If you've ever been to Venice, you know the shopping is mostly about Venetian masks and Murano glass products (if you haven't been, the beautiful Elegance in Exile exhibition is more than enough reason to go). In the past year little second hand, vintage and consignment shops – from cheap to very expensive – have ... Read more
Emporio Armani has released a capsule sunglasses collection to celebrate their 30th anniversary. The vibrant, oversized shades are reminiscent of the 1980s (Emporio Armani was founded in 1981), but the collection's tagline commends the future: "No nostalgia. The message beams at streaming speed towards digital futures. Fashion is play, movement, energy and pleasure." I see ... Read more
I bought these Marc by Marc Jacobs boots in New York in September. After several years of successive fiascos with ballet flats and my brown brogues still giving me blisters after months of wear, I knew I needed another type of "everyday shoe". I was leaning towards this kind of boots from the start – ... Read more
Last weekend I took a quick trip to Venice with my family to see the Elegance in Exile: Between fashion and costume, the time of Sergei Diaghilev (L'eleganza in esilio. Tra moda e costume, il tempo di Diaghilev) exhibition at Palazzo Mocenigo. The exhibition portrays the influence of Russian émigrés on fashion, displaying costumes of ... Read more
I owe an explanation to many of my Slovenian readers who have been asking me why I haven't published any reports from Slovenia Fashion Week. I wanted to attend fashion week, but I wasn't invited to the shows. I would have loved to cover them for Dressful the same way I reported from events at ... Read more