Wear and tear

Are holes in your jeans getting too big? Use these tips to patch women's jeans with pretty lace to prevent them from tearing further.

I don’t usually write about contemporary artists in this Periodical, mostly because I feel like I have a lot of catch up with learning about art history, but today I want us all to get to know Nelly Agassi. Since I have so many pictures of her work I am planning on posting on Instagram, I thought it

Sometimes art can have rather cryptic titles that need to be carefully elaborated, but that’s not the case in these works by Nicholas Mottola Jacobsen. The title describes pretty precise what the artist has done; tear off pieces of drawings, photos, and illustrations in order to create new pieces of art. In his series ‘Pixelation’ […]

If you want that ancient pirate-map look for your next school project or photo display, you don’t have to hunt down actual parchment. You can achieve that tan, crinkled appearance of parchment on poster board as long as you have a little spare time and a whole lot of coffee.

Explore Dmitry Shakin's 10774 photos on Flickr!

This iconic surrealist image of the women with the spherical tears is by avant-garde photographer and artist Man Ray (1890-1976). It is marvellously theatrical, and surreal because it only partly …

Anybody remember these? They were always falling off, the straps broke and you replaced them with shoelaces and riding on those old macadem (tar/gravel mix) roads could loosen your teeth!

A new super-scientific survey has painted a very interesting picture of the capital’s selfie-taking population

The 1990s are back in a big way for designers showing at New York Fashion Week and Rodarte is building on this trend by showing us some new ways to wear tie dye (music note: the California-based designers played a song from the Butthole Surfers during their runway show. Another nod to the 90s!) This pink, blue and black printed tie dye silk satin dress was my favorite. I've worn my fair share of this trend in my day but never in dress form. Isn't it a stunner? A tie dye satin body suit?…

Hey! Amy here. One of my favourite things about Fall is fashion week. After a summer of non-dressing it's fun to look toward the trends and to think about what looks will be adaptable for real life. The shows we're looking at are for Spring/Summer 2020 but since I'm looking at them when I'm starting […]