Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterOne of the most highly anticipated documentaries to premiere at Sundance next month is a new profile on Dame Vivienne Westwood called Westwood: Punk, Icon, Activist. Directed by newbie filmmaker Lorna Tucker , the film will chart the avantgarde designer’s (once known as the Queen of Punk) creative inspiration, alongside her activism and heritage through interviews with … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterNow that Fall is finally here we are getting out our knitting needles to make some of those sweaters that our mothers used to make us wear, and that decidedly made our fathers the gayest men in Town. Oh the good old days …..sigh! … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterIts been a while since the ever-hungry fashion world longed for such a spectacle of an exhibition! Dior: Couturier du Rêve, Designer of Dreams gave us that and a bit more besides. Christian Dior, one of the most traditional of French houses, has been through a rather “shaky” path ever since the Galliano years, … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterTo launch their new new collaboration with leading Brit fashion designer Erdem, H&M has today unveiled “The Secret Life of Flowers” a short cinematic film created by the Oscar nominated director Baz Luhrmann . It is set in a mysterious country mansion where it is “always spring”, and where the house is like its … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesAlthough we see a great deal of the legendary shoe designer Manolo Blahnik in this enchanting profile on him, he evidently had only agreed to the project with director Michael Roberts if he kept the cameras primarily on the impressive list of fashion heavyweights and celebrities who lined up to testify that Blahnik is … Continue reading
