Jean-Paul Gaultier resigns with a message of sustainability

Image source: The Telegraph Dear readers, This week in Fashion, Jean-Paul Gaultier retired from the catwalk with a spectacular show in Paris. As France 24 reports: "Famous for Madonna's cone bras, blue and white stripy T-shirts, saintly models and corsets, "L’Enfant terrible" of French fashion Jean Paul Gaultier is retiring from the catwalk. His final …

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Dolce and Gabbana China ad – racist, provocative or ethnocentric?

Dear readers, Everyone is talking, tweeting, instant'ing and writing about the Dolce & Gabbana ad campaigns which sparked outrage in China and an outcry in the rest of the world. Let me take you on a journey to explore whether this ad was racist, provocative (on purpose) or just ethnocentric. Racist: One definition of racism …

Who is at Jean-Paul Gaultier’s fashion show?

Dear readers, HAPPY NEW YEAR and HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR OF THE MONKEY! I have not written in a while and my excuse is the mountain of work which accompanies my academic life at the moment. Don't get me wrong, I love the work I do, but it is very time comsuming so that bloggig …