
Raf Simons’ SS21 collection fails at meaningfully reinterpreting the ’60s
Raf Simons has an obsession with youth culture. Usually it’s the culture of his own youth – to be specific, the post-punk and New Wave scene in Europe in the…
By Massimo Tarridas – 3 months ago
Raf Simons has an obsession with youth culture. Usually it’s the culture of his own youth – to be specific, the post-punk and New Wave scene in Europe in the…
By Massimo Tarridas – 3 months ago
Dorian Electra’s first album, “Flamboyant,” was a spectacular synth-pop deconstruction of toxic masculinity and a simultaneous exploration of Electra’s own gender identity. Their second album, “My Agenda,” released Oct. 16,…
By Massimo Tarridas – 3 months ago
There was a great deal of excitement surrounding Prada’s announcement that Raf Simons would join Miuccia Prada as co-creative designer. However, it was perhaps unmerited. Simons had already worked for…
By Massimo Tarridas – 4 months ago
Rick Owens is a designer who works entirely in a little world of his own creation. Each collection pushes the boundaries of this world ever so slightly, but never wanders…
By Massimo Tarridas – 4 months ago
Retablos, also called ex-votos, are votive paintings made to thank a religious figure for the future or past help during a difficult time. They’re usually painted on small sheets of…
By Massimo Tarridas – 4 months ago
Carol Christian Poell is a Milan-based Austrian anti-fashion designer. He is known for his highly conceptual work in which he uses singular artisanal techniques. Poell’s most fabled pieces include a…
By Massimo Tarridas – 5 months ago
The most recent thread of mainstream “archive fashion” started three or four years ago when popular fashion digested and moved onto its next 20-year cycle. We saw a re-appraisal of…
By Massimo Tarridas – 11 months ago
The first impulse I have after watching “1917” is self-destruction. This life is far too comfortable. Exiting the theater into an aseptic white hallway feels disrespectful. Even writing longer sentences…
By Massimo Tarridas – 12 months ago
“Knives Out” (2019) is not a film that deserves a whole lot of conversation, but a conversation about why it shouldn’t be receiving so much conversation might be in order.…