Flesh: Anatomy, manicures, and shoe fetishes. Dominic Jones’s nail gloves and YSL Tributes. A cloven hoof. David Lynch and Christian Louboutin’s collaboration on “Fetish”. Necropants. I’d kill (but not literally) for leggings printed with exposed muscles.
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Ciara: Yamanba (street style of the mountain hag). A Kabuki ghost wig, a hoodie, and a furry scarf. The translucent dress Lady Gaga wears during the diner scene in Telephone. Furry glasses and earrings. Lanvin. Sock suspenders, with a twist. The tall boots in Alexander McQueen’s final collection.
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Ikebana: Woven bamboo ikebana baskets. The illusion of geta supported by plastic. Coral or dead branches. Tanner Springs Park. Cherries, pansies, springtime. Like Cinderella’s sister, you would have to lop off your ankle to fit your foot through that anklet, unless you imagine that it’s made of yellow rubber.
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Pia: Lamija Sulijevic’s sleeves, A/W 2010. Shibari. Crumpled aluminum foil and titanium-bonded (rainbow) quartz. Tetsuya Nomura. Florals. Bebaroque brassy studded tights. Dried bean curd. John Galliano, S/S 2007.
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Insect: Prada’s clear heels, Spring 2010. Ellis Scott photographs the jewellery of Dominic Jones. Silk knot cufflinks. Iridescent beetles suspended in lucite. Nicholas Kirkwood for Jean-Pierre Braganza.
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Astrid: The pearl shirt from The Pearl Shirt Reencountered. The 1964 “Japan” issue of Life Magazine. Sea urchins. Storm clouds. Uncomfortable femininity. The beginning of Yeasayer’s Ambling Alp music video. Knitting needles. Crescents and yellow lipstick.
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