Fashion tends to repeat itself … a lot. In fact sometimes it’s seems that is all it does is ‘borrow’ from another decade, another era. But let’s take a gander at some very interesting styles that today’s designers haven’t yet sent down the catwalk…. 1. Embroidered Knee Highs Knee highs were like, so hot in […]
Before Spanx, there was the girdle (not to be confused with the corset). The buttock, stomach, thigh and torso-slimming garment was worn by just about every woman until the 1960s and was cleverly advertised using all types of tactics including before & afters photographs and peer pressure. The trickeries of the before & after format
More evidence of the fashion apocalypse that was the 1970s! “I don’t know what they do to your feet but the manufacturers and the fashion editors say, ‘Not to worry, they look great‘”. (This must be how the brainwashing started). A vintage documentary from the archives of British Pathé, rounded up some Londoners for a
You didn’t expect Paris fashion week to go by without MessyNessy getting in on the action, did ya? Nessy and her pal Kath went down to the Jardin des Tuileries for the Viktor & Rolf show to get a better understanding of the street style and ‘fashionista’ culture that has become such an integral part
You know there’s something seriously wrong with a generation when most of us don’t want to admit what we basically just are. Whether extreme or moderate, hippies were proud of being hippies, punks were proud of being punks, but hipsters?! Well how very dare you call us hipsters! A French ex-pat living in New
Over the past few years, there have been a few big stories in the media about male models breaking into the world of women’s fashion. Now it’s the girls’ turn to pull the old switcheroo. Meet 6 ft 2 Casey Legler, an artist, a former Olympic swimmer and now a male model.
The Fool. 1968 (From left to right: Barry Finch, Simon Posthuma, Yosha Leeger and Marijke Koger) The Fool left its mark all over the 1960s, but few can match the name to the art today. The Dutch collective of artists and designers who named themselves after a Tarot card that’s often numbered as zero in
That unapologetic unibrow, the halo-crown of jet-black centre-parted flower-adorned plaits, rouged cheekbones and russet lips frame a fearless stare. Her Mexican torzal necklaces, silver filigree earrings and onyx beads you and I could only hope to collect over a lifetime of scouring obscure artisanal markets. No prizes for guessing who she is. But let’s drag
Alicia Silverstone as Cher in Clueless (1995) vs Diane Kruger as Marie Antoinette in Farewell my Queen (2012) Ask any millennial with a heartbeat for fashion about the 90s cult-classic film, Clueless, and watch their eyes light up as they recall Cher Horowitz (played by Alicia Silverstone) and her “way normal” morning routine of mixing
© garnthegrim Neo-Victorianism – a curious and persevering movement of reproducing, or in some way, reinterpreting, Victorian ways of life. This includes, but is not limited to, wearing top hats, corsets, silky waistcoats, an appreciation for Jane Austen, Alice in Wonderland tattoos and morbid mysteries. We’re not here to wax nostalgic about the wonders of
