Backdrop Modernises Schumacher Archives, Unveils New Wallpaper Line

Is Backdrop Schumacher’s rebellious little sister? Backdrop cofounder and creative director Natalie Ebel said that description sounds pretty accurate. “We’re really playful,” she told WWD. Storied American textile firm Schumacher,…

Paris Exhibition Paints Paul Poiret as a Pioneering Lifestyle Guru

Paul Poiret‘s fashions, which famously freed women from the corset and took many cues from Eastern cultures, have inspired many designers, including Jean Paul Gaultier, John Galliano, Dries Van Noten,…