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BALENCIAGA PRE-FALL 2024 COLLECTION ; LA, wellness culture, and mockery
With the Hollywood sign in the distance, Balenciaga set the scene for their pre-fall 2024 collection on the cracked concrete of Windsor Boulevard. With the palm trees lined behind the rows of guests, it does not get more ‘LA’ than this. The score (created by BFRND) seems to put you into a spiralling trance as…
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WILL FASHION BE SAVED BY AI?
There is a very real fear in the creative industries that generative artificial intelligence will create further barriers in an already exclusive workforce. It is clear that these technologies are going to be more intimately involved in working activities, so should we be leaning into them? If we look towards the fashion industry, we can…
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WHY IS THERE A CHANEL SHOW IN MANCHESTER? – overconsumption, fashion, and the industrial revolution
The thought of Chanel hosting their Métiers d’Art show in Manchester makes lots of people laugh. Chanel’s image seems to contrast everything that the area signifies. With rumours (a builder) saying that the show will be happening in the Northern Quarter, people don’t see how that location can compare to the other ‘glamorous’ cities the…
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BOTTEGA VENETA ‘Reunion in Motion’ // LUNAR NEW YEAR CAMPAIGN
The world often feels bigger than ourselves, but I find that in our travelling moments we are able to forget that. As I get a taxi, plane, train and walk home, I am awarded the liberty of undisturbed reflection. It is a route I have done many times, although I still get nervous, and I…
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THE TEARS DRESS elsa schiaparelli spring 1938 ‘Circus Collection’
This Schiaparelli dress transforms the female physique into a landscape of pain. With a pattern designed by surrealist artist Salvador Dali, Elsa Schiaparelli created this piece as a part of her Spring 1938 ‘Circus Collection’. It consists of a motif of bursting flesh that repeats itself throughout the dress with a matching veil that accompanies…
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