Fashion retailers that take commercial risks and push the boundaries of their clients’ sartorial taste by stocking unknown designers are, most certainly, hard to come by. As such, when the store Layers London announced that… Mohsin Ali menswear autumn/winter 2013
Paulino Spectacles is a new brand of eyewear that has had the eyes of the world on Portugal, where it was founded in early 2012. The brainchild of Ramiro Paulino Ferreira, Paulino Spectacles was born… Paulino Spectacles: honouring tradition in eyewear manufacturing
Even though summer has only just arrived, many fashion stores across the northern hemisphere are already stocking their first lines of clothes and accessories for autumn/winter 2013/14. As The Style Examiner looks into the sartorial… River Island menswear autumn/winter 2013
To coincide with architect Richard Rogers’s 80th birthday, the Royal Academy of Arts in London is currently displaying a retrospective of his life and career. Entitled ‘Richard Rogers RA: Inside and Out’, the exhibition (on… Celebrating a life in architecture: Richard Rogers retrospective at the Royal Academy of Arts
London’s Somerset House (which has over the years, secured a deserved esteemed reputation for hosting the best fashion exhibitions in the British capital) is currently displaying ‘Miles Aldridge: I Only Want You To Love Me’,… A study on seized moments of contemplation: Miles Aldridge at Somerset House
Zurich and Berlin-based architecture practice Holzer Kobler have completed the Palaon Research and Experience Centre in Schöningen, Germany. Occupying a site where 300,000 year-old spears (the oldest man-made hunting weapons) were found, the building features… Palaon Research and Experience Centre by Holzer Kobler Architekture
London-based architect Zaha Hadid and property developer Related Companies have unveiled plans for an 11-storey building that will be built beside the High Line at 520 West 28th Street in New York City. The residential… Zaha Hadid unveils plans for first building in New York City
London-based Zaha Hadid Architects have completed the Heydar Aliyev Cultural Centre, a new arts venue in Baku created to celebrate Azerbaijani culture through an on-going programme of exhibitions and presentations on the country’s history and… Heydar Aliyev Cultural Centre, Azerbaijan, by Zaha Hadid Architects
Despite its success with audiences after it opened on Broadway in 2005, the adaptation of Alice Walker’s novel The Color Purple into a musical play was never going to garner the most effusive of welcomes… Celebrating the right to be heard: ‘The Color Purple – The Musical’ premieres in London
As a way to capture the spirit of the outdoors and the subversive allure of youth subcultures, menswear designers worldwide have been showing a keen interest in casual and utilitarian designs. And nowhere is this… Menswear trend for spring/summer 2014: the denim jacket