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Creepy Couture: A 3D Printed “Spider” Dress.
by Shawn Saleme. 3D printing is being explored in many different ways, and Dutch artist Anouk Wipprecht isn’t afraid to use the technology to push the limits of fashion. Her latest creation is the...
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Photography of Herb Ritts: Madonna and Others.
Known for his startling black and white images of supermodels such as Naomi Campbell and Cindy Crawford, and celebrity portraits, Herb Ritts’s fashion photography the human body with bold definition....
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Rubens, the master decorator.
Rubens’ The Garden of Love, c. 1633. Photograph: Museo Jonathan Jones The first art blockbuster of 2015 will see Peter Paul Rubens riding into the Royal Academy, probably in a golden chariot pulled by...
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Fashion from the 1910s.
During the 1910s the Edwardians became more playful and innovative, taking an interest in asymmetrical draping techniques. Corsets and bodices were now solely for supporting the shape as opposed to...
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Photos of Edwardian Rapunzels.
“Rapunzel” is a German fairy tale in the collection assembled by the Brothers Grimm, and first published in 1812 as part of Children’s and Household Tales. The Grimm Brothers’ story is an adaptation...
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Australia’s fashion history.
Zoe, Mrs Mary, Marjorie and Chloe Gullick, outside Altoncourt, Killara (ca. 1909). Zoe, Marjorie and Chloe are wearing wide-brimmed sun hats, a look which Margot Riley says Australians pioneered....
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Miss Fisher’s finest 1920s fashion.
As Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries returns to ABC for a third series, costume designer Marion Boyce shares her favourite new looks for the stylish lady detective. Based on Kerry Greenwood’s bestselling...
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Vogue’s masterful poses of fashion photography.
Gloria Swanson, 1924. All photographs courtesy of Lumas Gallery. Photograph: Edward Steichen/VOGUE Archive Collection From Gloria Swanson to Kate Moss, desert starkness to urban grit, a new exhibition...
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Fashion of the 1920s/1930s.
Berlin, 1928 Immortalized in movies and magazine covers, young women’s fashion of the 1920s was both a trend and social statement, a breaking-off from the rigid Victorian way of life. These young,...
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From flappers to grunge.
A recent piece calls for the death of the hipster, who’s about to be dethroned by a less cool cousin, the yuccie (young urban creatives). But we call it a bluff. In the 1920s, flappers embodied the...
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Platform Shoes in the 1970s.
Do you remember the ultra funky platform shoes that were all the rage in the 1970s? Well I sure do…My girlfriend at the time loved them in 1974. After their use in Ancient Greece for raising the height...
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Edward Steichen’s Vogue photographs.
Actor Jetta Goudal wearing a satin gown by Lanvin, from Vogue, November 1923. Shooting for Vogue and Vanity Fair in the 20s and 30s, father of fashion photography Edward Steichen devised a mode of...
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1920s-1930s Glamorous Wedding Dresses.
Remember that 1920s encompasses a decade which is a long time in fashion, so there is not just one definitive look. At the beginning of the 20s, women were moving from their confined Edwardian corsets...
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Fashion Photography by Blumenfeld.
Erwin Blumenfeld (1897 – 1969) is regarded as one of the most influential photographers of the twentieth century. In the 1940s and 1950s he became famous for his fashion photography, working for Vogue...
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The True Story of “Ugg” Boots.
Ugg boots were first created by Australian farmers, who used sheepskin to stay warm. As the years went by, many Australian surfers also cottoned on to using them for their warmth-giving properties....
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Regatta Fashions from Days Gone By.
Oxfordshire hosts something called the Henley Royal Regatta—“one of the quintessential British events of the summer season,” according to WWD. Apparently it’s quite an occasion and has happened...
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Coco Chanel, Images of a Legendary designer.
A new book featuring images of Coco Chanel by the photographer Douglas Kirkland provides a unique insight into the woman who transformed fashion. Sent to Paris on assignment for Look magazine in 1962,...
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Herb Ritts: Monochrome Photos.
Known for his startling black and white images of supermodels such as Naomi Campbell and Cindy Crawford, and celebrity portraits, Herb Ritts’s fashion photography the human body with bold definition....
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Fashion Designer Bethany Yellowtail.
by ICTMN Staff This week’s featured image shows off the designs of Bethany Yellowtail, a Northern Cheyenne and Crow clothing designer and creator. Her looks are beautiful and not “Native clothing,” but...
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Teddy Boys/The Who/Hippies/Bowie.
Teddy boys With a streetwise 1950s blend of Edwardian dandyism, Savile Row fashion and styles borrowed from Hollywood westerns, teddy boys were Britain’s first identifiable youth tribe. Photograph:...
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