Sparks fly as a circular saw slices into metal, while welders nearby work feverishly to the sound of blaring heavy metal. Upstairs, sewing machines clatter as women mark patterns on cloth being shaped into bulletproof vests. An old industrial complex in the south-eastern Ukrainian riverside city of Zaporizhzhia has become …
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It’s a sunny, spring Saturday morning in early 2019 and I’m having coffee at the local Costa in Brentwood, an Essex town where I’ve never been before. There are plenty of people out and about and smiling. I have a couple of hours to spare so I’m planning to wander …
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The NGV showcases the controversial designer’s undeniable brilliance An enormous mythology has grown around Gabrielle Chanel. It has never been in dispute that she was a creative genius, highly skilled at her craft, and possessed a canny business sense. But as fame has turned into celebrity and, most recently, into …
Read More »This guide to fashion speak is an investment piece in itself
And this is to say nothing, of course, of the raft of technical fashion terms used by the industry, where the generic is whittled down to size, much as a fashion model herself might be. Sleeves can be cap, dolman, batwing, puff, which is to say nothing of cold shoulders, …
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