WHAT a goddamn mood
Designer Yves Saint Laurent (1936-2008), date unknown.
Afternoon dress, c. 1915
Medium: White cotton
This afternoon dress from about 1915 is a transitional garment from the 19th-century “lingerie dress” (which was intended to be worn out on summer days for leisure activities) to the 20th-century day dress. White is a traditional summer color because it reflects the sun and can be easily laundered and bleached. This white cotton afternoon dress has military-style double belts, and a fashionable dropped waist. Gone is the high collar of 1900, replaced by a V-neckline. The corseted waist and expansive bosom have given way to a loosely-fitting dress with a vertical silhouette. Elements of the lingerie dress remain in the delicate bobbin lace collar and thin batiste cotton blouse-styled bodice with satin stitch whitework embroidery delineating a thistle pattern on the front, back and sleeves.
Peter Yapp Shoes, c. 1910
Medium: Polychrome silk brocade with silver metal and rhinestones
Peter Yapp Ltd. was a prominent court shoemaker known for finely-crafted and high-style shoes. Fashionable dress in the early years of the 20th century was dominated by historic revivals, and these shoes, with their brocaded fabric, ornate rhinestone buckle, and “Louis” heel, deliberately echo the 18th century.
Endless list of favourite female tv characters: ( 1/? )
>>>>> Gitte Graa // Matador (1978 - 1982). Portrayed by Susse Wold.
Hans-Christian: “Skal jeg ikke hente Dem Deres sko?” (translation: “Shall I bring You your shoes?”)
Gitte Graa: “Nej tak, jeg drikker af glasset.” (translation: “No thank you, I’ll drink from the glass.”)
Gabrielle Chanel, Coat, 1927. Silk, metal. House of Chanel, Paris.
Chanel uses a French ombré textile with pattern sources from the Japanese kimono but brings to it the ethos of chaste minimalism. As Western fashion designers discovered from the East that untailored lengths of fabric could constitute modern dress, the cylinder and the textile plane became the new forms for apparel. Via Metropolitan Museum
Joyce: I never wanted to look young. I wanted to look great.
Movie Quote of the Day – Advanced Style, 2014 (dir. Lina Plioplyte)
Some Quotes From my Art History Professor:
- “Caravaggio was the BEST renaissance painter, because he knew his shit. Literally. Look at this painting, he’s painted shit on everything, even Saint Peter!”
- “For those of you fortunate enough to Not grow up catholic, a baptism is where you mist a baby like an orchid to keep it from going to hell.”
- “You get Extra Credit for you eerily comprehensive knowledge of Muppets. Now stop talking.”
- “GOD I love flying buttresses. They’re so melodramatic!”
- “I don’t call him “Da Vinci” because that means “From Vinci”. That’s like calling Steve “Of Greeley” instead of his real name and that’s just rude. And not just because Greeley is Awful.”
- “Michelangelo was really depressed because his job sucked. Also because he was a bit of a douche, but mostly the job. He should have been doing literally anything else.”
- “Everything can be improved with a Simpson’s reference!”
- “Send me Memes, I like having recent content in my lectures.”
*Next day* “Stop sending me memes. Please.” - *whilst angrily pointing at a picture of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles* “The Turtles have all their names mixed up for their personalities and frankly that’s embarrassing. The techie should be Leo, the Flirt should be Raphael, The Boring Leader Dude should be Donatello and the angry one should be Carvaggio because that asshole literally spent his life drunk, fighting people and blackmailing cardinals. Carvaggio was the BEST.”
- “I could have studied in Rome. I could be trying to match boxes of broken dicks to statuary. Instead of dicks I have you assholes.”
- “Warhol was, as you young people say, A Troll. The art is not the Art, the Outrage is the Art. Which is kind of a Dick Move, which we old people say too.”
- “Remember Kids- mental illness and heavy metal poisoning are not actually substitutes for Talent and Hard Work! Get therapy and don’t drink your paint water!”
I’m losing my shit at that last one though. That is… such solid artist advice. Gonna get that framed.
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