Shiny and delicious, where the heavy things settle out.A little metallic, like eating peaches from a can. In between liquid,ice forming in the blood of all the little fishes.
Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein, Plates from: Têtes de Différents Animaux dessinées d'après nature pour donner une idée plus exacte de leurs caractères / Heads of different animals drawn from nature to give a more accurate idea of their characters, 1796. Etching. Made in Naples, Italy. Via Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Trivia: The artist is called Goethe-Tischbein, because he made the famous portrait of “Goethe in the Roman Campagna” 1787.
Olivier Theyskens for Nina Ricci | c. 2007
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For his inaugural collection at Nina Ricci, Olivier Theyskens referenced not only the archives of the house’s faintly recalled eponymous founder but also her perfume, L'Air du Temps, with its two doves hovering above the bottle of swirling crystal. Inspired by the contained yet dynamic movement of the Lalique crystal flacon, Theyskens created a series of spiraling ensembles, from knitted sweaters to structured, couture-worthy ball gowns. As in his earlier work, Theyskens infused feminine and romantic designs with contemporary edge and relevance. This gown was shown on the runway without the elaborate, expansive support of its underskirts, thus muting its reference to the Golden Age of postwar haute couture. Here, however, it is displayed in its full, crinolined form as originally conceived.
“In the very first days when I started designing for Nina Ricci, I drew this dress. It came out naturally for me as the right expression of the brand. I wanted this grand gown to be made of rough-looking fabric in an urban gray and entirely ruffled. My aim was to bring a sort of twisting movement all over the dress that would spiral upward and at the level of the waist, like wings, it would take off like a bird. “ - Olivier Theyskens
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