Dudes Fashion Week: 12 Rules of Pitti Uomo

It’s men’s fashion week again and over in Florence, the Pitti Uomo parade of dapperly dressed dudes is out in full force. Worlds away from your typical street style photography of other fashion weeks, the men of Pitti Uomo have their own rules… Don’t bother coming unless your fabrics look like they were woven by…

Spying on Parisians with Matthieu Forichon

Art these days often seems to be about something impossible to understand, something abstract, something symbolic, something that doesn’t look like any of the simple, pretty things there are to see in our daily lives. But French illustrator Matthieu Forichon, who also doodles for Marie Claire magazine and aperitif wine brand, Lillet, captures exactly that,…

The Guy with a Full-sized Train in his Basement

Now let’s just get something straight. If you want a train in your basement, you’ll need two things, according to the guy with a train in his basement: 1) To be completely insane. 2) To have an amazing wife. This is the inconceivable DIY project of ‘train-obsessed nut’, model train manufacturer and father of three living…

That time Al Pacino was Arrested on suspicion of Attempted Robbery

On the night of January 7th, 1961, in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, a police car pulled over a suspicious vehicle that had been circling the block and passed the officers several times. When they approached the car, they found three males wearing black masks and gloves. In the trunk the officers found a loaded 38 calibre…

Haunting Postcards of Apprentice Geishas

Misconceptions about the nature of the geisha profession have been allowed to spread throughout history largely unchecked, and the geisha world has remained to this day a very private, elite world, shrouded in mystery. These vintage postcards of ‘bathing’ geisha and maiko (apprentice geisha) taken from the Meiji (1868–1912) and Taisho (1912–1926) eras of old…

13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Volume IV.)

1. French actor, Gerard Depardieu used to look very, very different. Here he is with Robert DeNiro in the 70s: 2. This 17th century Desk with Secret Compartments is mind-boggling: The Metropolitan Museum of Art is in its last few weeks of the ‘Extravagant Inventions’ exhibition. Don’t miss it if you’re in NYC! Showing until…

The African Village Where Every House Is a Work of Art

Burkina Faso is by no means an area frequented by tourists, but at the base of a hill overlooking the surrounding sun-drenched West African savannah lies an extraordinary village, a circular 1.2 hectare complex of intricately embellished earthen architecture. It is the residence of the chief, the royal court and the nobility of the Kassena…

Berets, Baguettes and Bikes in Paris!

It’s not exactly the Tour de France, but introduced in 2009 and inspired by London’s Tweed Run, Paris has its very own “Beret Baguette” ride celebrating French flair for fashion, gastronomy and the trusty two-wheeled transporters. The annual group ride is attended by up to 500 Parisians and fixie enthusiasts are encouraged to don the…

Modern BMW gets a Vintage Makeover

I‘m one of those people who, in the event of being elected King and Queen of f**king everything, would pass a law that enforced car manufacturers to design cars like they used to in the good old days of classic car design. And to prove that modern technology cars can look classic and beautiful, I would use…

Baroness Shraeder vs. Maria Von Trapp

When our favorite movies would end and the credits rolled, we couldn’t help but continue dreaming about the stories and the characters. Where filmmakers had skimmed over small details, we dove in and swam around in a sea of untold scenes. I’ve recently stumbled upon a literary treasure trove online called Timothy McSweeney’s Internet Tendency…