This one time I went camping in our backyard. It was one of the single most dreadful experiences of my life. The ground was hard, the sleeping bag was all twisted and it was balls- to- the- wall cold. I was paranoid about small animals and bugs nesting in our …
Read More »MAN- Fall 2017- Stranger Men
A collective of three designers made up a show called “MAN” in London for fall of 2017. It was pretty out there, which I enjoy for entertainment. But, if I saw dudes running around the street in an adobe chimney or a patriot fish costume, I’d probably take my children …
Read More »Clothing Carcasses
Israeli artist Tamara Kostianovsky created a series of work called “Actus Reus”. She took pieces of clothing and created butchered meat for the series. Here is her (F)artist statement: “The material connects our bodies with the ones in the work, bringing violent acts into a familiar realm. My intention is to confront …
Read More »The Salt Bride
Israeli artist Sigalit Landau had a really cool idea of of submerging a perfectly gorgeous velvet dress in the Dead Sea and fuhgeddaboudit for two months. The result was the Morton Salt girl‘s worst nightmare…. clumped up salt on a Victorian dress! I think the dress is gorgeous, but sad that it’s …
Read More »Grotesquely Beautiful Shoes
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 »Anrealage- Spring 2017- “Augmented Reality”
Anrealage has been pretty fashion-forward and now you can say they are technology-forward, too. Here’s what Vogue had to say about it: “Morinaga’s silhouettes tended toward the ample: flowing caped cocoon shapes and skirts, wide slit-leg trousers, tops with trenchcoat detailing, and boxy shifts with thick black bands binding the …
Read More »Hood By Air- Spring 2017- Hot Mess
Woe is the dude in the blue rain poncho and pants! Give him a piece of chocolate…. a fluffy kitten…. a unicorn… something to cheer him up. Anywho, this collection was a mess, but was to be expected because it’s Hood by Air. Models wallowed down the runway in awkwardly fitted …
Read More »Andrea Kett- For Collectors of Superior Smut
Brilliantly talented artist Andrea Kett has a new series of greeting cards and notebooks that will tickle your fancy! If you’re a fan of ‘superior smut’, then these are right up your alley…. or shall I say … Boudoir! You may notice the header art for this blog is also by Andrea …
Read More »V Files- Spring 2017- Delightfully Delirious!
Check out the latest and the greatest (and by greatest, I mean, the most effed up and delirious!) from V Files! That last look totally reminds me of this time when I wanted to make haute couture out of a 6-pack roll of Charmin. I was 13 and bored. …
Read More »Couture Goods by Ava Nirui
Check out photographer Ava Nirui‘s collection of high fashion everyday items. She has done a series of photos for Opening Ceremony, Dazed, Oyster and many other magazines and boutiques. Click over to her instagram to see other couture designers translated into everyday things. photos: Ava Nirui
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