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A beautiful short film of Paris dedicated to the legacy of French trunk-makers and leather goods specialist Moynat– a brand founded in 1849 by the only female trunk-maker in Paris, Pauline Moynat. Paris-based model, muse and fashion blogger Jeanne Damas is cast as the modern answer to the classic Moynat woman as she explores the City of Lights, researching [...]
A short film by an ‘atelier de création’ (yep that’s a name for something now, basically a fancy name for a design company) Les Courtisans, made this short film using impressive retro graphics like a timeline of the Louis Vuitton trunk’s visual history. In other words, pretty shapes and colours! ::: SEE NESSY’S INTERVIEW WITH [...]
They say the name ‘flea market’ first originated from the legendary Paris antiques market of St. Ouen, when an unknown bargain hunter in the 1880s looked down from nearby fortifications, observed junk dealers selling their scrap and allegedly exclaimed, “My word, but it’s a market of fleas!” In reality, it is anything but. On my [...]
In the aftermath of Thanksgiving, when many of us are perhaps feeling a little like stuffed turkeys ourselves, I thought a post featuring models looking like mere mortals could come in handy. Let’s call it ‘feel better about yourself’ Friday! We all love a good ‘before & after’ don’t we? So let’s get started. Here are [...]
I remember tearing out this advert of Stephanie Seymour in her pastel suit and sticking it on my
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Over the past few years, there have been a few big stories in the media about male models breaking
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They say the name ‘flea market’ first originated from the legendary Paris antiques
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You might remember the sassy New York casting director Preston, from his memorable “I Made
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Before Spanx, there was the girdle (not to be confused with the corset). The buttock, stomach,
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“Just admit that it’s Photoshop”, people tell fashion photographer Melvin
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A new HBO documentary that airs on Monday night in the states has managed to track down some of the
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Casting director, Preston Chaumsulit has been documenting his adventures in a series called
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“Poses” is the project of spanish artist, Yolanda Dominguez, whose work I’ve been
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At first, seeing these celebrated paintings which have been photoshopped by Italian artist Anna
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Just a bit of fun, not intended to be snarky in regards to how they’ve aged. I’ve been
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There’s a bit of a buzz in the film world about a controversial new documentary, Are all Men
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It seems we’re not the only culture obsessed with chasing unattainable ideals of beauty. If
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It was still pretty much an opportunity to objectify women back then but hey, we all still end up
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