wHAT is mISSINg
With the pandemic emergency forcing brand to cancel their show, Italian fashion system should learn from the many excellence we saw during the last Fashion Week
EXPLORE THE BOUNDLESS WORLD OF A NEW GENERATION OF ARTISTS
Collectible DRY spoke with the five emerging artists behind The Reality in Whytch You Create, STUDIO WEST's inaugural group show on display in Notting Hill until February 17
MAGLIANO – FEDELI ALLA LINEA
Magliano's imaginative universe guides us on a journey between political struggle and reflection on human identity, through literary and cinematographic quotations
REMEMBERING FASHION VISIONARY ANDRé LEON TALLEY
A pioneering force in the fashion world, the former Vogue editor taught entire generations how to break free from preconceptions by becoming the first African-American creative director of the magazine par excellence
cOURaGE REWARDS THE faSHION WOrlD
In Italy, fashion is the second most important industry, something one shouldn’t mess with. Milan Fashion Week opens with optimism, proving how designers’ willingness to take — and embrace — risks can pay off
A Leap in the Dark
The 101st edition on Pitti Uomo confirms that the Florentine fair might be a role player in the fashion system, but it urges a renovation
WhOSE CLOtHeS aRE THESe?
Fashion, what's next? With the uncertainty resulting from the pandemic situation, haute couture must prove that it is not just a game of abstractions
Trash To Treasure
Clothes are a thread in the fabric of our memories. When “good” clothes were expensive and valuable they would be mended, adapted and salvaged till their life couldn’t be extended anymore, in our fast and restless present we tend to discard our fashionable garments way before their journeys are truly over. Here Simon Cracker explains to Riccardo Slavik how much recycling can be punk.
mICHAEL lANG: WHEN rOCK WAS STRONGER THAN bOMBS
Michael Lang, music concert promoter, producer and artistic director, best known as the official producer of the Woodstock Music Art Festival died on Saturday evening, 8th January, at the age of 77. The young man who turned a cowherd's farm into the symbol of a generation and the counterculture in 1969
gOLD, rED, sCENT
The three must-haves for the mise en beauté on festive evenings are also lucky charms. And just like that
DO I dREAM OR wAKE?
All of us, especially those who don't admit it, like to explore the imaginary in catalogues. The mangroves fascinate us, the rainforest attracts us, the exotic intrigues us. We are amazed by the liveliness of the people, the expression of the fish, the tan, the sensation of having ended up in the garden of giants: the plants we see at the florist's close to home (poinsettias, ficus and ferns) in the Tropics take on gigantic dimensions and portentous colors. But what we really desire, from the bottom of our hearts, are palm trees and white beaches. At the sight of a palm bent over the sand, the tourist's eyes light up; a sigh rises from his chest. It is not emotion. It is relief. But the question comes spontaneously: Do I dream or wake?
THE LABOUR ARCHISTAR: rICHARD rOGERS
Richard Rogers, the archistar who built the Lloyd's headquarters, Marseilles and Madrid airports, the courts of Bordeaux and Antwerp, the Millennium Dome and, with Renzo Piano, the Beaubourg, has died. Winner of the Pritzker Prize, he altered the skylines of Paris and London with colourful and surprising designs that transformed architecture not only inside but also from top to toe
LuNARIo
Friday 17 th December Spazio Martín presents Lunario, a performance by the artist Gianmarco Porru. A cultural epitome that is still a point of reference and for all is evident the harmony of time that always returns in the carousel of the day adorned by the clothes of Lessico Familiare. The seasons and life, and the musical marriage of Elia Pastori deep between their land and the Moon
25 FIvE STARs YEArS
How a hotel and a remarkable woman over the years have changed - for the better - the geography and hospitality of a place in Italy: Masseria San Domenico
aNGELA mERKEL’S FAREWELL PLAYlisT
For the farewell ceremony of her sixteen years at the German chancellery, the former 'girl from the East' chose a surprising repertoire that also includes a piece by Nina Hagen, the 'godmother of German punk', one of the most provocative and controversial singers in German history
Food, drugs & scents
The synergy between the two most pleasurable senses at the service of new delights
FOR A VERY DIFFERENT aRt
Xiaomi plays a leading role at the latest edition of ARTISSIMA Torino with two important initiatives aimed at supporting young artists
ISSUE #18-19 Is OuT!
Paper Issue #18/19 is out! Get it now!
Cortina IS Fashion
From 4 to 12 December, the most eagerly awaited event of the year in Cortina will be reshaped: from Fashion Weekend to Week for a long festival inspired by the Greek Muses
FROM THE pAST TO THE fUTURE
Emporio Armani joins C.P. Company in a capsule collection that celebrate the Italian excellences
cALL TO THE wILD WInS
Winner for Best Director: Fashion Film Call to the Wild triumphs at the UK Film Fashion Festival Award 2021, out of 800 films submitted and 75 nominated
INSiDE VALeNTINO’S BEiJING-BASED iMMERSIVe ExPERIENCE
Collectible DRY spoke with some of the artists involved in Re-Signify Part II: the multidisciplinary showcase where art and fashion collided, paving the way for a new chapter in the history of the Italian Maison
DoN’T BLaCK OUt THE FuTURe
For Black Friday 2021, Oway launched its awareness campaign for conscious and sustainable consumption
Under the Water
"Down by the water I took her hand Just like my daughter I'll see her again" PJ Harvey, To Bring You My Love, 1995