From canvas to powerhouse, the modelling landscape is evolving and it's up to the professionals to keep up. Alina Kulesh explores how Web 2.0 culture is equalizing the runway.
By Alina Kulesh
Alina Kulesh explores the ultimate fashion statement piece - the bicycle - and its flourishing, stylish place in modern society.
By Alina Kulesh
Using her influence in the design world to address social and political concerns, Lucia Cuba combines creative force with social activism in her fashion collections. Cuba speaks to The Genteel about her work, the garment districts in New York City and Lima, as well as the changing landscape of Peruvian and Latin American fashion.
By Amanda Coen
Under the birth control policies implemented by President Alberto Fujimori's government, hundreds of thousands of Peruvian men and women were forcibly sterilised over a four-year period in the late-1990s. Amanda Coen looks at how fashion designer and social activist, Lucia Cuba, is raising awareness of this highly contentious subject through her latest project, ARTICULO 6.
By Amanda Coen
In the wake of the Sandy Hook school shooting and other recent tragedies, ballistic protective gear companies have tapped into fears which are providing them with a new customer: kids. Amanda Coen wonders about the spike in sales of bulletproof school gear.
By Amanda Coen
Nestled in the remote, arid region of central Argentina, the Payún Matrú Cooperative is re-framing the way locals value the diminishing wild guanaco population. The cooperative's unique, community-based initiative is harnessing the guanaco's highly valued wool into a catalyst for regional and economic development. Amanda Coen investigates further.
By Amanda Coen
