Blog Category: Fashion
Peacocks preen.
Jan Huling beaded peacock feathers. Madhubani style peacock painting. Vintage Erte scarf.
Who says it has to match?
Sarah Jessica Parker’s stilettos. Yohei Ohno runway boots. And more.
Traveling waistcoat embroidery salesmen.
Two hundred years ago, these silk embroidery samples allowed gentlemen to purchase a Paris waistcoat without traveling to Paris.
Red things.
Red flaming heart milagro. Vintage red leather corset. Red cowboy boots.
Eyes and ears.
Tucson wall art. Detail of Red Glasses quilt by Artsy Chick. Iris Apfel’s signature glasses.
Unexpectedly square.
“The Scream” in Legos. Square hard-boiled eggs. High top fade haircut.
The kimono is sculpture in cloth.
The kimono is pure shape in vibrant cloth.
Haute recycling.
Construction mesh dress from Project Runway season sixteen. Phone wire dress on the IIDA runway. American Express gold card dress.
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.
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.
