Parfums

BOIS D'ASCESE by Juraj Sotosek Rihtarec

Naomi Goodsir ·

'Bois d'Ascèse is definitively one of the scents where you can easily guess what "niche perfume" really is. There is no compromise in this composition of burned wood, incense, whisky, cinnamon, amber, cistus, labdanum. Even for me, who smelled hundreds of perfumes, makes me feel unique, one of a kind. Perfect creation!'

Fashion, Travels

HAT EX MACHINA

Naomi Goodsir ·

Industrial machines from another era & French ancestral savoir faire - still going strong today ...

 
 

Art, Boutiques, Displays

A WINDOW IN ....Riyadh

Naomi Goodsir ·

Between shadow & light, a fantastic perfumery in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, welcoming our last window display.  O100°, in Riyadh.

Fashion, Art

CREATIVE MINDS, Conny Groenewegen

Naomi Goodsir ·

"Fashion Machine" is an art performance presented at the Dutch ambassador's house in Paris, in September 2016. Made of 2.000 fleece sweaters, each systematically cut in 14m stripes and knitted - on antic wooden knitting machines - into more special textile objects. This artistic installation was made for (took place initially at) Temporary Fashion Museum in Rotterdam.

Conny Groenewegen based her spatial intervention for the exhibition Fashion Data on a typical leftover product of the fast fashion industry: the fleece sweater. Originally made from another industrial relic, the PET bottle, the fleece sweater is certainly not the most adventurous fashion item that ends up in the collection bins for used clothing. However, it can be found there in massive amounts and the product is actually hardly suitable for re-sale in thrift stores or the markets of Eastern Europe, Africa and India.

For the installation 'Fashion Machine', countless fleece sweaters were cut up and the polyethylene yarn put on spools again. The exhibition space introduces a kind of sweatshop for the processing of these yarns, which are reworked into flags and mattresses. The installation makes the production mechanism and scale of the fast fashion industry tangible, while the banal material takes on a new shape and an almost activist expression on the spot.

www.http://tijdelijkmodemuseum.hetnieuweinstituut.nl

www.connygroenewegen.nl

Boutiques, Parfums

BEHIND THE DOORS OF... Interno B 197, Italy

Naomi Goodsir ·

"Interno B 197 was born in Reggio Emilia in 2006 with a selection of accessories and gifts, but little clothing. With the passing of time Luca and Gabriele, the owners, decided to focus more on fashion, becoming a reference point for research, working with brands such as Comme des Garçons, Ann Demeulemeester, Rick Owens".

Via luciano fornaciari, 1. Reggio Emilia. www.internob197.it