Archive | Fashion

Fueguia: Bottling Scents of Argentina

Fueguia: Bottling Scents of Argentina

Natasha Sá Osório sticks her nose in to Fueguia – A one of a kind fragrance boutique that’s causing a stir in the market of tailor made perfume.

Posted in Fashion3 Comments

Top 5 Tattoo Parlours

Top 5 Tattoo Parlours

Ink, vibrant colours, needles and never mind the pain: tattoos are becoming more and more popular with each passing day. Tattoos were once frowned upon by many members of society and widely believed to be the mark of the lower class or, even worse, the mark of a prisoner that had served hard time. But [...]

Posted in Fashion, Top 54 Comments

Designer Spotlight: Mis Intimos Amigos

Designer Spotlight: Mis Intimos Amigos

Kate Bowen talks to the father and son design duo at Mis Intimos Amigos – a menswear label with an impeccable, clean-cut style and a strong Argentine identity.

Posted in Fashion5 Comments

An Idiot’s Guide to Buenos Aires Outlets

An Idiot’s Guide to Buenos Aires Outlets

How to balance earning pesos, eating and not sacrificing the label off your back? Lauren McCrea has the answer, with her beginners guide to outlet shopping in Buenos Aires.

Posted in Fashion, TOP STORY0 Comments

The Best of BAF Week Spring-Summer 2011-12

The Best of BAF Week Spring-Summer 2011-12

After five days, 25 runway shows by top designers and one “anti-runway” demonstration by Greenpeace, Buenos Aires Fashion Week ended last week. Lauren McCrea hit the shows and tells all.

Posted in Fashion, TOP STORY0 Comments

Top 5 Argentine Fashion Designers

Top 5 Argentine Fashion Designers

Argentine designers enjoy their annual fashion week, coined BAF, every February. Inevitably a season behind, it fails to receive much international attention. But the reputation of South American fashion is on the rise, with people such as the Brazilian Francisco Costa, who currently heads Calvin Klein’s womenswear collection, leading the way. Argentine presence specifically has [...]

Posted in Fashion, Top 55 Comments

Tony and his Crazy Hats

Tony and his Crazy Hats

Sarah van den Boogaard meets with Antonio Valiente, alias Tony, a true phenomenon with his trademark ‘sombreros locos’ at the Mercado de Pulgas.

Posted in Fashion, The Consumer, Underground BA2 Comments

Top 5 Designed Boutiques

Top 5 Designed Boutiques

Strolling around Palermo you will be surprised by the variety of shops and boutiques it has to offer. It seems like a place far from South America; as it could even be London, Paris or Milan. However, a way Buenos Aires distinguish itself from the latter and you may call it its trademark, is eye [...]

Posted in Fashion, The Consumer, Top 52 Comments

Min Agostini: Fashion Phenomenon

Min Agostini: Fashion Phenomenon

Min Agostini recently presented her collection at Buenos Aires Runway; an international celebration of design. Sarah van den Boogaard checked out her style.

Posted in Fashion, TOP STORY0 Comments

DQB Studio: The Recipe for Green Design

DQB Studio: The Recipe for Green Design

Sustainable design is taking off in Buenos Aires, as Sarah van den Boogaard discovers upon meeting Dominique Besanson, founder and art director at DQB Studio.

Posted in Fashion, The Consumer3 Comments

Pages:«1234567»
Follow us on Twitter
Visit us on Facebook
View us on YouTube

In a week that sees the return of ArteBA, we recall a bizarre incident from the art fair's 2010 opening, when Buenos Aires mayor Mauricio Macri broke a large artwork.

    Directory Pick of the Week

Magdalena's Party in Palermo

Magdalena’s Party has daily 2 x 1 Happy Hour specials til midnight, and the "best onda".
Sign up to The Indy newsletter