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An Ode to the Man Who Dressed Ziggy Stardust

Every once in a while, pop culture gives us a duo whose legacies feel almost magnetically intertwined. David Bowie and the Japanese designer Kasai Yamamoto created some of the most iconic, gender-bending stage outfits the world had ever seen. Yet, for being such a fashionable and cultural force on East and Western stages, Yamamoto is…

Art Nouveau’s Obsession with the Peacock

The sensational peacock first made landfall in Europe about twenty centuries ago when its sparkling, bedazzling image was captured in the glistening mosaic floors and walls of the Romans and Byzantines. Imported from their native India, they were anointed the holy birds of the goddess Juno and kept in her temple. Fast-forward to the 15th…

13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. DLXXXVIII)

1. Behold, Croissant Cereal It was National Croissant Day in France over the weekend (Jan 30th), so here’s the recipe to croissant cereal you didn’t ask for…. It’s unclear exactly who started the trend – one Brooklyn-based bakery was actually selling it for $50 at one point. Youtube channel Chef Steps created a how to…

Travel like Wes Anderson on the Real Darjeeling Limited Railway

It was arguably the tea that put Darjeeling on the world map, but for me, it was really Wes Anderson… The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway was the very first hill railway in India and its still in use today. By the tea and the gurkhas, the train has become a part of the identity of these…

Hitchcock’s Haunted House Party

Who better to kick off our Halloween weekend celebrations with than the master of horror and suspense himself, Mr. Alfred Hitchcock. In 1953, as he was about to embark on his next film, The Wrong Man, Hitchcock decided to throw a “Ghost-Haunted House Party” at his rented New York pad on East 18th St. Guest…

You’ve probably Never Heard of the Most Fascinating Woman of the Belle Epoque

Corsets could be blamed (among many things) for preventing a lot of women throughout history from living their best lives, but Camille du Gast was not one of them. She was a self-styled “exploratrice” with a mind of her own and a penchant for speed. If you weren’t familiar with any women pursuing race car…

Fitzgerald’s First Love: Literary Muse or Victim of Plagiarism?

Like her mother and grandmother before her, Ginevre King was named after Leonardo Da Vinci’s portrait of Ginevra de’ Benci. And she had many parallels with the Italian aristocrat: King also came from immense wealth and would be most remembered for how she was depicted by one of her era’s most famous creatives, in her…

13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. DLXXXVII)

1. This insane Connecticut Castle listed on Zillow Built in 2010 by the “great-grandson of a Chicago steel tycoon” the 18,777 square-foot estate, nestled on top of seventy-five acres, features 9 bedrooms, 7 full baths, 3 half baths and 12 fireplaces — as well as a moat and “towers rising 126 feet into the sky.”…

Let’s Talk about Black Princesses

“Dream with ambition, lead with conviction, and see yourself in a way that others might not see you, simply because they’ve never seen it before”, said Vice President-elect, Kamala Harris, who made history as the first Black and South Indian-American woman to hold the office. In the afterglow of that landmark moment, we’re celebrating with…

Searching for Georges Méliès in Paris

Georges Méliès was an illusionist, in every sense of the word; a man who revolutionised cinema forever. He played an indispensable role with his innovations, creating the world’s first film studio, the first fictional film and when it comes to the invention of special effects in cinema, he’s the guy to thank. Yet, unlike other…

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