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Does the Rodarte – Aboriginal art fiasco call for cultural inspiration to be policed, or even worse, killed off?

Does the Rodarte – Aboriginal art fiasco call for cultural inspiration to be policed, or even worse, killed off?

We we’re a little concerned after coming across an interesting tale of cultural and commercial conflict, and the restraint this conflict has tried to introduce into the borrow-and –take world of fashion. Frockwriter reported this week,...

 

Yes, paying celebrities to attend fashion shows is a big deal, a huge one in fact.

Yes, paying celebrities to attend fashion shows is a big deal, a huge one in fact.

Sitting front row at a modern day catwalk show is the equivalent of being front of the ration line in the 40s. You have a need(hunger, mouths to feed; fashion, trends) and a purpose (make good use of the ration coupon; deliver on next seasons...

 

Katy Perry: An emotional, post-Russell transformation

Katy Perry: An emotional, post-Russell transformation

Many of us can sympathise with the excruciating emotional pain Katy Perry has endured in the past few weeks. A messy divorce; unashamedly womanising ex-husband who deems it perfectly fine to return to his waywardly amorous ways so soon after...

 

Come out of the dark, Rooney Mara

Come out of the dark, Rooney Mara

We wrote earlier this week, that it grates on us when uber-talented celebs adopt a wardrobe so damned; it looks like they’ve never seen the flash of a pap camera before. BRIT Critics Choice Award winner Emeli Sande was our dark donning dress...

 

Rolling in the Deep – trouble that is, Mr Lagerfeld

Rolling in the Deep – trouble that is, Mr Lagerfeld

We’re gearing up to kick off fashion month – well, NYFW is well under way with several reports of FROW-gracing celebrity IT girls- and it’s all getting a little heated. Kanye’s decided to show in one of fashion’s most easily offended...

 

The fetish trend: was it really so good being bad?

The fetish trend: was it really so good being bad?

“It’s so good being bad,” said Rihanna in her mega hit S&M, and rightly so. They’re the lyrics some fashion designers swore by when translating their inspirations for AW11 onto the catwalk. Fashion’s eyes feasted on...

 

What we really thought of Kanye West’s first fashion collection

What we really thought of Kanye West’s first fashion collection

I must admit that, perhaps unlike others, when I first heard Kanye West was launching a womenswear line, I was rather excited. Not excited in the way that Miu Miu’s glitter boots send me into total sartorial meltdown, or in the same way...