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Showing posts with label fashion. Show all posts
Showing posts with label fashion. Show all posts
Thursday, February 24, 2011
Vanity Fair told us: the emperor has clothes
If irresponsible arms running, blowing up passenger planes, and squirreling away billions in oil wealth wasn't enough -- after all, what world leader doesn't do the same?-- Qaddafi was revealed back in 2009 by Vanity Fair as a fashion criminal. Have a look and reflect that an entire country was enslaved to support a dictator's weird self-image.
Of course, if he paid for these outfits out of his pocket, his fashion sense might be defended as performance art. But no, because then he'd have to put up with fashion critics, or maybe even being ignored.
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fashion,
favorites 2011,
Libya,
Qaddafi
Monday, February 23, 2009
What is "medieval modern" fashion?
Is it this? Alas, this is only the Deluxe Barbarian Queen ensemble, not the real cutting edge, high fashion medieval modern. If you want to know more, go visit Got Medieval and become enlightened.And then maybe you'll have more respect for the creator of the Deluxe Barbarian Queen.
Update: Once you are tired of the Deluxe Barbarian Queen and other forms of fashionable (or not) "medieval modern" and are in the mood for some dense scholarly discussion of serious issues, go here and surprise! -- you may find the medieval modern Deluxe Barbarian Queen looking right back at you!
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fashion,
historical re-creation
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