Tag: Fashion

Photography

Facial tattoos: the people behind the ink

Mark Leaver is a photographer with an amazingly curious eye for those known as “Others”. One of his latest projects called "Tattoos" personifies the mystery of body decoration in Britain’s facial tattoo community....

By Venesa Musovic · Dec. 29, 2020

Fashion

Brilliant suitcases with contorted figures molded on the surface

Artist Wei Li is making luggage specialized for those of us who need to carry around... bodies. This brilliant series of suitcases uses the forms of real figures to shape the outside. The designs are funny, featuring figures...

By Justin Crowe · Dec. 09, 2020

Fashion

12 comparative fashion photos show the inspiration behind what we wear

Discovering where art gets its inspiration is always a fascinating bit of knowledge. Some artists draw literally from nature while others may find inspiration in less obvious, more abstract, places. Bianca Luini is a fashion...

By Justin Crowe · Nov. 30, 2020

Fashion

Badass embroidered gowns from Valentino

In two new collections by Valentino, embroidery is getting a fair amount of play. A surface decoration that is often considered old-fashioned or granny-like gets a boost into modernity with bold colors and new arrangements. The...

By Steph · Oct. 25, 2020

Sculpture

19th-century dress transformed into ghostly, crystalline sculpture by the Dead Sea

You’ve probably seen this making the rounds on Facebook, but this salt-infused dress is too fabulous to ignore. Israeli artist Sigalit Landau grew up near the Dead Sea, one of the saltiest bodies of water on Earth. She...

By Umar Ansari · Oct. 17, 2020

Funny

Clever graphic tees flaunt regional pride

The Social Dept. is t-shirt company that loves and lionizes typography, design, food, beer, sports and all fifty states. It is the brainchild of Andy Taray of Ohio Boy Design. The Social Dept. has a number of series including 'The...

By J Hudson · Sep. 20, 2020

News

Future of fashion: solar-powered coat made by COMME des GARÇONS alumnus can charge all your electronic devices

Wouldn’t it be nice to be able to have access to a charging station all the time even if you’re in the middle of literally nowhere? Junya Watanabe just made that possible. And he’s even nice enough to let you wear it. The futuristic,...

By Mariza Monta · Sep. 18, 2020

Design

The Queen’s wardrobe as a hex palette

In celebration of the Queen’s 90th birthday, The Telegraph has put together a hex palette that shows the wide use of color in the Queen’s wardrobe. Angela Kelly has been the Queen's personal dresser since 1994. In the 2013...

By Steph · Sep. 03, 2020

Fashion

Elegant handmade bracelets fuse resin and plant life

As a designer at Modern Flower Child, Sarah Smith is no stranger to experimenting. As part of her latest collection, she has produced a series of handmade resin bracelets. Each bracelet contains plant life including dried...

By Umar Ansari · Aug. 14, 2020

Fashion

Fashion photographer takes cinematic images that embody melancholic symbolism

Fashion has worked side by side with photography to give the audience a complete experience visually. Artists like Elizaveta Porodina is one of those who brings success to these collaborations bringing the spectators to a whole...

By Venus Emma Marigmen · Aug. 13, 2020

Art

Hellboy and Back To The Future fashion illustrations will make you say “great scott!”

Illustrator Sara Richard has a new project called 'Haute PopC,' in which she creates fashion illustrations inspired by pop-culture characters. If you are a fan of "Hellboy," "Back To The Future" and fashion, this project hits...

By Conner Flynn · Jul. 08, 2020

Fashion

Watch this terrifying ‘Spiderdress’ react when it feels threatened

Anouk Wipprecht is a Dutch designer who explores the place where fashion and technology intersect. Her newest garment called ‘Spider Dress 2.0’ is a super-futuristic looking dress that is host to a creepy yet enchanting robotic...

By Justin Crowe · Jun. 17, 2020

Digital

Cord organizers – made to solve our problems!

These cute cord organizers are one of the most popular products on Etsy shops. Anyone who has mobile phone, headphones, chargers, USB cables knows how frustrating it can be to carry them in the bag and then to lose them when they are...

By Venesa Musovic · May. 10, 2020

Art

The role of Art Deco in fashion and textile designs over the years

During its conception, Art Deco was the newest style of its kind while boasting of strong attachments to other art styles and periods. It nurtured elements but at the same time reacted and even turned away from others. It gets a lot...

By Sharee Ann Narciso-Tolentino · Apr. 25, 2020

Industrial design

MIT researchers design clothes with self-aware vent system

With the power of living organisms at the helm, MIT's Media Lab is trying to create responsive and transformable interfaces of the future, by using programming principles to tweak the natural world. Called, “BioLogic”,...

By Umar Ansari · Mar. 21, 2020