Adriana Bertini is our new hero. The 35-year-old artist takes thousands of quality-test-rejected condoms and turns them into beautiful dresses, skirts, suits and sometimes wedding gowns with all the big, riotous color of some crazy street carnival: “Condoms must be basic like a pair of jeans and so necessary like a great love”
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Inhabitants of the virtual world “Second Life,” used to seeing each other with purple wings, flowing Victorian gowns, blue skin and extra limbs, are about to gather in a city known to most to be part of the so-called “real world.” The occasion is the second annual Second Life Community Convention, a three-day event in [...]
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The history of academic dress goes back hundreds of years to the chill universities where cap, gown and hood were needed for covering and warmth… The hood is lined with the official colors of the degree issuing institution and the outside trimming of the hood signifies the subject in which the degree was obtained: All [...]
The Polyphonic Spree has ditched their white gowns for an all-black combat look. The Texan collective has derobed for a new image entitled The Fragile Army, after the title of their forthcoming album.
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Sure, the Oscars made for juicy Sunday-night entertainment
?but where, amid the glittering gowns and flash bulbs, were the geeks? Here’s our rundown of the honors the Academy forgot to hand out…
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And now for the talent portion of the competition, Miss Washington will be playing beer pong… Evening gown. Check. Douchebag parnter. Check. Red keg cups with beer. Check. Tiara. Check! She gets my vote for Miss America!
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As is tradition, England
?s richest ladies go on parade in the most expensive of haute-couture gowns, shoes, and ? most importantly ? hats. Oh, the hats.
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Adriana Bertini is our new hero. The 35-year-old artist takes thousands of quality-test-rejected condoms and turns them into beautiful dresses, skirts, suits and sometimes wedding gowns with all the big, riotous color of some crazy street carnival: “Condoms must be basic like a pair of jeans and so necessary like a great love”
read more | [...]
Continue reading about Photo: Thousands of Quality Control Rejected Condoms, turned into Dresses
Inhabitants of the virtual world “Second Life,” used to seeing each other with purple wings, flowing Victorian gowns, blue skin and extra limbs, are about to gather in a city known to most to be part of the so-called “real world.” The occasion is the second annual Second Life Community Convention, a three-day event in [...]
Continue reading about A virtual world’s real-world conference
The history of academic dress goes back hundreds of years to the chill universities where cap, gown and hood were needed for covering and warmth… The hood is lined with the official colors of the degree issuing institution and the outside trimming of the hood signifies the subject in which the degree was obtained: All [...]