Cistercian monk reading in Leicestershire, England, c.1930. Photographer unknown.
Father Michael Casey OCSO (Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance) is a priest, tailor, author and member of the Tarrawarra Abbey, the only Cistercian monastery in the Southern hemisphere. Observing the ancient rule of Saint Benedict, the Cistercians are an ancient order that broke away from the Catholic Church in medieval times with a desire to lead a more simple and contemplative life. Faith, work and self-sufficiency are the mainstays of the Cistercian way of life. The Tarrawarra Abbey in central Victoria, Australia, was established in 1954 by a group of Irish monks, and is now home to fourteen monks. The simple monk garments, tailored by Casey with fabric from a local mill, last the wearer anything upward of fifteen years. The ‘cowl’ in particular, is worn ceremoniously seven times a day for prayer. The garment is symbolic of the daily transition into the introspective space of worship
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New York Fashion Week A/W 2021: drive thrus and digital distortion
New York Fashion Week A/W 2021: drive thrus and digital distortion
New York Fashion Week’s digital-first offering presented solutions to life post-pandemic and political crisis, from brands including Tom Ford, Proenza Schouler, Khaite and Collina Strada
Almost one year since the coronavirus began ravaging through New York City and upending life as we thought we knew it, it is eerily apt that the A/W 2021 season of New York Fashion Week marked an equally transitional time in fashion and beyond as the world as a whole teeters between hanging onto old ways and embracing the new.
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Gabriela Hearst Fall/Winter 2021
Gabriela Hearst Fall/Winter 2021
“She is so bright and glorious that you cannot look at her face or her garments for the splendor with which she shines.”
“She is so bright and glorious that you cannot look at her face or her garments for the splendor with which she shines.”
February 22, 2021 Holding fast to the conservationism that has long underscored her brand ethos, Gabriela Hearst hosted her Fall/Winter 2021 shored up on the optics of a 50% circularity projection for this year. In and around an empty New York warehouse, Heart’s 32 looks marched against dimly lit skylights and over damp floors, reminding us of Demna Gvasalia’s splashy rain puddles in the fashion spectacle that was Balenciaga’s F/W 2020 – though Hearst played with much less doom.
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