VOL.01
As deeply disappointing as it is that someone at TIME Magazine obviously forgot to add Messy Nessy Chic to the list of best blogs of 2012 (sniffle, there’s always next year, eye of the tiger), I’m a good enough sport to recognize a few that made the cut. In particular, my favorite new discovery thanks [...]
This might look like a Hollywood monster movie but that claw is certainly no film prop. Snapped in May 1943, this is a photograph Dock Stevedore holding his catch of the day at the Fulton Fish Market. The man and his giant lobster claws were captured by Gordon Parks for the Office of War Information. [...]
What if we did have superheros? What if they had been there to help us (or turn on us) when the world most needed superheroes to stamp out the villains of the real world? What may have been just a fleeting thought for us has become an artistic fantasy for Indonesian illustrator Agan Harahap. Merging [...]
There are a lot of Tumblrs out there that stick a bunch of pictures up and don’t tell you anything about it. Black and WTF is a fascinating photoblog that’s dedicated to doing its homework on some of the wackiest, most inexplicable black and white photographs from the past. Some of the images and the [...]
What good is an iPhone if it can’t take you to Paris?! Or an iPad that can’t take you
In : Paris. Tags: appguideParisphotographytechtour.
Here’s one they left out of the history textbooks. A recent French film, Free Men, brought to
In : Parisshock me. Tags: historyHolocaustmosquemuslimNaziParisword war II.
sassy: adjective \ˈsa-sē\ impudent, lively, spirited, vigorous, distinctively smart and
In : Nostalgia. Tags: girlsphotographySassystyleVintage.
The garden state; where gas prices are cheaper and boardwalks are longer, and also where Napoleon
In : shock me. Tags: FrenchhistoryNapoleonNew Jerseyweird.
Apparently Keira Knightley and her co-stars improvised their way through this thirteen minute
In : C'est Chicfashion for dummies. Tags: boutiqueChanelCoco ChanelDeauvillefashionhistorystyle.
“It’s not a symbol of harassment. It’s a symbol of a woman having an absolutely
In : don't be a touristNostalgia. Tags: american girliconicItalyphotographytouristtravel.
Sometimes I wonder about things like, who’s going to know how to make a piano in twenty
In : Nostalgia. Tags: artisansateliercraftsignstradetypographyVintage.
The first post seems to have tickled your fancy, so over the past month I’ve been collecting
In : Nostalgia. Tags: photographsSassystyleVintagewomen.
Just hours after Adolf Hitler committed suicide on April 30th, 1945, former fashion model and Vogue
In : shock me. Tags: HitlerLee MillerNaziphotographyVogueWorld War II.
I‘m just discovering I have a bit of a thing for vintage envelopes– I think it’s the
In : Nostalgia. Tags: collectionenvelopeslettersmailpostVintage.
No, this isn’t the rescue mission of a shipwrecked Porsche 911, this is a picture of a 911
In : Boys click here. Tags: 911carsclassic carsdeliveryporscheseaunderwaterVintage.
What a rare treat it would be to receive something like this today. It certainly makes emailing
In : C'est ChicNostalgia. Tags: artillustrationsletterspaintersVintage.
Sometimes I feel like there’s just too much photography of Paris; images we’ve seen
In : Paris. Tags: Gerard HermandParisphotography.
The weekend is fast approaching, we’re looking forward to letting our hair down, maybe go
In : Nostalgia. Tags: 1930safrican americancultureHarlemHarlem rent partypartyProhibitionsecret partyVintage.
Just look at her. “You know you want me”, is what she’s saying. And it could be
In : C'est ChicNostalgia. Tags: 1960sbicycledesignSpacelanderVintage.
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