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biff tannen || nails, hair, hips, heels

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#biff tannen #back to the future #back to the future part II #thomas f wilson #thomas wilson #I had SO much fun making this. Favourite evil butch himbo <3 #I consider this my magnum opus second only to my Sting/Feyd Rautha 'Sex Bomb' MV #back to the future II #back to the future 2 #bttf #bttf fanart #my art

Helgoland, Germany, 2026

#helgoland #germany #nature #animals #grey seal #moon jellyfish #sheep #northern gannet #sandstone #nature photography #my photography

climbhighsleeplow

Crossbedding / White Pocket Arizona

#arizona #geology #the desert

dozydawn

rainbow obsidian

#minerals #geology

palaeosinensis

I wanted to try my hand at the fairly classic koi tattoo but with a personal twist. This one depicts a coelacanth which are lobe-finned fish known as "living fossils". They're relatives of our own fish ancestors prior to our lineage leaving the water.

#art #prehistory #!!!

pmamtraveller

Bathroom floor is a mini pool.

#interior #mosaics

libertineangel

Zoot suits look kinda stupid but I gotta respect the cultural context & symbolism of the things

"Fuck the military and fuck the war, look at all this good uniform-worthy fabric I'm wasting on a fuckoff giant suit" is a very solid basis for a subculture

knxfesck

I actually really love to talk about zoot suits and their associated subcultures. The amount that the silhouettes of the zoot suit have shaped american fashion and trends of oversized clothes is so understated. And, yk, I'm biased as hell, but it is kinda crazy how influential zoot suit culture was

I always love the og zoot suits made by black americans in Harlem, I really like looking at the changes from these clothes from the 30s to some of the more exaggerated renditions from the 40s. It's also so interesting to look at how fast the subculture spread, and especially in the american west integrated with mexican diaspora and pachuco culture to the point that that's what a lot of usamericans associate them with.

⬆️ long wallet chains and pork pie hats were classic accessories for mexican diaspora zoot suiters. Zoot suits/their components were also really popular with women and were a way to symbolize independence and a choice to move away from strict gender roles on top of the existing countercultural message ⬇️

Anyways it's kind of impossible to talk about zoot suits without mentioning the racism and violence that followed them. On top of a zoot suit making someone a target for individual racial violence, the national reaction of white america to zoot suit culture was part of the beginning of clothing and presentation being read explicitly as signals by police and justice systems, and the broad association of youth of color with gang violence through this specific excuse. Gang culture and how it's percieved in the western US and especially California is very influenced by this era. The most famous events from the zoot suit era are the collective zoot suit riots and the media characterization of all mexican american, filipino american, and black american youth as violent anti-american baby gangsters. Which, even if that was broadly true I mean. I'll take the opportunity to be flippant hell yeah??

As a side note, while making more new zoot suits during war rationing was pretty sick, most people weren't buying from the black market tailor shops and just wore what they already owned because the style had been popular for years already. People bought clothes less often to begin with back then. I think that misconception comes from the reasoning white americans gave to go beat up people of color with baseball bats in the street; i.e. it was racial and xenophobic violence to begin with and the nature of the suits themselves has been mushed around a lot to serve different narratives.

More zoot suits! ⬇️

They can definitely look kinda goofy- mostly the exaggerated cuts and badly tailored modern recreations- but like you said you gotta respect them.

blackfilmmakers

"The ultimate in clothes. The only totally and truly American civilian suit" - Cab Calloway

seralicetarrant

I adore the zoot suit aesthetic, for its look, for its history, for its cultural associations and significance, and I do so because they're beautiful -- the color, the cut, the tailoring, it's all so intentional. It's identity in fashion. What's not to love?

#fashion #history