Paris is currently celebrating the vitrines of Leïla Menchari of Hermès (http://www.anothermag.com/fashion-beauty/10351/the-fascinating-woman-behind-hermes-window-displays). Pierre-Alexis Dumas, artistic director of Hermès, describes each window as a little theatre in which each piece plays its role perfectly. Huizinga approves.
Another tremendous video from the car people at Petrolicious. The setting could not be better: the streets of London. The owner, a happy fellow, bringing joy to many. Truly charming video: https://petrolicious.com/films/1957-brutsch-mopetta-smiles-per-gallon?utm_source=Petrolicious+Newsletter&utm_campaign=937b832bb1-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_10_09&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_ff9b060c1d-937b832bb1-296390737&mc_cid=937b832bb1&mc_eid=8cd60b3e66 Even if you are not remotely interested in mechanical things on wheels, this video is joyous. Do note the very last frame and the…
A little primer on the man and his sense of the future (http://www.businessinsider.com/r-in-the-rearview-mirror-car-designer-warns-on-google-game-changer-2015-10), but the real joy is this video where Okuyama discuses design with Jay Leno. It’s about the recent car he has built but his comments transcend just cars. Super interesting comments from a man with a design legacy second to few.
A most interesting article about pre-historic Britons (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2017/08/09/ancient-britons-ate-dead-carved-mysterious-markings-bones/). Evidence has been found that about 15,000 years ago early Britons ate their dead but then ritually marked the bones. Scarring the bones, researchers speculate, may have been a way to memorialize the dead and even perhaps tell the story of their lives. It is a strange…
In a very charming article on the role flowers play in fashion, someone observes, “flowers and fashion seem effortlessly entwined; the perfect fit; an obvious match” (https://www.businessoffashion.com/articles/intelligence/how-floristry-became-a-fashion-business?utm_source=Subscribers&utm_campaign=861a23aef9-sat-nl-draft&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_d2191372b3-861a23aef9-417297929). There is no industry where more flowers are exchanged amongst parties than fashion. The claim above says more, though: fashion and flowers are “the perfect fit.” The article…
*A big thanks to reader Chris W. for sending this article my way. Archaeologists think they have found confirmation that early “modern” humans — but seemingly not Neanderthals — adorned themselves with polished shells (http://theconversation.com/decorated-snail-shell-in-a-cave-in-iraq-could-be-evidence-of-paleolithic-bling-79380). James Laver is one of my favourite writers and is known for stating that the earliest clothes were likely shells…
This article contains wonderful images of YSL clothes and drawings, as well as the beautiful museums being built to house his archive (http://www.vogue.co.uk/gallery/suzy-menkes-pierre-berge-ysl-should-fashion-legacies-be-controlled). The article is misnamed somewhat: Suzy Menkes only arguing that the museums need to offer the context in which YSL’s creativity flourished. This might be right but I imagine there are arguments…
Andy looks so cool in his Rolls Royce. http://media.nbclosangeles.com/images/653*367/Revolverwarholshow1.jpg