Designer Sacha Laurin takes fermented milk, green tea and SCOBY (Symbiotic Colonies of Bacterial and Yeast) to create original dresses for her fashion line, Kombucha Couture. She uses different techniques to create different textures such as, leather, canvas or silk from the bacterial concoction. This totally sounds like something out …
Read More »The Beauty and the Haunted- The Art of Mari Shimizu
Japanese artist Mari Shimizu takes enchanting classic dolls and creates vignettes inside their cavities for a beautifully haunting creation fit for a deep, dark depressed goth. In other words, I LOVE LOVE LOVE IT. These perfect dolls have a living, tiny world inside of them that probably represent some kind …
Read More »Gucci- Pre-Fall 2018- Come join… the Gucci Sect….
The Italian horror film director, Dario Argento, was a major influence on Gucci’s latest collection. These photos almost look like they belong on a covert 1970’s hippie sect pamphlet. So inviting, but a little off. I dunno, I’d probably join. Anywho, I’m loving the baggy, logo-ed, knee high boots and …
Read More »Louis Vuitton Toilet
Ever wonder how rich people shit? Well, take a look at this Louis Vuitton toilet! It’s made from 24 different LV bags made by artist Illma Gore and is selling for the tiny sum of $100,000. If you’re curious how this luxurious toilet works and looks like visit the Tradesy …
Read More »Comme Des Garçon- Spring 2018- Strange Beauty
After seeing the Comments Des Garçon exhibit at The Met a few months ago, I have a new appreciation for the craftsmanship and quality that goes into each runway piece from the designer, Rei Kawakubo. Honestly, a photo doesn’t do any justice to the textures and stitching and whatnot that …
Read More »Vivienne Westwood- Spring 2018- Blue Steel … where art thou?
Andreas Kronthaler took over Vivienne Westwood for this season and didn’t disappoint with thrift store finds for the demented street urchin. Fabulous! So I googled Andreas’s ass to see what he’d done before and wikipedia burped out this gem: “Andreas Kronthaler (born 11 March 1952) is an Austrian former sport …
Read More »Rick Owens- Spring 2018- Pile it on, Bitch!
This one time a long time ago I had too much carry on items for the airplane, so I layered all my clothes and hats and underwear on me and stuffed random things between the layers just so I could get on board. It was a short flight, so I …
Read More »The Dad Bag
It’s no lie that fanny packs are back, but this one is EXTRA EXTRA! It’s the DAD BAG! The Dad Bag comes with EVERYTHING. It’s a bag, It’s an extra body part, it’s fashion forward… it’s a must have for this season. Now, if I saw a dude wearing this, …
Read More »Selfie Nails
BUT WAIT….. THERE’S MORE!!! This is borderline INSANE and COOL. Like, it’s cool because who wouldn’t want their own face on their nails…? You’ll never forget what you look like… especially when each nail is a range of emotions like happy, sad, and resting bitchface. And INSANE, well, because DUH…. …
Read More »Gareth Pugh- Spring 2018- Sleek Goth
Gareth Pugh… what a fabulous collection! Normally, his stuff is so deep, dark and depressed that even Robert Smith from The Cure gives a side-eye, but today…. Gareth brought on a beautiful, sleek collection that Grace Jones would totally wear to a bar mitzvah. In other words, IT”S STELLAR! Some …
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