1909 - 2012
"Everyone says that the brain is the most complex organ of the human body,
as a doctor I might even agree.
But as a woman I can assure you that there is nothing more complex than the heart"
Nobel Prize in Medicine, Rita-Levi Montalcini
To read more about her extraordinary life www.nature.com
Hindi Zahra via Powder Girl World
Email Article Posted on Sunday, January 27, 2013 at 11:31AM
“The only real elegance is in the mind;
if you've got that, the rest really comes from it.”
Diana Vreeland
As part of Dublin Fashion Festival, the Light House Cinema will be hosting the
Irish Film Premiere of Diana Vreeland ‘The Eye has to Travel’
For those who read this blog, will be familiar with her legacy of wise (and sometimes outrageously funny) thoughts, which have been mentioned here in countless occasions.
She has always been an important reference in my career. She was part of my sanity feed, specially when I felt confused about the absurdities around the industry.
I have often wondered what she would make of the state of fashion today. Maybe she's as hopeful as I am that we've completed a circle and we are brewing up exciting times for the industry again.
Her impact was such, that every trip to the Irish Embassy in Paris would always fill me with additional exhilaration knowing she was born so close by.
I was over the moon when I was offered the opportunity to share a pair of tickets for the screening on Sunday the 9th with one of my readers.
Because I don't want to leave my friends who live outside of Dublin, or those who can't make it on Sunday, out of the competition; I'm also going to add the book in the giveaway.
So you can win one or the other.
: )
All you need to do, is to leave a comment,
just quote 'Tickets' or 'Book' in a comment below.
dff, diana vreeland, dublin fashion festival Email Article Posted on Monday, September 3, 2012 at 02:54PM
Change excites me.
The fashion industry, which has been slightly stagnant for some time, whilst it was caught up with the ’booming’ years, is finally going through a transformation.
In the same way we need political parties to rotate in government in order to reconsider and reassess. We also need change in the ‘real world’ so we can rethink how things are done and maybe start improving, and changing them.
This may seem like a contradiction coming from the fashion world, where things apparently are changing all the time….but the structure, institutions, the media were settled in their ways for decades.
And then came the Internet.
It has changed everything.
Firstly we have bloggers becoming a voice for the people, democratising the information distribution (and yes… this is a whole other debate).
We have designers becoming bloggers to reach their customers
We have the publishers becoming retailers and.....
retailers becoming publishers.
I don’t remember times being as exciting in the industry as they are now.
Fashion needs to be shaken, and I think the internet needs to be credited for a lot of what is happening.
As I was writing this post, I received a press release announcing Paula Reed has been appointed as Group Fashion Director for Harvey Nichols.
This is exactly the kind of change we need. No one knows the future, or how technology is changing the way we access information and buy.
But in the meant time, I welcome the cross over between editorial and retail. It's not the first appointment and will certainly not be the last.
I think it’s a move that will benefit everyone.
Congratulations Paula Reed, and Harvey Nichols!
