The battle of ultra-thin models and our sanity

The issue of rail-thin models is one of the most recurring in fashion, but despite heated debates and unwordly remarks that would be terrorist attacks on said models' hearts, nothing ever changes. The latest to jump on the bandwagon of complaint was designer Hervé Léger. He said he doesn't do catwalk presentations for his Hervé ... Read more

Intermezzo: The overwhelming world of fashion and change

The world of fashion thrives on change. The opposite can be said for my personal fashion world. When I was about 15, I noted in my moleskine (it was when moleskines were just becoming cool, not that I harbor too much resentment when what I'm into becomes mainstream though) that I liked my clothes and ... Read more

Alena Akhmadullina Fall/Winter 2011/12 collection

Alena Akhmadullina Fall/Winter 2011/12

Last week I was looking at photos from Moscow Fashion Week and discovered Alena Akhmadullina's Fall/Winter 2011/12 collection. Although New York, London, Milan and Paris are undoubtedly the most important cities for fashion, narrowing your perspective to only these 4 places is very limiting because fashion is also happening elsewhere, indeed to a lesser extent, ... Read more

Tavi Gevinson (Style Rookie): Disenchanted with fashion?

Tavi Gevinson

Tavi Gevinson (Style Rookie) has recently written a great post describing her disenchantment with the fashion industry. For those who don't know, Tavi is the epitome of fashion blogger success - she's sat front row at fashion weeks, collaborated with Rodarte, interviewed John Galliano in Paris, written for Harper's Bazaar etc. - and she's only ... Read more

Do fashion bloggers care about anything else but clothes?

Daphne Guinness, Anna Wintour, Karl Lagerfeld

Post title inspired by Stylebizarre. If you're seriously into fashion, I bet my left arm people who feel more passionate about seemingly less ephemeral things have asked you more than once why of all things on this Earth the subject of your passion is fashion. Fashion is trivial, there are other things much more important ... Read more