We take sportswear for granted nowadays to the point where only a fraction of the clothing made by the big sportswear manufacturers is actually bought for performing athletic activities. Walk into a modern sports retailer and you’ll see hundreds of types and brands of trainers, tops, caps and trousers (and the occasional pair of shorts) […]
The 1950s era might seem like ancient history to anyone under he age of 21, separated as it is by two or three generations and filmed mainly in 2D black and white. But the roots of our social and style attitudes can all be traced back to this period. Stylised rebellion? It was practically essential […]
While sportswear doesn’t seem all that odd on men in a non-sporting context, it’s still relatively unusual on women. It’s a strange thing, really, as both men and women engage in sport as participants and as spectators, so there shouldn’t be any more distancing in this respect. Is it perhaps because women tend to have […]
One of fashion’s mysteries is why leather seems fine above the belt and below the ankles but crosses some threshold of taste when covering, or partially covering, the legs. Leather trousers outside the realm of motorcycling can make a man or woman look like they are trying too hard to be sexy, associated as they […]
2012 is proving to be a record-setting year on the sheer quantity of Nostradamus predictions. Beyond the Mayan end-of-the-world event, a shaky global economy, an upcoming presidential election, and a looming crisis in the Middle East combine to create a flourishing environment for prophecy. In contemporary culture, the word \”Nostradamus\” applies to predictions of all […]
Perhaps you know someone with the proverbial “green thumb.” It seems every plant they touch thrives. During the Atlantic period (5900-3750 BC) Vanir women with green thumbs were cultivating kitchen gardens. At the same time, the herding, cattle-rustling northern Aesir Celtic culture traveled the Andronova Corridor migrating into Europe, following food and crops, eventually merging […]
Perhaps you know someone with the proverbial “green thumb.” It seems every plant they touch thrives. During the Atlantic period (5900-3750 BC) Vanir women with green thumbs were cultivating kitchen gardens. At the same time, the herding, cattle-rustling northern Aesir Celtic culture traveled the Andronova Corridor migrating into Europe, following food and crops, eventually merging […]
Pictures and images surround us every day, competing for our attention. They tell us about things we could have, do, and avoid. From road signs to computer icons they help us navigate our world. Logos for businesses convey more than just the name – we understand the type of product or service it offers just […]
In the pantheon of casual wear, the denim jacket occupies an especially revered corner. It’s the go-anywhere, do-anything jacket, equally at home on the red carpet sporting a designer label as it is flapping in the wind on a motorcyclist’s back. In other words, it’s both a great leveller and a measure of designer sensibility, […]
Next time you’re in a vintage clothing store sliding your way through a pole of superb denim shorts, ponder this: many of them might have started life as an everyday pair of jeans, but some of them might have had even more exotic origins, such as being a denim jacket or a pair of dungarees. […]
