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Thanks for an amazing year of stories in print, image and sound, Anna. It was a feast. I look forward to 2024.
Commented Dec 20, 2023 on Fashion Fusion: Exploring Interdisciplinary Inspirations in Balmain's Pre-Fall 2024 Collection at Irenebrination: Notes on Architecture, Art, Fashion, Fashion Law, Science & Technology
Fashion Fusion: Exploring Interdisciplinary Inspirations in Balmain's Pre-Fall 2024 Collection
In the previous post we have seen how a broader understanding of advertising campaigns might open the door to more expansive connections. This principle extends to all domains, but, within the realm of fashion, it enables unique connections filtered through diverse disciplines and influences. Ta...
This is wonderful news. Can you make it available on PocketCasts as well?
Commented Sep 1, 2023 on Launching Impiraressa, a Multi-Threaded Podcast at Irenebrination: Notes on Architecture, Art, Fashion, Fashion Law, Science & Technology
Launching Impiraressa, a Multi-Threaded Podcast
After months of thinking, trying, trials and errors, I'm happy to announce that Irenebrination is launching a Podcast – Impiraressa. While it sounds a bit like the English noun "empress" or "piratess", "impiraressa" is actually a Venetian word used to define a craftswoman who used to thread with...
Thanks. This Instagram account deserves a lot more followers. I'll try to share it around as much as I can.
Commented Apr 2, 2022 on Buy Jewelry to Support Ukrainian Designers at Irenebrination: Notes on Architecture, Art, Fashion, Fashion Law, Science & Technology
Buy Jewelry to Support Ukrainian Designers
When the Russian invasion in Ukraine started, many people wondered what they could do to make a difference. Earlier on in March, Instagram influencer Quentin Quarantino (New York-based Tommy Marcus), launched an idea: booking rooms for rent on Airbnb in Ukraine not to stay, but to lend support a...
What a beautiful jewellery culture. It's worth imagining how they might have been worth then.
Commented Feb 19, 2022 on Myths, Legends & History in Neolithic and Nuragic Jewelry Pieces at Irenebrination: Notes on Architecture, Art, Fashion, Fashion Law, Science & Technology
Myths, Legends & History in Neolithic and Nuragic Jewelry Pieces
There may be wonderful jewelry pieces in museums all over the world, often displayed in galleries focused on fashion and accessory. But you may spot intriguing jewelry pieces also in archaeological museums: ancient civilisations often produced beautiful decorative pieces to adorn the body to in...
I wonder if any country will take the opposite tack, and mandate that unvaccinated people will need to wear some kind of sign so that others could keep distance. This seems very unlikely, given that opposition to vaccination is based around the idea of apartheid. But the more aggressive anti-vax may see it as a brave freedom-loving gesture, like the Confederate flag.
Commented Sep 25, 2021 on Now Trending: Your Vaccination Status at Irenebrination: Notes on Architecture, Art, Fashion, Fashion Law, Science & Technology
Now Trending: Your Vaccination Status
As we have learnt from previous posts, in fashion it is often the case that bootleg designs are more popular and more interesting than the original ones. Humorous designs that play around with logos, fashion houses and designer names, often transforming them into puns (think about the "Versace d...
Thanks so much for your wonderful work Anna.
Commented Aug 23, 2021 on What Can We Do for the Women and the Artisans of Afghanistan? at Irenebrination: Notes on Architecture, Art, Fashion, Fashion Law, Science & Technology
What Can We Do for the Women and the Artisans of Afghanistan?
Afghanistan has dominated the news during this past week. As announced in April by US President Joe Biden, American troops withdrew from the country. Yet the Taliban quickly regained control of Afghanistan, entering Kabul, the capital, on 15th August. They encountered little resistance as the U...
Well researched. Pfizer's profits have been astromonical. It's time to make exceptions.
Commented May 7, 2021 on To Waive or Not To Waive: Of Patents and Vaccines at Irenebrination: Notes on Architecture, Art, Fashion, Fashion Law, Science & Technology
To Waive or Not To Waive: Of Patents and Vaccines
The history of art and fashion is full of intriguing and inspiring stories about bright creative minds who managed to patent their ideas, designs, machines and products. Think about Loïe Fuller: a figure almost reminiscent of a polymath à la Mariano Fortuny, Fuller was not only a dancer and cho...
Well found!
Commented Aug 1, 2020 on Conceptual Social Distancing Designs from the '60s: Ico Parisi's "Contenitori Umani" at Irenebrination: Notes on Architecture, Art, Fashion, Fashion Law, Science & Technology
Conceptual Social Distancing Designs from the '60s: Ico Parisi's "Contenitori Umani"
Practicing social distancing to fight against Coronavirus has become the new normal in the last few months. Most public spaces have adopted signs, stickers and displays to remind us where we should sit, stand or stop, but maybe not many designers have developed projects with a conceptual twist a...
Another poignant story that reflects the power of embroidery. Thank you.
Commented Jul 4, 2020 on In Embroidery, a Record of Violence: Majd Abdel Hamid's "Tadmur Prison" (2018) at Irenebrination: Notes on Architecture, Art, Fashion, Fashion Law, Science & Technology
In Embroidery, a Record of Violence: Majd Abdel Hamid's "Tadmur Prison" (2018)
In yesterday's post we looked at an artist who may inspire us how to create works that preserve our memories. Let's continue the thread via the work of another artist who employed a craft to process memories of violence, Majd Abdel Hamid. Born in Damascus in 1988, Majd Abdel Hamid works betwe...
Another marvellous article, thank you.
Commented Oct 20, 2017 on Subverting Crafts: Ruth Asawa @ David Zwirner Gallery, New York at Irenebrination: Notes on Architecture, Art, Fashion, Fashion Law, Science & Technology
Subverting Crafts: Ruth Asawa @ David Zwirner Gallery, New York
The net sculptures hanging from the ceiling of David Zwirner Gallery (537 West 20th Street, Chelsea, Manhattan) in New York are reminiscent of Bruno Munari's 1946-47 installation "Concavo-Convesso" (Concave-Convex). Yet there is a main difference: Munari's piece was a sort of cloud or shell-like...
Amazing resonances across 500 years. Let's hope we catch up with slow fashion, soon!
Commented Jun 6, 2017 on The Fashion Renaissance That May Pose Some Legal issues: Gucci Resort 2018 at Irenebrination: Notes on Architecture, Art, Fashion, Fashion Law, Science & Technology
The Fashion Renaissance That May Pose Some Legal issues: Gucci Resort 2018
Last Monday Gucci hosted its Resort 2018 show at the Palatina Gallery at Palazzo Pitti in Florence. Alessandro Michele, Gucci's current Creative Director, originally wanted to showcase the collection at the Parthenon in Athens (it looks like Greece is an inspiration for the Resort 2018 collectio...
It's hard not to think that these products are parodies. But perhaps parody itself has become a luxury item.
Commented May 24, 2017 on Fashion, From Provocation To Uselessness at Irenebrination: Notes on Architecture, Art, Fashion, Fashion Law, Science & Technology
Fashion, From Provocation To Uselessness
Up until a few decades ago provocation in fashion was embodied by garments that revealed too much skin and were therefore relegated under the "indecent" or "immoral" category. In a way, though, items such as extremely short mini-skirts or Rudi Gernreich's monokini also contributed to liberating ...
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