Przywara argues that a basic quality of beauty is vulnerability (see his magnum opus, Analogia Entis, Essay 10). Yiqing Yin, the Franco-Chinese head designer at couture house Poiret, plays with this idea in clothing she casts as “supple armour” (https://couturenotebook.com/couture-news/2012/07/20/yiqing-yin-the-interview). Yin is the young but highly esteemed couturier tasked with bringing back House Poiret. …
Brutalist soap imitates concrete coastal barriers so it won’t slip out of your hands
I haven’t followed closely all the Catholic reaction to the Met Gala but I understand from conversations with others there is a lot out there and it is principally negative. I hope within a week or so to have good news about my new book on natural law and its publisher. A theme of…
This link to BMW’s customization unit includes a video synthesizing clothes, jewellery, design, and bespoke service. Worth watching: https://www.bmw.co.uk/discover-bmw/bmw-individual. In this video, a car enthusiast explains how she came up with modifications herself for her vintage 2002: https://petrolicious.com/films/1973-bmw-2002-a-tastefully-modified-treasure.
Hermes nearly tops V&R’s Best Dressed Company Award. This articles explains the ethos of the company nicely: http://www.dazeddigital.com/fashion/article/39885/1/in-fashions-hype-driven-era-hermes-shanghai-veronique-nichanian-fast-forward. Impressive.
In 3 years, the 1981 Granada TV adaptation of Evelyn Waugh’s classic novel, Brideshead Revisited, will be forty years old. It’s hard to believe that TV from forty years ago can look so fresh and remain psychologically so acute. In Indianapolis recently, I picked up the dvd set of the 25th Anniversary edition and…
We’ll see a lot more articles like this one in the next months and years (https://fashionista.com/2018/04/what-is-blockchain-explained-ethical-fashion-supply-chain). The article explains what blockchain is, how it relates to cryptocurrencies, and adds the interesting detail that the technology could generate ethical markets: the idea is that those interested in ethically sourced clothes — producing and buying —…
A detailed and charming article about an unlikely fashion icon: http://www.afr.com/afr-special/prince-charles-how-fashion-can-be-sustainable-20180201-h0rv1l Certainly an important recommendation here about mending and living for many, many years in the same items of clothing.
Just posting this, as I like it. This ad is a very sanitized version of the medieval originals: check out any of the Bosch originals for hours of fun.
Carlos Carvalhal is the Portuguese manager of Welsh football club Swansea. In an interesting interview he speaks about his love of philosophy, especially the French tradition. Philosophy is about complexity, and so is football, he argues (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-5455533/Carlos-Carvalhal-interview-Swansea-City-manager.html). Philosophy is slowly but surely pulling Swansea away from relegation so likely they will remain in the…