“Fashion & Virtue” at the Met Museum
It’s print week in New York, meaning that these days are all about celebrating the art of prints in the city. So I decided to join the party and write about …
It’s print week in New York, meaning that these days are all about celebrating the art of prints in the city. So I decided to join the party and write about …
Creativity. I’ve been having a lot of issues with it lately. Not because I’ve lost it—can you ever actually lose something that lives so deep inside your soul?—but because I’ve been trying to establish …
One of the most curious things about fashion is that, somehow, we tend to concentrate on the high-end aspect of it. Normally, when we think of fashion, we think of high-fashion …
Read more “Chanel: High Fashion and the Elevation of Ordinariness”
One of my biggest obsessions, recently, is Dolce & Gabbana. I just can’t get over their designs—and that’s why I can’t even stop myself from taking pictures of them when …
Read more “(Re-) Constructing Italian Identity: Dolce & Gabbana’s #ItaliaIsLove”
One of the topics that has interested me the most throughout my academic life is that of gender, as well as the performative nature of femininity. When I started the MA in …
Read more “Conchita Wurst: the Long-Haired Full-Bearded Lady Subverting Gender Binary Oppositions”
The field of Fashion Studies can be a bit of a muddy area, and it constantly confuses many. Most people, when they hear me say I’m doing a Master’s Degree …
Read more “Thoughts on Fashion Studies, or why we should take fashion more seriously”
I wrote this article originally in Spanish, to be published on Inédito.co. Much has been said in the history of fashion about high heels. Not so long ago, in the …
Read more “From Sneakers To High Heels: Reflection On Wearing Shoes In NYC”
In terms of my personal style, one of the most difficult things about moving to New York has been the summer. Some of you might not be aware of this, but …
I wrote this article for a friend’s blog at the beginning of the year and, for some reason, I haven’t stopped thinking about it lately. The issue of fast fashion …
Yesterday marked one year since I arrived in New York. Not for the first time, but definitely in a brand new way: I arrived in New York to stay—for two years, at …