Fashion, Identity, and the Architecture of Becoming

This week, I wanted to write a more personal piece. A bit of a reflection as to where I stand in my relationship with fashion, luxury and branding. Maybe it is something about the zeitgeist. Or maybe I am just growing older. Yet my relationship with fashion has slowly but notably evolved in the pastContinue reading “Fashion, Identity, and the Architecture of Becoming”

Pecis’ Slow Morning

Art x Fashion Edit #45 Hilary Pecis paints in a language of objects: carefully chosen, deliberately placed, yet never sterile. In Breakfast Nook (2021), the domestic sphere becomes a charged site for aesthetic assembly. A vase of carnations and marigolds sits alongside citrus fruit, vintage stationery, and art books stacked like cultural citations. The mise-en-scène evokesContinue reading “Pecis’ Slow Morning”

Friggitello alla Moda

Art x Fashion Edit #43 Massimo Catalani magnifies the simplicity of peppers by painting them monumental. Born in Rome in 1960 and trained as an architect, he spent years designing spaces before turning fully to painting. That background never left him. You can see it in his canvases: the rigor of scale, the geometry ofContinue reading “Friggitello alla Moda”

Stores x Museums

The status of Andy Warhol as a precursor of pop art does not need further illustration. He was a visionary whose impact is still spectacularly tangible. First, in the art world with for example Takashi Murakami to cite only him. Second, in the commercial world with consumerism still being a defining characteristic of Western cultures.Continue reading “Stores x Museums”