Human Barbie

Les presento a la Barbie humana, una rusa llamada Valeria Lukyanova, que se ha hecho famosa por las inusuales proporciones de su cuerpo y facciones faciales, lejanas de la anatomía humana promedio, tal y como sucede con la muñequita de Mattel. Claro, todo esto con ayuda de mucho retoque fotográfico y seguramente de algunas cirugías.

Debería de ser todo un modelo universal de belleza, pero la verdad es que me la encontré en una especie de freakshow. Respeto todo lo que gentes como DaVinci y Durero han dicho sobre simetría y proporción como indicadores de perfección estética, pero esto confirma mi teoría personal de la belleza/fealdad como algo “circular”: si caminas demasiado al sur, terminas yendo hacia el norte; y visceversa…

29-year-old Valeria Lukyanova was the first to start the “Human Barbie” craze when she began posting photos of herself on the internet and shot to fame. The Ukrainian model insists her looks are 100% natural, except for breast implants. Valerie’s look requires plenty of upkeep including daily gym sessions and special diets. In 2014 she began practicing Breatharianism which, supposedly, allows the individual to live on light and air alone. It did not work…

http://gqm.ag/1AJhmqm

Turia Pitt

Siempre lo he dicho, dale a cualquier cosa un discurso positivo y será aceptado, por monstruoso que sea. Claro, lo monstruoso aquí no es la chica quemada, sino el afán de este tipo de magazines por causar impacto con sus portadas (y de ahí, ventas), llegando al extremo de romper los esquemas de belleza superflua en los que siempre se han basado para mostrar esto.
No, no me trago este pretexto de que la chica quemada es un ejemplo de valor y determinación por la vida (lo que le acaba concediéndole también una especie de belleza espiritual, y el derecho de usar ropa de marca y posar para un cover junto con otras top models). El mundo se está yendo al diablo amigos…

Sobrevivió a un incendio, y hoy aparece en la portada de la revista para mujeres Australian Women´s Weekly. En la tendencia de romper con los esquemas establecidos sobre la “belleza perfecta de las mujeres”, es que en esta ocasión la publicación femenina The Australia’s Women’s Weekly ha colocado en su portada de julio a una mujer que en su rostro lleva las marcas que le dejó un incendio.

Turia Pitt, la joven de 26 años de edad que aparece en la tapa de la revista, en 2011 sufrió quemaduras en 65 % de su cuerpo a consecuencia de un incendio vivido durante un maratón, un fuego forestal en Western, Australia…

http://bit.ly/1mlnCMM

Kate Rushing

No me gusta la moda. Pero el gif animado esta simpático. Esta diseñadora hace cosas padres en el proceso de su trabajo (sketches, pinturas, y cosas animadas como ésta)…

andrewharlow:

Today I had the opportunity to ask one of my favorite bloggers a few questions. Kate is the creative force behind foudre.co, and she also runs an incredible fashion editorial blog. Besides curating scans and runway photos, Kate also creates animated “gifs” that have become quite popular. Her blog has always been a favorite of mine, and it was a true pleasure to be able to chat with her. 

When did you first become interested in fashion? 

“It’s kind of cliché I guess, but I’ve loved being creative with clothes for as long as I can remember. When I was a little kid I really loved making outfits out of my mom’s silk scarves, putting on her pearls and lipstick, and forcing my family to take pictures of me while I did sassy poses. When I was a little older, I was obsessed with cutting clothes out of magazines, and rearranging the pieces to make these horrible outfits that I kept in notebooks. But I guess I really started taking fashion seriously in high school.”

What shows are you most looking forward to this NYFW?

“Calvin Klein Collection, Rodarte, 3.1 Phillip Lim, The Row, Yigal Azrouel, Jill Stuart, Adam, Derek Lam, Thakoon”

Do you plan to pursue a career in the fashion industry?

“I would love to. Right now I’m working on completing an undergraduate degree in Psychology, though. After I graduate next spring, I plan to take a year or two off to explore both fashion and psychology. I think that, in certain ways, they’re very complementary; it’s just a matter of figuring out how to apply that to a career.” 

What inspires you?

“The 1920’s, Art Deco and mid-century architecture, white, men’s clothing from the 1960’s, Cristobal Balenciaga’s designs, YSL in the 1970’s, Patti Smith, Jean Seberg, Lauren Bacall, Katharine Hepburn, Jane Birkin, Kate Moss, my mom”…

Miniatur Wunderland

(German for miniature wonderland) is a model railway attraction in Hamburg, Germany and the largest of its kind in the world. As of January 2011, the railway consists of 12,000 metres (39,370 ft) of track in HO scale, divided into seven sections: Harz, the fictitious city of Knuffingen, the Alps and Austria, Hamburg, America, Scandinavia, and Switzerland. Of the 6,400 square metres (68,889 sq ft) of floorspace, the model takes 1,150 m² (12,378 sq ft). 

By 2020, the exhibit is expected to have reached its final construction phase, including at least a total of ten sections in a model area of over 2,300 m² (24,757 sq ft). The next section covering an airport opened in May 2011. The exhibit includes 890 trains made up of over 11,000 carriages, 300,000 lights, 215,000 trees, and 200,000 human figurines. The creators are planning to work on models of Italy and France after the airport section is completed. Possible future additions include Africa, England, or a futuristic landscape…

http://youtu.be/PN_oDdGmKyA

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