The Future of Artiface

 

The face that stares out in the photo is from the 18th Century. Yet there is something in the eyes that suggests the future of fashion. Artifice always has a front row seat in fashion. What are commonly seen as 'fake' or 'false' (as in hair and eyelashes, respectively) are really transformational aids.

The 18th Century, particularly in Paris and Venice, took artifice to an extreme we now find ridiculous.

However, the future will have a renewed use for artifice that will be:

- practical (embedded applications in clothing or skin - but not implants)
- dramatic (always a favored purpose for artifice)
- chic and nomadic (wear only the sleek things you need to survive)

Some things to consider as the ultimate transformational day approaches, Halloween.

- AP

Summer in the City: Chicago (2016) and Paris (Now)

I couldn't think of a better picture to say "The Summer Olympic Games".
This is the Chagall Mosaic in Chicago.

A quick note regarding the Paris P-E ("Spring/Summer") 2010: are we still waiting? Safety in fashion is something Paris has never done well.

- AP

Go Nomad

 

There once was a quaint debate that would repeat in travel and fashion magazines every so often: Minimal or Maximal Packing. There will always be those who travel with a sac, and those with steamer trunks. However, the time is changing in favor of quick, streamlined travel.

Imagine that you are a 27th century time traveler. What do you really need? What can you buy when you arrive?

Of course, we're talking fashionable travel.
So get a good bag. It may be expensive now, but it will always be more expensive later.

- AP