Eyes and ears.
Tucson wall art. Detail of Red Glasses quilt by Artsy Chick. Iris Apfel’s signature glasses.
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.
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.
Ballet Russe costumes were vivid and graphic.
Designed to be seen, Ballet Russe costumes were grand opera for the ballet.
