Author Archives: classiq

La Gomera: In Conversation with Costume Designer Dana Păpăruz

In our interview, costume designer Dana Paparuz talks colour, costume and visual storytelling in Corneliu Porumboiu’s La Gomera. A neo-noir thriller with inflictions of black humour, a highly stylized world, a clear and intentional departure from the realism of the Romanian New Wave. Read More →

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Northern Light

Travel diary. Lessons in style and good living from Stockholm. Read More →

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Reused Remade: Raising Awareness with Beautiful Design

In our interview, Josephine Alhanko, the co-founder of Reused Remade, talks about how she takes something old, hotel bed linen, and transforms it into something new and eco-friendly, stylish shopping bags. Read More →

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The Man With No Name, but with an Iconic Look

In The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, Clint Eastwood subverted the conservative cowboy type and reinvented him as a morally ambiguous drifter. His costumes, from his poncho to the long-waisted olive coat, played their part. Read More →

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The Films to Watch This Autumn

Nothing like a noir thriller and an Almodóvar film to get the conversation started. Noteworthy movies to watch, autumn 2019. Read More →

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