catfish and mackrel : )

#birds #oilpainting

If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid.

- Epictetus

#stoicism #inspiration #philosophy

British model, actress, and entrepreneur Lily Cole was born #OnThisDay in 1987. She wore this Vivienne Westwood and Andreas Kronthaler designed dress, comprised of a wild rubber bodice and nylon tulle skirt, to the 2013 PUNK Met Gala. V&A Museum collection. #fashionhistory

Thebe Mangu, Fall 2023 RTW
#thebemangu #fashionsky #moodboardsky

Chopines: A Symbol of Renaissance Fashion 👠✨

Chopines (ancient version of high heels) were popular from the 15th to the 17th centuries, designed to protect dresses and shoes from mud and road dust.

#History #Chopines #fashionhistory #HistoricalFootwear

"Fashion nigga" and he just got some big ass pants on

A handful of billionaires now have unprecedented control over banking, the food we eat, the health care we can access and, now, the information we receive.

This is what oligarchy looks like.

French silk ballgown with striped bustle detail.

Circa 1872, House of Worth.

Credit Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Margaret D. Leverich, 1964

Claude Monet (French painter) 1840 - 1926
Woman with a Parasol - Madame Monet and Her Son, 1875
oil on canvas
100 x 81 cm. (39.38 x 31.88 in.)