Why would you call a boutique ROMA when it’s located in the centre of Zurich? Because ROMA isn’t referring to the Italian capital; it stands for Research of Mastermind Artists, meaning the search for unique avantgarde designer brands from all over the world.
Category Archive: Fashion
In the category Fashion we report about fashion designers, new talents and fashion retail.
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MORFOSIS, Rome: wearability and inspiration
Rome-based fashion designer Alessandra Cappiello founded her label Morfosis in 2004, influenced by art, and especially her grandmother, painter Anna Grauso …
What would you do if in order to have everything you wanted in your shop, you would actually need an entire department store? Open more than one shop, of course, and that’s exactly what the people behind La Comercial have done …
THE Stylemate has been shopping and took inspiration from the avant-garde fashion in Athens …
Adwoa Aboah in Full Bloom: fashion film by Nick Knight
For Vogue Hong Kong’s November 2019 cover story, Nick Knight and stylist Anya Ziourova teamed up to create a soulful set of images and fashion film featuring a figurehead of contemporary London modelling, Adwoa Aboah …
Dolce & Gabbana – a name that is known worldwide not only to fashionistas. The Italian fashion company has been at the center of the global fashion industry for years and has been inspiring the fashion world for decades. It was founded in 1985 by the fashion designers Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana in Legnano near Milan …
TORUS: a love story of sorts – fashion film by Nick Knight
Fredrik Tjærandsen’s inflatable creations enter the void in Nick Knight’s surreal fashion film TORUS …
Chris Lee (Li Yuchun 李宇春) transforms into a living art piece for Nick Knight
Singer, actress and fashion muse Chris Lee (Li Yuchun 李宇春) is transformed into a living work of art in this fashion film from Nick Knight’s cover story for Vogue China …
When Hiroaki Takashita opened Restir in 1987 he had a clear vision of the perfect clothing store. These days, it’s no longer just about selling clothes for the veteran of the Japanese fashion industry …
You can always rely on designer Nicolas Ghesquière to bring out an “it” accessory every season …
Tokyo’s red light district Kabukicho isn’t reall known for being a hotspot of the fashion scene, but Keisuke Fujita had a good reason for opening his finely curated store The Four-Eyed here in 2016 …
“I wanted to open a shop that only sold the things I love. Our lives today are overrun with options. But the real luxury is choosing only those designs that truly suit your tastes and style”, says owner Sonya Park about the idea behind ARTS & SCIENCE …
The enormous art installations alone are worth a visit: Comme des Garçons designer Rei Kawakubo had the original concept of “beautiful chaos” in mind when she opened her first Dover Street Market store in London, and it is now expressed alongside sculptures, photographs and other works of contemporary art at the only Japanese outlet of the legendary high fashion department store …
THE Stylemate took a look around the metropolis of Tokyo and showcases here several of the most renowned designers and the most exciting new labels in the Japanese capital …
When talking about Japanese fashion, you can’t let Uniqlo go unmentioned. The textiles giant can look back on an almost unparalleled success story, which started back in the 1970s …
Gucci Of Course a Horse: The Spring Summer 2020 Campaign
Set in Los Angeles, the Gucci Spring Summer 2020 campaign stars horses and their human friends in paradoxical scenarios …
Ceremonial Formality: Fashion For The Future Human Psyche
Frederik Heyman’s fashion film ‘Ceremonial Formality’ gives a glimpse into what our future psyches might be, as models and contortionists engage with–and become–machinery …