Tag: Fashion

Fashion

Baroque architecture as a backpack

Clothing designer Konstantin Kofta has created yet another set of innovating backpack designs. Our previous feature on the “Hug” collection described the series’ skin-like surfaces and anatomical accuracy. The label’s...

By Steph · May. 21, 2019

Creativity

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 · May. 14, 2019

Art

The Russian Dollmaker

Michael Zajkov is a Russian artist who creates insanely life-like dolls. Zajkov hand molds the dolls from polymer clay, using wigs made of French mohair, and eyes made from German glass. he made his first doll in 2010. Zajkov used...

By Johnna Gurgel · May. 08, 2019

Art

Stunningly delicious maps made entirely out of food. South America looks delicious!

If you’ve ever visited another country you’ve probably experienced the question, "What’s the food like there?" Food, as much as landmarks and language, defines one’s experience of a place. ‘Food Maps,’ a project...

By Laura Smith · May. 04, 2019

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 · Apr. 14, 2019

Photography

3 generations of women wearing the same dress brings perspective to aging

What is a great way to get closer to your mother? Dressing like her may be the answer. Bavarian photographer Nina Röder photographed herself, her mother and her grandmother in the same dress. The developed images clearly show three...

By Umar Ansari · Mar. 28, 2019

Creativity

Marvel comics reveals awesome new menswear collection

Marvel's ever-expanding comic book universe is bursting with cinematic goodness and so is their clothing line. With Marvel's new menswear, you can dress like a modern-day superhero. The collection is designed by Five Four...

By Umar Ansari · Jan. 23, 2019

Fashion

Havana hosts 'Fashion Art', becomes a destination for fashion lovers and art fans alike

Fashion Art Havana is the latest event in the Fashion Art series, spearheaded by Manuel Fernandez, a Spanish designer who has traveled the world and worked with more artists than he can count. His goal is to create one-off garments...

By Sharee Ann Narciso-Tolentino · Jan. 22, 2019

Fashion

Bloomingdales meets preschool with crayon-filled window displays

The iconic Bloomingdales on 59th Street in New York has enlisted Crayola and a host of fashion designers to create funky, colorful window displays. "Unmellow Yellow" became a unique, elaborate dress at the hands of Nanette Lapore....

By Cameron Chapman · Jan. 20, 2019

Design

Where’s Waldo? Spot him on these graphic t-shirts!

Japanese clothing label Graniph recently unleashed their latest collection of limited edition t-shirts featuring the classic children's book 'Where's Waldo'. First published in 1987 by English artist Martin Handford, the...

By Nhan Tran · Nov. 07, 2018

Creativity

Delicious designs made from fashionable foods

Fashion design on paper is not as spectacular as it is once you have the actual attire, with the fabric flowing in front of you. Edgar Artis is an Armenian fashion illustrator that completely changes that. His garment designs stand...

By Odette Carrasquedo · Oct. 16, 2018

Fashion

See the radical evolution of the high heel in this NYC exhibit

The Brooklyn Museum has a new exhibit chronicling the evolution of the high heel from the 17th century right through today. The exhibit, titled 'Killer Heels,' includes everything from 3D-printed high heels by Iris van Herpen to...

By Cameron Chapman · Oct. 10, 2018

Funny

Amputated Barbie parts turned into stylish jewelry

Have you ever seen that sad box of abandoned Barbies on the curb silently waiting for their land fill fate? Margaux Lange is saving the forgotten Barbies across the world and making them just as fun to hang out with now as when you were...

By Justin Crowe · Sep. 30, 2018

Illustration

Expressive fashion abstraction in watercolor illustrations

Painting with watercolors is a combination of attempting to control the medium and embracing its intrinsic chaos. This series of fashion illustrations by Mats Gustafson deftly walks the line between the two extremes. When working...

By Steph · Aug. 25, 2018

Fashion

Charming jewelry designed from paper found in vintage books

How do you make old books new again? Make jewelry out of them like Jeremy May. The London-based artist and jewelry maker designs jewelry from pages of vintage books. The resulting creations are elegant and make it near impossible...

By Umar Ansari · Aug. 24, 2018