“Mostly, what I have learned so far about ageing, despite the creakiness of one’s bones and cragginess of one’s once-silken skin, is this: Do it. By all means, do it.” Maya Angelou The door to diversity has been ajar for quite some time accompanied by a progression that continually evolves and manifests steadily, spilling into …
POST prefix, meaning “behind,” “after,” “later,” “subsequent to,” and “posterior to.” HUMAN adjective, meaning of, relating to, characteristic of, or having the nature of people. POST-HUMAN concept, after humanism. It all started with humanism, a philosophy of life that developed in the 18th and 19th centuries where humans are seen as agents of change and …
GLITCH Investigates: What is Post-Human Fashion? Read More »
In a rotation of the fashion roundabout, we are seeing a recuperation of medievalist and battle-worthy aesthetics, as jewellery becomes weightier and more cumbersome for the 2024 season. In this year’s SS24 fashion shows, in place of dainty jewels came chainmail, plating and buckling. Reels of pendulum earrings swung, and models marched the runways with …
Armoured Jewellery: The Warrior Women of The Runway Read More »
Another article congratulating the brilliance of technology, as it revolutionizes our fashion industry, seems to me as a writer, let alone a reader, boring and over-hashed. At GLITCH, we want to bring to you the innovations and technical creations at the front of the picket line, negotiating the way to a healthier industry, but the …
Post-Purchase Tech: The Digital Integrations Turning Shoppers Into Blind Dependents Read More »
Fibrous branches are forming links between biology and fabric production resulting in a new breed of interactive and responsive textiles. Coined as “E-Textiles”, wearable technology is set to make a more regular appearance in the process of fashion design. Signs of this entrancing technology can be traced back to 2018 and earlier, when at the …
ARE THE TEXTILES OF THE FUTURE SENTIENT? THE NEWEST TECH INTRODUCED IN FASHION Read More »
Long before the technologically driven advancements of Web 3, the beauty and cosmetics industry has been at the forefront of countless debates. Does makeup really have rules? What does it mean to be beautiful? Is hyaluronic acid really the fountain of youth in a bottle? Social media shook up the beauty industry immensely, with a …
Low-rise, baggy jeans, cargo pants, butterfly clips, chunky heels and sizable jewellery – the past two years have witnessed the revival of the Y2K and 90s grunge era. Everywhere you look there are futuristic takes on the looks that dominated the 2000s and late 90s, and Fashion Week was no exception. As we bid farewell …
Who needs a gallery space? Aimmee Dawson asked this in The Art Newspaper back in 2021, when the world was hooded in COVID uncertainty, and physical exhibiting was a distant memory. With museums, galleries, and press rooms bolted and frozen, their hubs of activity a nostalgic relic of the past, it fell to creators to …
Instagram: The Cheap Exhibition Room For Emerging Designers Read More »
Welcome to 2023, where it’s incontestable that the line between the digital and physical world is pulsating in and out of focus. Innovations of today are rapidly shaping our future from AI, AR and VR, to 5G networks capable of developing smart cities, and Blockchain technology enhancing cyber security. How do we plant our feet …
BOUNDARIES BETWEEN THE DIGITAL AND PHYSICAL WORLD: STAYING GROUNDED Read More »
Laura Soto is a mixed-media sculptor living in Los Angeles. Highly inspired by West Coast ecology, Laura creates art pieces that are an ethereal dreamscape, with a carefully curated color palette and tone, that skilfully blends the organic and artificial. Soto has shown her art at Leiminspace in Los Angeles, Torrance Art Museum in Southern …
On Failure and Discovery, Destruction and Construction With Laura Soto. Read More »
