Blog Category: Caught Wearing
Airy metal dresses.
Iris van Herpen’s lace metal dresses. Fannie Schiavoni’s winged dress. 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.
Radical lace.
Lion statue covered in Joana Vascoucelos’ crocheted white lace. Ruth Bader Ginsberg’s lace collar. Tailored lace jacket by Mal Burkinshaw. And more.
Architects have the best costume parties.
1931 Beaux Arts Ball. Bauhaus costume from the Twenties. Telephone-wire costume.
Picasso loved a good statement necklace.
Picasso linocut Portrait of a Lady, 1963. Woman with Yellow Necklace, 1968. Nude with Necklace, 1968.
Guerilla florist.
Brussels street artist Geoffroy Mottart reinvigorates historic statues with floral beards and crowns.
Chest full of medals.
Michael Phelps’ eight gold medals at the Beijing Olympics. Russian general. Gold Medal flour. And more.
The Duchess of Windsor wore one black pearl earring and one white.
My Beaded-Felt Earring Trios let you mismatch — or match — as you, too, see fit.
Brooches are for hats too.
Picasso, Head of a Woman in a Hat (1962). Paris It Girl Renee Perle. And more.
Giddy golden.
Painted apartment facade. Urban Hindu wedding couple. Cuna reverse appliqué mola. And more.
