The woman who mistook a ship for a hat.
Marie Antoinette pinned a ship to her rolling curls, and the Internet is full of tributes in paper, balsawood and feathers.
Yarn bombing is the feminine side of graffiti.
Knit caps on Shinto statues. Magda Sayeg’s yarn bombed city bus. Rasta lion. And more.
Why the dots?
Yayoi Kasuma, Japan’s 90-year-old queen of pattern, would say dots are fun. She’s spent a long career designing clothing, fabric, paintings and rooms that vibrate with dots.
Lions are an irresistible target for yarn bombing.
Pompom lion. Rasta lion. Joana Vascoucelos’ lion in white crochet. And more.
The woman who sewed glorious golden dresses for Gustav Klimt.
Emilie Floge—seamstress extraordinaire and Klimt’s life companion—sewed the mosaic-inspired dresses his models wore. Adele Bloch-Bauer is wearing one in this 1907 portrait.
In-your-face florals.
Venice street art. Shoulder tattoo. Graffiti flowers. And more.