The Open Jar and the Date: Two Details Worth Checking
A practical guide to identifying the PAO and expiration date on cosmetics, based on official AEMPS information about labeling.
Fashion, beauty and everyday life magazine
Explore Gentle Chic stories about fashion, beauty, fragrance and lifestyle. Documented guides, sources and ideas for everyday living.
What a texture tells you before choosing a garment
A surface can offer clues about technique, pattern, and material, but it does not by itself determine how a garment will feel or how long it will last. Learn to look with curiosity and to distinguish what you know from what remains to be discovered.
Body and garment measurements: two tables that do not say the same thing
One table describes body measurements; the other, those of a finished garment. Learn to distinguish them and to compare compatible data before choosing a size.
A virtual visit to the Prado focused on three details
A proposal to explore the digital tours of the Museo Nacional del Prado from home, observe a work with calm, and save a question for later.
Looking at Indian Textiles Without Reducing Them to a Single Style
A guide to approaching the material diversity of Indian textiles, reading museum record information, and distinguishing documented data from personal preferences.
The V&A Photography Centre as a starting point for looking at photographs
A documentary guide to preparing a visit to the V&A Photography Centre, focused on observing photography as a physical object and using digital resources to delve deeper into the history of the image.
Observing Textiles: A Museum Guide to Mindful Looking
An invitation to explore the Victoria and Albert Museum’s textile collection through original observation exercises, separating documented facts from editorial suggestions.
Un Jardin sur le Nil: When a Perfume Tells a Story of Place
We explore how Hermès’s brand narrative uses green mango, lotus, and sycamore to evoke a landscape, distinguishing olfactory associations from geographic or chemical reality.
N°5 Eau de Parfum: learning to identify a version
A practical guide to distinguishing the official sheet from the personal experience, based on the data provided by CHANEL.
A texture archive with clothes you already own
A practical guide to observing your garments with the same attention given to textiles in museums, distinguishing between technique, structure, and material.
Caring for a wool garment starts with its label
A practical guide based on Woolmark's recommendations for interpreting care instructions, distinguishing textile structures, and organizing the maintenance of wool garments without resorting to universal assumptions.
Kimono: the relationship between form, color, and context
A guide to observing how form, obi, and decoration relate to the cultural context of each kimono, without attributing universal meanings to their motifs.