Art

Jean Paul Gaultier- Fall 2014- Haute Couture

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 …

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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. …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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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