“What could be more fascinating subject for me than to continue to look at how people in one country relate
HUSBANDS JOURNAL
JOURNAL
ARMANI
“I want men’s jackets to be sexy… I want to change the look of the men.”
“It is true that I have always loved a
THE WEAR AND TEAR OF CLOTHES
« in a spirit of subversion, pants with large leg openings have become a cyclical fashion trend »
SWANN AND HIS INSPIRATIONS
“But if someone had told my grandmother that Swann, as a son of Swann, was perfectly “qualified” to be received by all the “beautiful
LODEN
In vogue during the 1970s when the material was rediscovered by several fashion houses, the loden was adopted by an intellectual elite.
FLANNEL
Initially intended as workwear for Scottish peasants and workers, the flannel production process was later refined into a more valuable fabric suitable for suiting.
SUEDE: RETURN OF THE GLAM ROCK STYLE
“We were all out of work so we were going to the charity shops – we were accidentally dressed by Oxfam. In the early 90s, these stores weren’t filled with Gap T-shirts, they were selling clothes made 10 or 15 years earlier. We looked like we had adopted a retro chic style, but in truth […]
JEUNES GENS MODERNES
“A bit rock, a bit punk, a bit electronic, pretty chic.” Jean-Yves Perrin, Frenchy but Chic, 1980
TOM WOOD, MERSEYSIDE’S YOUTH
On the banks of the River Mersey, between Liverpool and New Brighton, Tom Wood photographs the youth of the mid-1980s trying to fill the void and boredom. Ferry accros the Mersey: first contact with the youth of Liverpool In his first series of photographs Ferry accros the Mersey (1985), Tom Wood captures young people killing […]
THE HERRINGBONE PATTERN
The herringbone pattern has its origins in the architecture of ancient Rome, when the Romans developed this architectural pattern for paving. However, it was through the production of textiles that the herringbone pattern developed on a European scale. The weaving technique of the herringbone pattern Constructed with a twill weave, the herringbone is easily recognisable […]