Note: Images are AI-generated and not authentic photographs. Nota: Le immagini sono creazioni illustrative generate con AI e non fotografie autentiche. Salvador Dalí, arguably one of the foremost figures of Surrealism, was also among the first twentieth-century artists to understand, together with his wife and manager Gala, how personal image, fashion, design and even one’s public presence could become part of the work of art itself. His iconic, slender, upward-curving moustache, elegant double-breasted suits, eccentric coats, walking sticks, ruffled shirts and striking jewellery were not merely the wardrobe of an extravagant man, but essential elements of a highly distinctive aesthetic language. To understand Dalí’s relationship with fashion, one must therefore…

Note: Images are AI-generated and not authentic photographs. Nota: Le immagini sono creazioni illustrative generate con AI e non fotografie autentiche. Only a few words are spoken during a lecture at the London College of Fashion, yet they are enough to reveal one of the most profound transformations the fashion industry is undergoing today. A young model’s face appears on the screen. She has an intense gaze, naturally radiant skin, and delicate features. She is undeniably beautiful; she could walk the runways of New York or Milan, grace the cover of Vogue, or become the face of an international advertising campaign.     And yet, this young woman is not…

Note: Images are AI-generated and not authentic photographs. Nota: Le immagini sono creazioni illustrative generate con AI e non fotografie autentiche. The capitals of fashion In the contemporary world, there is no longer a single absolute capital of fashion. Whereas in previous centuries supremacy shifted from one city to another according to the political, economic, and cultural power of nations, fashion has now become a global system revolving primarily around four cities. Milan, Paris, London, and New York are regarded as the great capitals of fashion, although cities such as Rome and Tokyo are also steadily increasing their international influence. Each of these cities possesses a unique stylistic identity, shaped…

Note: Images are AI-generated and not authentic photographs. Nota: Le immagini sono creazioni illustrative generate con AI e non fotografie autentiche. At first glance, grammar and fashion appear to belong to two very different worlds: the former is grounded in rules, syntax, and logical analysis, while the latter revolves around fabrics, colours, and styles. And yet, they share a fundamental common ground: both are systems of communication. Just as grammar allows letters to be structured into words and words into meaningful sentences, fashion enables garments to become messages that can be understood by individuals and within society. In the same way that, without grammar, language would dissolve into a chaotic…

Note: Images are AI-generated and not authentic photographs. Nota: Le immagini sono creazioni illustrative generate con AI e non fotografie autentiche. An analysis of the relationship between mathematics, art, and fashion in the work of Ada K. Dietz, exploring logical structure, variation, and aesthetic construction (based on the article: “Algebraic Expressions in Handwoven Textiles” – Ada K. Dietz) https://www2.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/monographs/dak_alge.pdf At first glance, a textile appears to be nothing more than an orderly interlacing of threads—perhaps elegant, perhaps refined, yet firmly belonging to the realm of craftsmanship or design. Nothing that would immediately suggest a connection to mathematics. And yet, it is precisely here that an unexpected perspective emerges.In the work…

Note: Images are AI-generated and not authentic photographs. Nota: Le immagini sono creazioni illustrative generate con AI e non fotografie autentiche. A global journey through waste and exploitation In the driest desert on Earth, in northern Chile, the wind moves dunes that are not made of sand, but of clothing. Sweaters, jeans, shoes—some of them even new. It is an unreal landscape: mountains of discarded garments, visible even from satellites. Here, in the Atacama Desert, part of the clothing consumed in the world’s wealthiest countries comes to rest. Every year, tens of thousands of tonnes of used or unsold garments arrive in Chilean ports, primarily from Europe, the United States,…

Note: Images are AI-generated and not authentic photographs. Nota: Le immagini sono creazioni illustrative generate con AI e non fotografie autentiche. ART AS A WAY TO REPRESENT FASHION AS A SECRET LANGUAGE AMONG PEERS IN ADOLESCENCE How adolescents have communicated with one another through clothing from the 1980s to today. If we observe teenagers carefully in the street or at school, we notice something interesting: even before they speak, they are already communicating something about themselves through their clothes. A jacket, a pair of sneakers, an oversized hoodie or an elegant coat are not merely objects. They are signs and words within a silent language. Adolescents have always used fashion…

Note: Images are AI-generated and not authentic photographs. Nota: Le immagini sono creazioni illustrative generate con AI e non fotografie autentiche. The Luxury of Uselessness How European Fashion Built Power, from the Renaissance to Instagram. There was a time when elegance was not meant to please, but to draw clear boundaries. A time when a garment could prevent you from walking, sitting, or even breathing — and precisely in doing so proved that you did not need to. From the towering platforms of Venetian noblewomen to crinolines capable of accidentally setting a drawing room on fire, European fashion between the Renaissance and the nineteenth century was not an aesthetic whim…

Note: Images are AI-generated and not authentic photographs. Nota: Le immagini sono creazioni illustrative generate con AI e non fotografie autentiche. Between colonial memory, European dandyism, and the dream of symbolic nobility, the Sapeurs transform clothing into identity and resistance. BRAZZAVILLE – At five in the afternoon, when the equatorial sun softens and turns the dust of the streets golden, they arrive. They make no noise. They do not shout. They do not run. They walk slowly, with the calm of those who possess nothing and yet carry everything that matters: presence, dignity, style. They wear English suits in neighborhoods where running water is unreliable. Polished Italian shoes strike uneven…

Between colonial memory, European dandyism, and the dream of symbolic nobility, the Sapeurs transform clothing into identity and resistance. BRAZZAVILLE – At five in the afternoon, when the equatorial sun softens and turns the dust of the streets golden, they arrive. They make no noise. They do not shout. They do not run. They walk slowly, with the calm of those who possess nothing and yet carry everything that matters: presence, dignity, style. They wear English suits in neighborhoods where running water is unreliable. Polished Italian shoes strike uneven sidewalks. Gentlemen’s canes contrast with the tin roofs of their homes. Children stop, adults smile; some applaud, others call out remarks.…