printing is all the web buzz at the moment, and within minutes of most people hearing about its existence, promising inroads have been forged to fashion and just about every other design industry. Read More
Fashion + Design
Plastic Kaiser
Carol | March 24th, 2013
Melissa is one of the best examples of co-branding between Brazilian brands and continues innovative never seen before partnerships for its famous plastic shoes. The latest one being with no other than Karl Lagerfeld. Read More
The Carioca
Carol | March 23rd, 2013
Africa’s imprint on international fashion
Zama & Zonke | March 15th, 2013
Image courtesy of diesel.com
After Kente fabric took the fashion world by storm, it’s great to see another facet of Africa being highlighted internationally.
High off AIR
Callan | March 13th, 2013
I think that it was unanimously agreed that the two most exciting menswear shows this past fashion week in NY were Highland’s weed-den presentation and Hood By Air’s (designed by New York Ghe20 Gothik DJ $hayne) runway show where rap star ASAP ROCKY walked in the clothes. Read More
Fashion Matters: European and American fashion seminars in BA
Robin | March 9th, 2013
Fashion Matters is back in 2013. British fashion schools are coming to Buenos Aires for a week, specifically to teach us about European and American fashion. Read More
Oscar Niemeyer: Final Curves of his Time
Claire | March 6th, 2013
He lived to be nearly 105 years old and worked nearly until the day he died. He was one of the world’s greatest architects, having designed the United Nations headquarters in New York and Brasilia, Brazil’s capital city. Oscar Niemeyer came from Brazil, and it was there that he left his legacy.
Like You We Are Tomboys
Marissa | February 27th, 2013
I’ve always considered myself a tomboy. When I was a kid I didn’t own a dress, when my older brother picked up a skateboard, so did I, and mascara wasn’t something I discovered until late into high school. Read More
Recycled Fur
Claire | February 27th, 2013
The debate around fur has been longstanding. Fur is warm. It’s stylish. It’s natural. Yet, somehow, it is savage and inhumane. Wearing fur requires the death of an animal. But wait, there is a loophole. Fur can be recycled. Read More
Unmentionable: A Lingerie Exposition
Marissa | January 30th, 2013
Design by Huit. Courtesy of Lille Boutique.
Here in Portland there has been a slew of lingerie shows lately. Heading up the latest and what seems to be coolest is Siren Nation’s Unmentionable: A Lingerie Exposition. Presented by Elizabeth Mollo, Siren Nation, and Mag-Big. It will be held at The Secret Society Thursday, February 7th. Read More
Chloe Killing It
Marissa | January 24th, 2013
Chloe Spring 2013 Ready To Wear, be still my beating heart. Read More
Band: They’re Exclusive
Marissa | January 20th, 2013
Walking into ADX is a bit of a trip to someone who doesn’t work with they’re hands at all. The sounds of tools that I’ve never heard of nor dare dream of using ring in my ears. The smell; a mix of wood (I’m guessing) and maybe some steal or metal products? And there are dogs wondering around. Read More
About the new Revolution Monument
Jorge Pedro | January 19th, 2013
For years, the Monument was a white elephant, the elephant in the room, a waste with elephantiasis. Today it attracts many visitors, both local and foreign, who appreciate the ‘lookout’, who enjoy the store and the cafeteria and who are overwhelmed by the opportunity to get near a beaming, dignified and amazing Revolution Monument.
The rise of collaborative consumption
Guillaume | January 17th, 2013
Fashion bloggers were the first to develop a whole new way to buy and more importantly share about it. The time of online concept stores, where everything you buy is instantly shared on Facebook, has come. In France, websites like French Vestaire Collective , former Vestiaire de Copines (“Girlfriends Dressing room”) opened a new era of consumption.
The last night of our lives
Robin | January 15th, 2013
December 5th was Galera’s magazine glorious party, at the magnificent Sans Souci Palace in Olivos (Buenos Aires). Invitations had previously set the tone for what would be an extraordinary feast: the dresscode suggested “stunning”.