Israeli artist Costa Magarakis creates fantastically mystical sculptures out of shoes that are reminiscent of the gothic works of Tim Burton and Guillermo Del Torro. These are so spectacularly splendid! The best part is you can order one of the works of art off his Etsy shop directly. My fave has to …
Read More »
This past month, I was able to check out the incredible Guillermo del Toro exhibit called “At Home with Monsters” at LACMA , boy, was I glad I didn’t miss it! There were unique pieces of rare artwork, props from all his films, including “Pan’s Labyrinth” and “The Orphanage”, and actual …
Read More »
SOEN Fashion Awards is a competition in Japan for emerging fashion designers with a 1 million yen and all-expenses paid study in France for the prize. So, basically, whoever weirds it up the best gets to guzzle on Moet, snack on cat food paté, while living in Paris. Pretty good …
Read More »
Holy deep, dark and depressed goth chick! I love love love it! I got Anna Sui vibes from this collection, but that’s ok because I love Anna Sui! It was like giant, goth dolls started stomping out of their purple and black Victorian houses in those huge boots and decided to …
Read More »
Miu Miu gave us gothic, housemaid on acid this season…. like a domesticated Blythe doll. I can dig that. It also has a doll-ish quality that I totally approve of. Excuse me, while I go look for an organza apron somewhere. photos: Vogue
Read More »
Oh my! Those masks! It’s like Ziggy Stardust and Rihanna’s ten head mated and shat out these eldritch faces! Gareth Pugh loves to reference aliens and other-worldly beings, so this gothic glam-rock collection is not too far off. Amazingly, this season he ventured into a little more color, albeit only …
Read More »Whoa, Whoa, Whoa! This one Hefty Cinch Sack party I want to go to! So many styles of black on black on black. Even the Grim Reaper is like ‘too much, too much’! What’s entertaining is not the impracticality of it, but the fact that you can probably recreate these …
Read More »Meadham Kirchoff usually send their models down the runway wearing a mix of goth, punk and girly girl outfits, but this season they decided to go by the way of granny wear extraordinaire, Chanel. Don’t get me wrong, I love love love Chanel, but sometimes it can look dowdy and …
Read More »Is it me or do all the models look like Tinkerbell after she married her sugar daddy? I, personally, loved this collection just for the fact that everything is sparkley, shimmery and twee. It’s like a fairy came to Karl the Kaiser one night while he was sucking the blood …
Read More »Check out these outfits by designer Klara Kalicz! It’s from a collection called Angel Machine. With the touch of a button, the dress sprouts wings. I wonder if I can make this using Hefty garbage bags and an automatic umbrella…. I’m always looking for the broke ass way to replicate things. …
Read More »
Teacups & Couture A Fashion Blog by Roxanna Bina