Jean Paul Gaultier brought the androgynous and the both dodgy and strong sexuality to the runway in his latest fashion show in Paris where he showed his Spring/Summer 2013 proposals. This time the catwalk was full of feline Grace Jones, androgynous Anne Lennox and Boy George lookalikes, among others, a show that relied on the presence of disco diva Amanda Lear, one of the first transgender characters to make it to the music pop charts in the late 1970’s.
Iconic new romantic band Visage releases orchestral version of some of their major hits. The album features rearranged versions of “Fade To Grey”, “Damned don’t cry” and many others, backed by the Prague Philharmonic Orchestra.
The year 2014 has been fruitful for Visage, the band fronted by Steve Strange, the man most people associate with the new romantic movement. After the release of their a new album in decades, the band engaged in a promotional tour, having been invited to perform in March 2014 at the closing ceremony of the World Ski Jumping Championship in Prague. But instead of just using synthesizers they went further and teamed up with the Czech Synthosymphonica Orchestra. The result was a handful of songs mixing electronic and philharmonic sounds, opening up the way for the recording a full album with orchestral arrangement of twelve songs by this electro-pop band. Under the name “Orchestral”, the album was released this month offering versions of “Fade to Grey”, “The Damned don’t cry” or “Love Glove”, taking this songs to a new audience without scaring old fans considering that, aside from the addition of an orchestra, these songs remain pretty much the same.
O Pavilhão de Exposições do Instituto Superior de Agronomia foi o local escolhido por Fátima Lopes para o desfile comemorativo dos seus 30 anos de carreira. Depois de anos a desfilar em Paris por sua conta, e mais tarde com o apoio do Portugal Fashion, colaboração que levaria esta designer de moda a trocar as […]
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Two years after the death of the iconic designer Jesus del Pozo, New York was the stage for the third presentation of the re-baptised DELPOZO brand, now a Spanish venture with major international aspirations. The Gypsy spirit seems to have taken hold of DELPOZO for its new collection shown today at the New York Fashion […]