Creativity in times of crisis – Madrid has awoken from its sleeping beauty slumber and is rediscovering the virtues that once inspired the young Pedro Almodóvar to take to the director's chair: eagerness to experiment, honesty and energy. We are following in his footsteps and turning our attention to the more unconventional scenery located off the beaten tracks of the Prado and the Puerta del Sol.
What's new?
'A fashion film is only convincing for me if it tells a story,' said Diane Pernet, fashion icon and curator of the fashion film festival ASVOFF, in our interview.
What else?
- Andrea Rosso, son of Diesel boss Renzo Rosso and head of the sportswear label 55DSL, shares with us his views on flea markets, trade fairs and mountains without snow.
- Black is beautiful? Bien sûr – and yet Africa has long since been regarded as an unwritten page in the book of fashion. In our essay on 'Fashion and Africa' you can read all about how the African blaze of colour is currently taking the international catwalks by storm and how the second-hand clothing charity bins in western inner cities are shaping the fashion codes in places as far away as Brazzaville and Dar es Salaam.
- Plus: 48 x street style from London to Milan, 6 x retail from Berlin to Shanghai and 4 x young design from Amsterdam to New York.
Curious for more?
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