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Katya
Undergraduate at the University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire. Studying communication and journalism and computer science.
High appreciation for music and art.
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11:26 pm 2,682 notes
WHEN POKEMON MEETS FASHION
If you like fashion editorials and Manga (especially Pokémon), then you’ll love this Pokemon meets fashion inspired Tumblog that incorporates Pokémon characters into Couture Ads and editorials. The strange thing (or maybe not so strange) is that the Pokémon really fit right in; whether they’re trolling Meryl Streep or just chillin’ with Lindsey Wixon. Check out some of the cool illustrations below!
oMg 2013 is already the KeWLEST cos I know this blag exists
5:57 pm 5 notes
Wearing a leopard print bikini, Kloss did her famous strut down the runway with some pretty hefty accessories: layers of turquoise jewelry and some lucite, fringe-covered heels. But the towering Native American-style headdress on her head is sure to get the most heat. (Have we learned anything from Paul Frank’s ill-advised Fashion’s Night Out party?)
(Source: ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com)
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Luxury Italian fashion brand Dolce & Gabbana presented their Spring 2013 collection on Sunday — and while the toy soldier printed dresses and striped rompers were kitschy, it was the images of dark-skinned, slave-like African women splashed on burlap-sack frocks and adorning the ears of models that made some people cringe.
In fact, the folks over at Refinery29.com called the looks “cartoonish, debasing, subaltern imagery that would make even your politically incorrect Grandpa think twice.” Ouch.
Huffington Post has a poll asking whether or not people find this racist. In my humble opinion, yes it is. I really wish the fashion industry would stop using black women’s bodies as accessories and costumes. It’s beyond insulting. Right now, the poll is at 42% of people thinking it’s racist and 57% thinking it’s not. I don’t have the heart to look at the comments.
This is why when 2 Chainz dies, he wants to be buried at the Gucci or Louis store. Not the Dolce & Gabbana store, they’re dead to me as well.
“We will not have any black models on the runway, but we will have a white girl wearing a dress/accessories displaying a black woman. See, we can totally compromise. This counts as diversity, right? What’s cultural appropriation?” -Dolce & Gabana.
I agree. Orange is a beautiful color on women of darker complexion/ women with darker hair color. I think most of us would say the woman on the left looks better with orange lipstick. Yes?
Why is this?
Well, I’m not an expert, but there is definitely a science to color combinations that people overlook. I read The Art of Color by Johannes Itten over the summer. He is credited for identifying strategies for successful color combinations. One (of the six) successful color combinations is the contrast of saturation, which is the juxtaposition of light and dark colors and their respective saturation.
I think, perhaps, an orange tinted lipstick on women with darker hair/darker complexion would be considered a contrast of saturation. Since Brown/tan/orange can (roughly) fall in the same saturation set of colors.
This would also mean that someone with fairer complexion/ fairer hair would arguably look better with a pinker shade of lipstick. Since white/peach/ pink (roughly) fall in the same saturation set.
So, I agree with you with a subjective eye that that is usually the case, but also, there’s color theory applied.
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I hate when people automatically view their clothes as an asset with depreciating value each use. I love the texture of ‘worn’ clothes. In moderation and variation, I think they’re the grandeur of my wardrobe.
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7:21 pm 385 notes
Men of the Week: Barack Obama & Mitt Romney
[top: Photo by Saul Loeb/AFP/GettyImages bottom: Photo by Evan Vucci/AP Photo]
This week’s Polls.
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Watercolour Fashion Illustration Indian by silverridgestudio
(via oh-youprettything)
