DETAIL

Embroidery and beads on the brain, OK?

Yoruba crown and vest, embroidered Van Gogh 

PERFECT EBAY DESCRIPTION

    

   (bought them)

SHOUTY MINIBAGS

For bossy princess party girls only.

VISUALLY SIMILAR IMAGES

I want to understand the algorithms.

Google's image search feature is
endlessly fascinating - how Lindsey
Wixson's fashion anguish can
become a wholesome Californian
grin and a breaking wave becomes
a pixelated studio wall. 

AF1s

Huaraches, Free Runs, Cortez, Air Max, whatever. Nelly knows where it's really at.

EYEBROWS

HUMANITY. LOYALTY. STRENGTH.

Recently I came across the work of Tadanori Yookoo, a Japanese (duh) graphic designer best known for his posters. This one is just so fresh, the combination of Western stereotypes of Japanese culture going so far as to include Hokusai's ukiyo-e wave. Especially the facets of character stamped ACROSS in XXXXX futura bold, the font of choice of his contemporary Barbara Kruger.










Secondly, Kruger's take on Supreme ('s lawsuit) is spot on.

1106 VINYL TENTACLES

LATEX

Flesh-coloured latex makes me think of Ted Bundy lampshades but the composition of these sleeves looks perfectly like an insect joint. 

eBay, Amazon and Alibaba's offerings - mostly featuring Asian girls in abbreviated bathing suits are a brilliant hybrid of sexy/bizarre/awkward e-commerce poses.