sexy bitches

a pitbull is the best accessory a girl can have. with dualing origins as nanny dogs and fighting dogs, they aren't the easiest jewels to wear, but if you can get and keep a good one, you'll be the flyest girl on the block. they also keep away wimpy men and attract not-so-wimpy ones - bonus! these Victorian ladies knew that.

Examining the current Ladies Walking Mile

today, for a class, i am going on a self-guided tour of the 19th century "Ladies Walking Mile" of historical department stores, which is bound by 14th st, 6th ave, 23rd st, and Park ave.

i'd rather just watch Peter Singer's shopping spiel in Examined Life again.



ps, if i ever meet Cornel West i may be apprehended for sexual harrassment.

give thanks to the american indians

and the beautiful costume that was all but destroyed with them.











Edward Curtis photos

somewhere between Goths and Victorians

Alhamdulillahi

Leon Bonnat, An Egyptian Peasant Woman and Her Child, 1869; aka, the most beautiful painting in the MET

her markings and dress look Bedouin (an ancient nomadic sect), much like this striking lady:



female chin tattoos are found all over the world in tribal communities. markings generally signify family line and social status, an instant visual between peoples who don't call one place home.

the perpetual influence of such "primitivism" is found in this week's debut of Rodarte's SS10: