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1 Feb 2024
Margiela Artisanal Collection 2024: Pubic Hair and Porcelain Faces
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Maison Margiela Artisanal Collection 2024 [1] I was pleased to see that John Galliano decided to experiment with an older ideal of fema...
1 Jun 2023
More Philosophy on the Catwalk (With Reference to the Case of Andrea Sachs and her Cerulean Blue Sweater)
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Anne Hathaway as Andrea Sachs and Meryl Streep as Miranda Priestly The Devil Wears Prada (dir. David Frankel, 2006) When writing abo...
31 May 2023
Vestis virum facit
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King Charles waves to the crowds and the cameras from the balcony of Buckingham Palace following his coronation (6 May 2023) knowing full-...
11 Dec 2021
On Beauty Spots (Contra Tattoos)
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Using Gainsborough's Woman in Blue (1770-1780) to show meaning in mouche placement hair-and-makeup-artist.com I've always bee...
22 Jun 2021
From the Archives ... A Brief Style Guide for the Nietzschean Woman
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"We are the smart set, a world apart set We are the neatest, ergo elitist." [1] As Derrida pointed out, the question of style...
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2 Mar 2021
Real Men Wear Gingham
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Sean Connery as James Bond and Claudine Auger as Domino in Thunderball (dir. Terence Young, 1965) Everyone loves gingham, don't the...
9 Feb 2021
D. H. Lawrence: The Reluctant Fashion Beast
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D. H. Lawrence in 1915 modelling his Edwardian hipster look complete with velveteen jacket National Portrait Gallery, London ( NPG x14...
13 Dec 2020
Notes on The Fetishist (and Other Stories) by Michel Tournier
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(Minerva Press, 1992) I. This collection of short stories by Michel Tournier - originally published as Le Coq de Bruyère (1978) - is...
1 Jan 2020
Clothes Maketh the Woman (With Reference to the Queer Case of Nellie March)
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Anne Heywood as Ellen (Nellie) March in The Fox (dir. Mark Rydell, 1967) Image from Twenty Four Frames: Notes on Film by John Greco...
29 Sept 2019
French Knickers
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Grammatically speaking, I'm not sure if the word French, as used within English, is a modifier , qualifier , or both. Either way,...
21 Jun 2019
Be Sure to Wear Some Flowers in Your Hair: Notes on the Vinok
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A Ukranian beauty wearing traditional clothes and a spectacular floral headdress The penchant for wearing flowers in one's h...
26 Jan 2019
In Praise of Vintage Fashionistas (With Reference to the Case of Anastasiia Grigoruk)
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Miss Anastasiia Grigoruk V intage fashion model I. Vintage fashion is an attempt to harvest the glamour of the past by wear...
18 Jan 2019
Miss Alba Banana: What's Not to Love?
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Paris and Petticoats She's French ☑ She lives in Paris ☑ She loves vintage fashion ☑ She's very beautiful ...
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6 Oct 2018
The Blue Boy Will Never Die: On Fear, Fashion and Immortality
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Gainsborough: The Blue Boy (c.1770) According to D. H. Lawrence, the northern consciousness is gripped by a fear - almost a horror...
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12 May 2018
Mr. Erbil: Revolt into Style
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Members of Mr. Erbil Gentleman's Club Photo by Hugo Passarello Luna I. Some stories are just too perfect to be true: a...
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4 Dec 2017
Lipstick Traces: Lessons for Lucia
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Lucia Pica photographed by Daniel Jackson Vogue (Sept 2015) Like many people, when I heard a couple of years ago that Italian-b...
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