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  A WOMAN’S BEST FRIEND? THE BAG Some have feminine names and an inspirational muse. They all say something about themselves and about the people who wear them. The first specimen dates back to 4,500 years ago. Bags, often the most expensive and made of increasingly precious materials, are a …

However, such creations required materials specially designed for her in widths which are cannot be produced today due to the utilization of the oblique grain. Many of Vionnet’s 1930’s creations (created also with Maison Universal) are of such elaborate construction that they are irreproducible even by the most skilled designers. …

The populations traditionally lived in numerous villages along the coast and the rivers inland. Often the large and extended families dwelt together in longhouses, lined up on the beach. The villages, of a permanent nature, where inhabited for generations or even longer. People would depart only for hunting and fishing, …

  Benetton’s provocation and the puzzle of employment. According to Luciano Benetton, made in Italy costs too much. You must keep in mind the level of life in each country, and “utilise local prime materials and workforce”. Exporting only style.   Everything contrary to that which is the strategy for …

One of the most eccentric and eclectic artists in the history of art, Salvador Dalì, Spanish painter, sculptor, film maker and designer, who loved to declare: “We must systematically cause confusion”,that is, start up the creative process, makes the acquaintance, around mid 1930s, of Elsa Schiaparelli, an ingenious and ground …