Coloring Book Couture. Dressing Between The Lines In A Dress You Color In Yourself.

Amsterdam-based graphic designer Michiel Schuurman and and textile designer Berber Soepboer collaborated on this fabulous bit of Fashion DIY, a “Colour-In” dress. (more…)

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Europe Gets Introduced To A Great American Portraitist, Alice Neel.

Alice Neel paintings
detail from Alice Neel’s 1965 portrait of Hartley, the artist’s son.

The work of Artist Alice Neel has finally reached Europe with a comprehensive retrospective of the American painter’s impressive portraiture. An inspiring exhibition, and the first major retrospective of one of the 20th century’s greatest portrait painters, American artist Alice Neel, has made its way to London’s Whitechapel Gallery after debuting last fall at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. (more…)

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It’s Blue. It’s A Boat. And It’s Bomb. The RAL 5015 By Xavier Veilhan.

The RAL 5015 by Xavier Vielhan

John Dodelande of Artcurial invited artist Xavier Veilhan to draw a nautical sculpture to be built by the Frauscher shipyard. This unique project marks the first time artist Xavier Veilhan has been invited to design a functional object in sync with his aesthetic beliefs. (more…)

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Two Fashion Forces Fuse: Iris van Herpen x United Nude

UN-X-IVH-Hero IIHIH

I was both surprised and excited when I received the following press release, given that I’d blogged about both these fashion designers/companies separately and had no idea they’d ever collaborate. (more…)

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Doggy Style. Picking Up Poo With Aplomb.

jungeschachtel dog poop bags

The ultimate gift for cosmopolitan dog lovers. Jungeschachtel dog poo bags, are the most stylish, hygienic and environmentally friendly way to pick up that stinky stuff your canine leaves behind. (more…)

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