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One Moment in Time: Designer Willi Smith and Mary Jane’s Wedding Dress
In this guest post, Monica Gerrafo examines the designing of Mary Jane Watson’s dress for her 1987 wedding to Spider-Man and the implications of both’s live-action and on-the-page prese…

Fake photos, but make it fashion. Why the Met Gala pics are just the beginning of AI deception | CBC News
If there's any event where it might be difficult to discern reality from fantasy, it's the Met Gala, where Grimes once brandished a sword and Lady Gaga once stripped through four different outfits until she was wearing only a black lingerie set, go-go boots, and pulling a pink wagon.

She Came Out of the Bathroom Naked, Employee Says
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Sense of abundance
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Plain and peculiar: a case study of nineteenth-century Quaker clothing
Material culture scholars have long struggled to reconcile the Quaker doctrine of plainness with the appearance of Quaker material goods. Early descriptions of Quakers and early scholarship on Quaker clothing decreed that Quakers adopted a distinct style of dress that set them apart from their non-Quaker neighbors. This idea has grown into a mythology of Quaker dress and has led to the erroneous idea that all Quakers wore undecorated clothing in somber colors. This thesis first traces the history of scholarship on Quaker clothing, the early years of which were heavily influenced by Colonial Revival thinking. It then examines the concept of “plainness” to see how confusion over the meaning of the word has led to confusion about Quaker material goods. Finally, this thesis uses a collection of documentably Quaker clothing from the nineteenth century to examine the ways in which clothing and religion intersected for one particular group of Delaware Valley Friends and to expand the boundaries of the traditional definitions of “Quaker” dress.
Variations on ‘Plainness’: Quaker Dress in Eighteenth-Century Philadelphia
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Women's Fashion in the 19th Century
Visitors to Washington Irving’s Sunnyside peek into the bedroom of Sarah and Catherine Irving, but imagine if they could step back in time and open the drawers and closet to…

Silks and simplicity : a study of Quaker dress as depicted in portraits, 1718-1855 / Leanna Lee-Whitman | Smithsonian Institution
Dark Matters: On the Surveillance of Blackness
In Dark Matters Simone Browne locates the conditions of…

The History of Fashion Through The Decades - GLAM OBSERVER
Let’s delve into the fascinating history of fashion through the decades and explore the history from the 1900s until the present day.

Charm? - World • Color • Passion
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262 likes, 2 comments - nobilis_paris on November 15, 2019: "«Myriade» velvet in an enchanting combination of purple orange and blue! #nobilis #newcollection #velvet #velours #tissu #fabric #stoffe #tessuti #newcollection #luxury #style #frenchtouch".

Sayaka Murata’s Alien Eye
The author of “Convenience Store Woman” has gained a cult following by seeing the ordinary world as science fiction.

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How Creatives and Devs Can All Finally Escape the Control of the Silicon Valley of Evil and Make a Trillion Dollars, Audio Style
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The Age of Instagram Face

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