As usual Jean Paul Gaultier gave us a very dramatic couture show with a sizzling finale featuring that famous lady boy with the five o’clock shadow. I have no idea who is, mainly because I don’t watch much TV, except for Sesame Street and Ninjago, so please don’t hold it against …
Read More »The Dissected Cake
Check out this ‘The Dissected Cake’ by artist Annabel de Vetten of Conjurer’s Kitchen. It’s a real edible cake and no actual humans were harmed in making this. This is so badass! Definitely a cake for Halloween, but not so much a wedding cake unless your name is Morticia Addams. …
Read More »It’s Tea Time!
Check out these transforming tea bags! . “Transforming tea – chamomile tea bags with stressing symbols turn into calm ones once the tea is dissolved.” -according to ad agency M&C Saatchi for tea company BOH. Miss Mimi needs her own tea bag morphing from hissy cat to calm cat. And how …
Read More »Thom Browne- Fall 2015- Menswear- Muscle Men
Thom Browne always gives us the ‘crazy train express’ that I always wish I had a ticket to because his brand of crazy is straight up ART, bitch! This season’s menswear was a blend of international sensation Klaus Nomi, international sensation Body Worlds , and Japanese sensation Comme Des Garçon …
Read More »Beautiful Burial
Since we’re on the subject of dead animals….Here is a series called “Natura Morta” by Maria Ionova-Gribina. Maria was bike riding along the sea somewhere in her native Russia where she found these cute dead little creatures. They all had one thing in common- they all said ‘bye, bitch’ without a proper send …
Read More »Tokyo Horror Show
Bortsprungt -Fall 2014 collection was full of horror references only a sick kitten like me would love. I have to say, those Japanese really know how to mix cute with fright. Having said that, I’ll take one of each, thankyouverymuch. photos: Tokyo Fashion Diaries
Read More »White Trash Family
Artist Kim Alsbrooks painted portraits of fancy old-timey people on the face of a crushed beer can for a juxtaposition of aristocracy and trash. Brilliant! It’s called The White Trash Family series , which I find fitting because nothing says class like a can of Pabst Beer that has been crushed down …
Read More »Eye Heart Spleen
Artist Camila Carlow makes human organs out of foraged flowers, which, in my book, qualifies as a badass mofo. To make slippery, bloody organs look like gorgeous bouquets is pretty ingenious. My fave are the lungs in the first photo… Speaking of organs, I had an emergency C-section a few weeks …
Read More »Paper Sculptures
Artist Cheong-ah Hwang created these paper sculptures that will make you look twice! Full of detail and intricate shapes, each paper sculpture tells a story. Hallmark better call up Cheong and pay him bank to spruce up their pop up greeting cards because this is the kind of stuff I love …
Read More »Tartan & Monster Fur
London-based designer Barbra Kolansinski incorporated plaid and monster fur for her Fall 2014 collection. What I love about this collection is that it’s sort of a fun punk look that I could definitely rock… And the hearts here and there just make it so much cooler! I have to remember to put …
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