May 2010
Sorrento Penthouse Symposium: FEEDing The World one Bag at a Time
Contributed by T.s. Flock
Global hunger is a problem so enormous, addressed by so many charities with aggressive marketing, that, despite how grave the problem is, it has become a cliché. It is even a punch line, as we tell each other to clean our plates “when children are starving elsewhere.” As if stuffing in that last bit of crème brulée is going to help anything. In essence, the problem is so widely acknowledged that it has become almost invisible. Children are starving, and the sky is blue. Tell us something we don’t know.
Emerging Designer Watch: Tanya Min Jee
Contributed by Tristan Uhl Photography by Peter Gaan
Ennio Capasa of Costume National once said, “There is no distinction between who I am and what I do.” This idea, however simple it may be, still resonates with me. It affirms my belief that true artists are those who create not for the mere sake of creating, but for the lack of being able to do anything else. In a creative field, such as fashion design, it’s not difficult to blend into the background or disappear entirely.