Bourgine blog

This week's report Today: Milan Today, the Report takes you to Milan and beyond. Come along—no questions asked. Pasticceria Cucchi when you wake up Villa Necchi, a haven for nostalgic aesthetes Shop the Story, 90s 2000s vintage, Miu Miu/Prada in particular...

Today, I'd like to persuade you to acquire this very skirt. My opening argument is also my strongest point: its name. VERTUGADIN! Aka “farthingale”. Born in Spain in the fifteenth century, the vertugadin is a framework worn under the skirt...

Climatic laziness has overtaken this newsletter’s editor-in-chief, leaving the stage to the most resilient among us for a masterclass in indolence. Here’s Norms, swaddled in his vintage fur coat in 104°F heat. Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday, a...

Hey, it’s Father’s Day. Happy Father’s Day to Pierre Bourgine and his counterparts! Caroline, Pierre & Sophie-Anne Bourgine (1995) To mark the occasion, let’s put a guy in the spotlight of this issue: Matthäus Schwartz, one of the inspirations behind...

This week, the Report makes a perfectly ill-timed decision: introducing knee-high socks in the middle of June. More specifically, Bas-de-chausses (hose), because it is important not to call a sock a sock. Had our business acumen been sharper, we would...

This week, let’s put costume history on pause for a bit of present-day history. This is a staffing update, and a small treatise on organizational management. Each year, Bourgine’s activity grows by 30%. The team, by 20%. The physical space,...