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Pochoir was a damn delicate practice, and it was inextricably bound to the star of Paris' Golden Age of Illustration, André E. Marty. The Frenchman and his stencil-centric drawing or pochoir method defined the aesthetics of a generation, especially for the high fashion set. There was "an

Messy Nessy Chic uncovers the Pearly Kings and Queens, an English style subculture, with their colorful feathered hats and hand-sewn pearl button suits.

1. Hidden Portraits reinterprets historical paintings through a modern lens By Volker Hermes. Discover more portraits here. 2. Ladies' ordinary: Women-only restaurants of the early 19th century A girls' night out in the 1830s looked very different from how i

1. Ron’s Place: England's secret Outsider Art palace Behind the facade of this unassuming Victorian villa in the heart of Birkenhead, Merseyside, lies a hidden treasure trove of creativity and passion that was hidden for decades. This is Ron’s Place, a conventional flat transf

Seriously though, I don't know why this took so long to happen. Ever since I first saw Wes Anderson's The Darjeeling Limited and laid eyes on that beautiful luggage set that traveled through India with the Whitman brothers and almost stole the show, I've been yearning for a brown leather carry on w

Here at MessyNessyChic, our motto is Don't be a Tourist in Paris, but what about being a naked tourist in Paris?! The topic came up (don't ask how) and we were curious– as summer approaches, temperatures rise, and the layers come off– does Paris have a naturist scene? As it turns out, the answer is

Five men, six women and one 101-day, sex-starved ocean adventure. Has a catchy ring to it, no? "It was a fabulous adventure story," said Marcus Lindeen, director of a 2018 documentary called The Raft that chronicles 1973's "Acali Experiment," in which an eclectic group set sail to find out if the be

On July 16, 1945, the United States Army detonated the world’s first nuclear weapon in New Mexico’s Jornada del Muerto desert.

The mystery isn’t just who made them or where they came from, but why they’re still so affordable.

In the summer of 1965, riots broke out in the Watts neighborhood of southern Los Angeles. Over a six-day period, 34 people were killed, 1,032 injured and over 3,438 arrests were made. In 1966, LIFE magazine revisited the site of the worst riots America had ever seen in its history. The photo essay d