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Twisted Treasures: The Quirky World of Telephone Cord Bag Collecting

We love a fashion moment wrapped in a mystery, which is precisely what happened when fate, or chance, or whatever, first brought us to our dream handbag. There, in the sea musty bins at the Brooklyn Flea, it glimmered: a purse made up of cream coloured coils…dare we say, telephone cords? It was bold, campy,…

If We Ever Start a Cult, this is Where We’ll be Sourcing the Outfits

Meet the Fashion Brand for lizards, sexpots, and three-headed babes. The lazily but brilliantly-named “Fashion Brand Company” was founded in 2018 by Penelope Gazin, and has been delivering deliciously irreverent apparel ever since. Like a sweater covered in nipples, or a three collared dress. It’s as if Gazin has vacuumed up the detritus of our…

Where Does All Our ‘Vintage’ Clothing Really Come From?

Sifting through rails of retro basics; Levis 501’s, shearling jackets, leather belts, paisley prints; ever stopped and wondered, “Hang on, where does all this stuff come from?” Vintage shops are acquiring mainstream status in fashion retail. MessyNessy is asking where the clothes are coming from and is it all really vintage? Finding out the answer…

How to Outdo Every Halloween Costume at the Party

You don’t want to be that person at the costume party. You know, the one who’s scrawled some whiskers across their cheek to be a last minute black cat, or just turned up with a sheet over their head and declared it a costume. But we also aren’t ones for perusing overpriced, polyester outfits in a crowded…

Let’s Raid the Met Museum’s Swimsuit Closet

We’ve already discovered the Met Museum has a serious shoe fetish and that they’re hoarding some seriously good party dresses in their archives, so in the height of bathing suit season, I thought we might have a snoop around their swimwear closet. Let’s dive in… Left: Designer unknown (American / wool) ca. 1940 / Right: Carolyn Schnurer, 1955…
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