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Tangled by Min Wu (from Central Saint Martins)

Inspired by hair braiding techniques

the work of an artist takes a life of its own and wonders the world, many times swallowing its own author (Hesse)

Joan by Slow Ben

photo by Guy Bourdin, Vogue France 1968

Qiu Hao: Serpents FW ‘11

Via Diana

Alla Nazimova: the avant-garde icon of the 20’s and of nowadays

‘I am crazy to appear before the machines myself. I want to perpetuate whatever art I have; I want to be known by generations yet to come , as well as to this. Just think what it will mean! What a thing to dream of!’ Nazimova, 1912

Born Adelaide Leventon, known as Alla Nazimova, was one of the greatest women of the silent era. She was an exotic, independent movie and theatre actress considered the supreme interpreter of Henrik Ibsen’s plays of her day. 

She has a repertoire of extraordinarily stylized films, most of them self-produced. Salome is considered nowadays one of the first american art movies, even though it was a major failure for its contemporary audience. It is based on a play by Oscar Wilde (you can read it online here) with avant-garde costumes designed by Natacha Rambova and inspired from the amazing illustrations of Aubrey Beardsley. 

I guess that after seeing the second picture above it’s useless to mention that she is one of the main inspirations for some of lady gaga’s looks and the revival of the short haired wigs with a geometrical cut in the top fashion editorials from the past few years.

(Happily the whole movie can be watched online right here. Enjoy!)

via Razvan Ion

Post-Halloween mood: “Masqué Ball” by Mert Alas & Marcus Piggott

Oh, Francoise!

Helmut Newton for French Vogue, Le Smoking, 1975 (Rue Aubriot, Paris)

Models - Anja Konstantinova
Photographer - Darren Mcdonald
Makeup - Rachel Montgomery
Styling - Sue-Ann San & Rachel Zeilic

(via fashionstarvation)