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FEATURE clothes : Recycle, reuse, design: eco-creativity in Rome

Recycle, reuse, design: eco-creativity in Rome

Between designers, actors, musicians, cartoonists and environmentalists pure and simple, a look at the hidden side of Rome, where creativity and art combine to save the environment

by Roberto Lapia @ // 12/04/11

clothes, italy, rome, green europe on the ground, ecology, culture, society

FEATURE clothes : Fashion crisis: buying second hand clothes in Brussels

Fashion crisis: buying second hand clothes in Brussels

In November, French designer Lanvin releases its new collection for Swedish budget brand H&M – but the haute couture forces beyond once claimed they’d never go mass-market. The people of Brussels' flea markets advise on how citizens are dipping into alternative clothes-buying forums

by Marysia Amribd @ // 03/11/10

clothes, brussels, economy, labour, economical crisis, fashion, cities

DEBATE clothes : Recap: 'Brigitte', Germany's approach to 'normal' models

Recap: 'Brigitte', Germany's approach to 'normal' models

No-one wants to see big girls, according to fashion tsar Karl Lagerfeld, a vehement defender of the Size Zero Model. While all of Europe discusses the dress sizes of the fashion world, the German women’s magazine Brigitte has turned the whole question on its head with their new ‘Initiative Ohne Models’ (Initiative: No Models), where its the readers who get to try on the haute couture

by Lilian Maria Pithan @ // 15/05/10

clothes, eat, clothing, fashion week, cooking, anorexia, lifestyle

PANORAMA clothes : Ties and tees: three innovative fashion initiatives from Ljubljana, Lille and Berlin

Ties and tees: three innovative fashion initiatives from Ljubljana, Lille and Berlin

Between 20 - 22 January, the historic Berlin-Tempelhof airport compound served as the venue of Bread and Butter, the most prominent trade fair for urban and streetwear, for the second year in a row. We pick tie manufacturers, T-shirt street fashion and an eco-sports label as top of the crop

by Sascha Lübbe @ // 09/02/10

clothes, berlin, fair, lifestyle, culture, fashion, traditions

clothes : Undie party

Undie party

by Romy Straßenburg @ // 02/04/08

clothes, europe, tower of babel, languages, translation

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