Category Archives: fashion

les manteaux arts moderne

Posted on 15/05/2013 by

Les Manteaux arts moderne. (1965) | Photo: Terence Donovan Source: NYT :: The Man Who Loved Women, and Cameras See also, from the archives: elvi

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spiking the sweet

Posted on 10/05/2013 by

Thom Browne & Taylor Tomasi Hill in Thom Browne at the Met gala.

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shot through the heart

Posted on 12/04/2013 by

Katharine Hepburn wore this Joseff dual brooch, meant to look like an arrow going through her heart-shaped dress, in Sea of Grass (1947). | Source: Collectors Weekly :: Hidden Gems: Lost Hollywood Jewelry Trove Uncovered in Burbank Warehouse via Go … Continue reading →

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beetle wings III

Posted on 29/03/2013 by

Detail (above) of a turquoise gown (left) that Charlize Theron wears in Snow White and the Huntsman. It is trimmed with thousands of discarded jewel-beetle wings from Thailand, where the insect is a delicacy. Colleen Atwood, the film’s costumer designer, … Continue reading →

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beetle wings II

Posted on 28/03/2013 by

Beetle Wings Bodice by Mathieu Mirano :: Detail of a silk chiffon gown embroidered with real beetle wings. Its gold halter strap is vertebrae-shaped. Jurassic Fossil Gown by Mathieu Mirano :: A silk organza gown features the species that links … Continue reading →

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sophie gimbel

Posted on 27/01/2013 by

Post World War II ‘New Look’ designs of Sophie Gimbel.

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feather one’s nape

Posted on 25/01/2013 by

Source: NYT :: Photos of The Moment | Maison Martin Margiela

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evening wraps at dawn

Posted on 01/12/2012 by

New York, 1956 ~ Gordon Parks | Source: NYT :: The Fashionable Mr. Parks

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edith head/grace kelly

Posted on 31/10/2012 by

Edith Head design for Grace Kelly via iznogoodgood

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drosophila melanogaster

Posted on 24/10/2012 by

Drosophila melanogaster visual system halfway through pupal development, showing retina (gold), photoreceptor axons (blue), and brain (green) :: Photo by Dr. W Ryan Williamson took 4th place in Nikon Small World photomicrography competition | via The Guardian Inspiration for a … Continue reading →

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