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13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. CXCV)

1. WWII Refugees Escaping to Safety in Syria Around the year 1944, the Middle East Relief and Refugee Administration (MERRA) began opening camps in Syria, Egypt and Palestine. With promises of a safe place to wait out the war and escape the bloody conflict, people of all ages and classes began the long journey. These…

Who Knew Bill Cunningham Made Haute Couture Hats?

“Who the hell is that tourist in the blue jacket with the fancy camera?” I wondered. It was my first Fashion Week experience: I was shadowing photographer Eddie Newton, holding up a reflector as he shot passing fashionistas outside of the Chloé show. While the hoards were running left to capture Anna Wintour, then right to catch Kanye West,…

One Guy’s Quest to Save the 1960s Time Capsule Homes of America

Miles McDermott might just be the youngest person to restore a time capsule home. An award-winning designer, local tastemaker and fellow old soul living in Phoenix, Arizona, he’s just spent the last few years transforming his own mid-century style home– which he found looking worse for wear on Craigslist– into a virtual museum of 1960s interior…

Beautiful Tomboys of the 1930s

I was tumbling through Tumblr, one of my favourite places on the internet to discover history’s lesser-known muses and there, on page thirty-something of my browsing, I stopped at a photograph of an androgynous woman taken by Marianne Breslauer, a name unfamiliar to me. As I began googling her work, my screen was soon taken over by black…

13 Things I Found on the Internet (Vol. CXCIV)

1. At the Beach in 1905 Colorised photo by Sanna Dullaway   2. Amateur Explorer Discovers more than 250 Designs etched into the Quarry walls by WWI US Troops Eight miles of secret tunnels deep in the forests of Northern France … used by the American Expeditionary Force, sent by President Wilson to reinforce Britain and…

The Cave-Dwelling Flamenco Dancers of Andalucia

“Gypsy” conjures up all kinds of stereotypical images of a wandering foreign community that live in caravans and vardos on the outskirts of cities. But today I fished a rare photo story out of the LIFE archives that gives us a fascinating glimpse into their lesser-known heritage. Shot by Dmitri Kessel in 1949, we’re taken inside a mid-century…

13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. CXCIII)

1. Camping Goals From a ’67 magazine ad: the legentary amphibious + convertible Amphicar Model 770, pulling the ab fab 4.30m long amphibious + fully equipped mobile home Suleica F430 SwimmCaravan, both sold briefly during the 1960s in the USA by German companies. Found on We Waste Time   2. Place Invaders PlaceInvaders is a one-of-a-kind traveling pop-up dining…

10 Indigenous People being more Inventive than the Fashion Industry

You won’t find them on the front row or posing for the street style photographers during fashion week, but in my mind, these are the real heroes of fashion… 1. Khampa beauty’s hair braided and adorned with amber chunks Khampa lady resplendent in traditional headdress adorned with amber chunks at Litang Horse Festival’s costume parade. Photo…
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