“The two things that excite me and make me vibrate, are the aesthetic feeling, beauty is what moves me and after that intelligence.” Ricardo Bofill

The Italian Architect Franco Albini was born the 17th of October 1905, Robbiate, (Lecco); and died in 1977, Milan.

Origins of Prêt-à-Porter or Ready-to-Wear is an urban legend. Some would attribute it to Yves Saint Laurent line and boutique Rive Gauche or Elsa Schiaparelli 1935 and her Place Vandome boutique.

Today, there is a social dimension emerging from fashion beyond its more traditional cultural and financial ones. With this statement, Alberto Bonisoli, president of Piattaforma Sistema Formativo Moda, unfastened the open three days initiative of Fashion Graduate Italia 2017.

As a foreigner in a new land, the more years pass, the more you understand the cultural context in which you are living. While integration comes in varying forms and can be entirely relative, at the end of the day, you cannot escape no matter how hard you try.

The dialogue between man and hand has a long history of craft, tale, creation, strength and sensation.

Family (latin for household): Network of people who care for each other. Someone who encourages your talents, cushion your heartaches, tolerates your complaints and jokes.

In sharp contrast to that of its present status, pre-twentieth century bag played an elaborated role in which it answered the practical needs of the wearer and a restricted stylistic code linked to predefined situational context.

“The two things that excite me and make me vibrate, are the aesthetic feeling, beauty is what moves me and after that intelligence.” Ricardo Bofill

For anyone belonging to Gen X and prior, the Versace Spring 2018 was a melancholic voyage by any standard.

“I once heard someone say, “I shall die very young. How young? I don’t know. Maybe 70, maybe 80, maybe 90. But I shall be very young”. Diana Vreeland

Generational studies especially when conducted for marketing purposes is often, at least since the late fifties, focusing on the younger generation.

The sixties is a decade in which culture struck the masses in contrast to its former conservative, high brow, and elitist old ways.

Truth: one of the most resonating higher values and asked for words in the human story. It always finds a way to come out and, at times, creeps in subtly without any need for shouting.

As the first feature in Pathological Empathy dedicated to tribes, we examine one of the biggest youth cultures of the early mid 90’s.

How many times have you heard the term “community” in the past couple of years?

The fashion industry is vastly linked with fast consumable vanities, often analysed with commercial eyes and from a business standpoint. A curious search, however, would reveal an alternative telling story.

Dumpster Diving is a platform where we explore our love (and very often obsession) for culture by questioning and filtering it through a fashion lens.