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Fabulous photo of Gabourey Sidibe in what looks to be Miyake but may not be …? Does anyone know? Saw it in The Guardian: Back to the future: the fashion photography of tomorrow: From eyes made of dim sum to extreme facepainting, the fashion photography of the future is bold, vibrant and often bizarre. Here are […]
MoreIf you are at The National Theatre anytime soon, do drop in to view Silent Exchange: The Landscape Photography Of Charlie Waite: Silent Exchange is an exhibition of award-winning photography by one of the world’s most celebrated landscape photographers, Charlie Waite. Bringing together his most important landscapes to date as well as new works, Silent […]
MoreI have been reading today about Scottish artist Pat Douthwaite, 1939-2002, some of whose artwork you see here, above and below. There is a full obituary on her in The Herald, Scotland (extracts below) and much more informaton available from a quick internet search. [Douglas Hall described Pat Douthwaite as] ”a modern representative of the peintres maudits, [one of the] unfortunate […]
MoreI really like the inspired collection by Fiona O’Neill, from the Central Saint Martin Fashion Shows, seen on Dezeen – example above and there are more great images on Dezeen, so do click across and take a look. Dezeen quote Fiona saying: “My inspiration for this collection was women painting women, mainly derived from the artist Kate […]
MoreHow beautiful are these shoes, above? Sadly, not wearable but part of an experimental Léi Zǔ Shoe Collection, named after the Chinese empress who is attributed with inventing the silk reel, by German designers Nicole Goymann and Christoph John. Read more about their techniques and plans in dezeen: Nicole Goymann and Christoph John … Whilst on dezeen, […]
Morei love these Art Smith Earrings, above and below – see more on the Art Smith website – and what an interesting story: Arthur Smith was born to Jamaican parents in Cuba in 1917. His family settled in Brooklyn in 1920 and Smith showed artistic talent at an early age, winning honorable mention as an […]
MoreI absolutely love the beautiful still, above, one of a series from a collaboration at SHOWstudio: The Elegant Universe for V magazine:: Nick Knight and couture doyenne Lady Amanda Harlech unite with model and physics scholar Alexia Wight for a shoot that explores the mathematics of beauty. With Knight on camera (in this case his iPhone) […]
MoreI’ve been reading about, and watching, the very interesting stand-up routine of Adrienne Truscott: Is it ever ok to laugh about rape? Having watched the Youtube video, below, and Adrienne Truscott’s ‘One-Lady Rape About Comedy‘, I’m still not sure. I do like the way she skewers the hypocrisy about attitudes to women, rape and sexism […]
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