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koravelliumavast

I’ve listened to these four albums almost nonstop for the past like two weeks…

pmamtraveller

Vitaly Makarov - Fresh, 2020

met-gala-tournament

Round 3 - 2026 (Costume Art / Fashion is Art) - Match 15 of 32

Ciara (Celia Kritharioti), left

"We wanted to create something that felt powerful, intentional, and rooted in a deeper story, so we reimagined [Egyptian queen] Nefertiti through a modern lens. It was important that Nefertiti wasn't seen as an artifact, but as authorship, and as something living. A lot of the inspiration came from exhibitions, like, Flight into Egypt: Black Artists and Ancient Egypt, 1876—Now at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. ... It draws from contemporary artists who place ancient Egypt within Black identity as lineage. Nefertiti, to me, represents inheritance, power, and presence. This look is about continuing the story. Nefertiti, to me, represents inheritance, power, and presence, and that's exactly what I wanted to embody. ... Nefertiti had such strength, grace, and undeniable presence, and I wanted jewelry that captured that same regal spirit. Lorraine's designs helped me embody that balance of power and femininity, giving me something that felt both timeless and striking in a modern way." (x)

vs. Anne Hathaway (Michael Kors), right

"“We used ‘Ode on a Grecian Urn’ by John Keats as a starting point,” Kors says. “We loved collaborating with Anne to tell a story that is as old as time: a wish for peace, beauty, and harmony.” In the famous 1819 poem, Keats riffs on the relationship between art, beauty, and truth, using the Grecian urn as a form of symbolism. “Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard / Are sweeter,” he wrote. McGough then painted the Kors gown with black and white scenes reminiscent of ancient urns (much like those displayed inside of the Met’s collection). Imagery of doves and floral flourishes are seen along the borders, while a goddess of peace is depicted on the back train. “This dress, to me, is about the goddess of a Grecian urn, and what I love about the dress is that it turns the person into an object of art,” says McGough. “It’s moving art—fashion and art, they go together for me: fashion is wearable art.”" (x)

Whose outfit was better?

Ciara

Anne Hathaway

Remaining time: 1 day 1 hour

cicada-swarm

wild having moral OCD while also believing in the inherent goodness of humanity/the necessity for restorative justice, because it’s like: yeah, people are a product of their circumstances. very rarely is anyone truly incapable of change and there’s no such thing as a person who is fundamentally evil. except for me of course.

parkchanwoohoo

If you regret a permanent body alteration you got and your immediate thought is "raise the legal age for everybody who can do this" instead of "Maybe I, specifically, was a dipshit" you need to get Gotten by a mountain lion

met-gala-tournament

Round 3 - 2026 (Costume Art / Fashion is Art) - Match 16 of 32

Louisa Jacobson (Dilara Findikoglu), left

"Here, the body is not only adorned, it is armoured. It becomes a shield, a survival mechanism shaped by the demands of a patriarchal world. Through this look, I ask: can I exist in power without abandoning my vulnerability? Can I be both at once?" (x)

vs. Cai Xukun (Thom Browne), right

"Inspired by the body’s interior, one half of the look features over 400,000 dégradé overlapping sequins and bugle beads with frayed organza in shades of red representing the circulatory system, while the other half is rendered in hand-stitched tailoring thread interwoven with beaded lung and circulatory veins. The internal becomes the focal point as we look closer at the intricate life source within, the systems propelling us through daily life and into the world." (x)

Whose outfit was better?

Louisa Jacobson

Cai Xukun

Remaining time: 1 day 4 hours

podcastenthusiast

Not my posts but an interesting thought.

beatrice-otter

[image description: screengrab of a series of tweets from @ rootsworks: “When I was in college, part of our university’s graduation requirements had a community service component that they called service learning.

One of my service learning classes involved work at a local homeless community center, helping people write resumes and cleaning bathrooms.

Our instructor told us to expect to see the bathrooms trashed a lot–like you will clean the bathroom and immediately someone will wreck it.

And it’s not because they disrespect your work or don’t value having access to clean bathrooms or whatever, but because of control.

When you feel like you have no control over your life or your environment, your brain is going to want to assert control however it can.

Which results in trashed bathrooms. It’s control exercised over the one small part of your environment that you still have the power to affect.

I see kids on tumblr using the language of social justice as cudgels on people who actually do care about and listen to them

or holding the creators within their communities to an impossibly high standard that they never apply to mainstream media properties.

I just see trashed bathrooms. ‘These are the people my voice will reach,’ they rationalize, ‘so these are the people I’ll hurt.’

But the guiding principles of social justice are aimed at correcting and dismantling systems. Stop using them to dismantle people.”]

anemonemimesis

But the guiding principles of social justice are aimed at correcting and dismantling systems. Stop using them to dismantle people.

rebrandedbard

I miss Jaskier’s hat he deserves another one

met-gala-tournament

Round 3 - 2026 (Costume Art / Fashion is Art) - Match 8 of 32

Naomi Watts (Dior), left

"It’s all about the florals, and the spring, and colors, and vibrancy." "Naomi Watts revived the tradition of Dutch still life on the red carpet. The black base of her dress provided the perfect backdrop for vivid floral embellishments, from head to manicure (nail artist Iram Shelton made 30 hand-sculpted 3D flowers to decorate the Love Story star’s fingertips)." (x)(x)

vs. Colman Domingo (Valentino), right

"“Art belongs to everyone,” he tells GQ. He began by researching his favourite artists. The harlequin motif nods to commedia dell’arte and even Pablo Picasso’s 1901 painting Acrobat and Young Harlequin, but the spirit felt closer to Jean-Michel Basquiat, and that connection runs way deeper than aesthetic. “I leaned into [Basquiat’s] Pez Dispenser painting,” says Domingo, “which features a dinosaur wearing the artist's signature crown, symbolizing a critique of consumer culture, power, and class inequality. We wanted to interpret it with classic Valentino couture craftsmanship”. Few designers were as deeply engaged with Basquiat as Valentino Garavani, who amassed one of fashion’s buzziest private art collections. As a Valentino ambassador, Domingo’s decision to channel that lineage on a night explicitly concerned with the relationship between fashion and art lands exactly how you’d want it, pulling a thread that runs from Basquiat’s studio to Garavani’s salons to the steps of the Met." (x)

Whose outfit was better?

Naomi Watts

Colman Domingo

Remaining time: 1 hour 54 minutes

kittykamukura

If you do not have a job then it's your duty to post about the characters Constantly. If you do have a job then it's your duty to imagine the characters in your job and also to neglect your job so you can post about the characters Constantly

wherelibertydwells

littlestpersimmon

Blessings Of The Wool Dragon

knebellindemann

adding every product whose ad takes me to safari or appstore the second my finger lightly touches it by accident to my list of “things to never purchase” ❤️