As social animals, human beings have a basic need for communication. But, what happens when this fundamental need is restricted, or even forbidden? Katarina Kuruc examines the powerful role of fashion and dress as vehicles of communication within the boundaries of the Iron Curtain when other forms of self-expression were limited.
According to fashion historian Caroline Cox, "handbags are the most silent and loyal of servants", carrying, protecting and transporting some of our most precious cargo. Today, with the rise of fashion blogs and magazine articles focusing on the bag and its contents, the handbag can be viewed as central to the construction and communication of identity.
This year's Fashion's Night Out in New York City makes a unique statement in light of the 10th anniversary of 9/11.
Katarina Kuruc deconstructs the popularity of personal style blogs by linking them to contemporary notions of self expression and individualism.
Although distinct fields, architecture and fashion share a plethora of commonalities. Both are art forms that rely heavily on creative design, functionality and careful attention to details. Toronto-based Rachel Sin converges both design forms in her fashion creations as well as her work as an architect. Through her work, the young designer demonstrates that, in many ways, fashion is architecture and vice versa.
During the forty years of Communist rule in Slovakia, politics infected virtually every facet of daily life such that seemingly ordinary purchases were infused with ideological sentiments. Twenty-two years after the fall of the Iron Curtain, Katarina Kuruc measures the barometer of consumer appetite in Bratislava.
