Jordi Gual’s style is disturbing at the very least.

8 January, 2015
2014 ended a few days ago. So did my Project “12 meetings with Photographers” with the last master I’m reproducing and writing about; Jordi Gual. (...)

“Givenchy, the history of a genious”

11 December, 2014
This is something I was looking forward to this November, a visit to the first retrospective about the French fashion designer Hubert from Givenchy, a (...)

With “S” for “Sortija” (Ring)

11 November, 2014
A ring is hoop thick or thin that is used as an accessory to decorate fingers. The original name is anellus, coming from Latin. We have proof that many (...)

“P” for “Peineta” or Spanish Haircomb

14 October, 2014
A “peineta” (the Spanish term for “haircomb”) is a female accesory similar to a comb with a convex boday linked to an area plenty of teeth. This (...)

The Frigate “Mercedes”: The injustice of the 19th Century… And the pillaging of the 21st

9 October, 2014
The Frigate “Mercedes” has finally arrived to port… To a free exhibition that your kids will love. So if you plan coming to Madrid in October, don’t (...)

Merle Oberon and the most photaphed Catier’s necklace

7 October, 2014
Merle Oberon was the alias of Estelle Merle O’Brien Thompson, a British actress who was born in Tasmania by the beginning of the 20th century. She is (...)

Karen Blixen: The woman’s strength behind a male pen name

23 September, 2014
Better known by her male pseudonym Isak Dinesen, the Danish writer Karen Blixen (1885-1962) had a fascinating life plenty of writing. Hemingway, who wasn’t (...)

A vintage wedding gown with courage and sensitivity

18 September, 2014
Why a daughter would want to wear her mother’s wedding dress? I’ve been thinking so much about this lately that I’ve decided to start a few posts (...)

Bruges City in a fairy tale

4 September, 2014
Its name comes from the Flemish term “brugge” which means “bridges”, in plural, since there are many of them completing the appearance of this (...)

With M: Miniature

2 September, 2014
It seems the name comes from the word “mimium” (red lead oxide), a substance used as a component to make the ink for the illustrations in the old codex. (...)