FASHION | ARMANI’S SPACE AGE VISION :: PARIS FASHION WEEK ::: SPRING 2010

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I came across this getup from Armani in The Globe and Mail and it appealed to me so much that I feel compelled to comment on it.
I know next to nothing about fashion, but I know what I like and these photos reminded me of the future (the one that’s already past).
It’s so rare [...]

FASHION | WHEN THE FUTURE WAS ULTRAMODERN :: VISIONS FROM THE SPACE AGE

“Donyale Luna dans une robe Paco Rabanne” (aluminum plate studded chest dress, 1966). Luna (what an appropriate name for the Space Age) was the first black model of consequence. Hers is a tragic and intriguing story and I’ll be writing more about her in another post.

Rabanne kicked off the Space Age look in 1964. In [...]


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