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The Braided Rapunzels of Africa & other Tribal Trends

My early weekday nights are typically spent wandering the depths of Pinterest. On this occasion, I found a rather hypnotising pin board called Fashion Around the World, where I discovered these incredible African Rapunzels… The hairstyle currently making you do a double-take is known as Eembuvi Braids, worn by women of the Mbalantu tribes from the Namibia. It’s…

Homage to the Man behind the Mountain

If you’re a seeker of the off-beat and the off-grid, you’ve probably come across Salvation Mountain on your internet or real-life travels. This ravishing burst of colour, a monument to hope, love and joy in the Colorado desert outside Niland, California, was built by one man over three decades, piece by piece. That man was…

Working Out with Marilyn Monroe

It’s pretty neat when you come across rare photos of one of the most iconic and recognisable faces in history, and it doesn’t get much more rare and interesting than Marilyn Monroe herself, lifting weights in a terry cloth bikini… Marilyn and her guns of steel were photographed here in 1952 by Philippe Halsman for LIFE magazine.…

The Deadly Art of Train Surfing in South Africa

There are not many places in the world where you could get away with something like this, but South Africa seems to be one of them. And for too many, the risk is far greater than prison time. They call it ‘staff riding’, a scarily common sport for dare-devil thrill-seekers which involves jumping aboard moving…

A Dedication to Vintage Black Glamour

The internet spawns another exciting book, in this case, a Tumblr dedicated entirely to Vintage Black Glamour. From Josephine Baker getting a pedicure to an anonymous snapshot of a style icon that never was, author Nichelle Gainer has been unearthing a treasure trove of iconic images from rarely accessed photographic archives ever since she began…

There’s Something about Moffy

Meet Moffy. She recently did her first-ever magazine shoot for POP magazine, who put her on their front cover and called her ‘the face’. “Sounds like another meaningless fashion mag story title to me!” says the photographer who shot her for the story. It probably is meaningless to put labels on Moffy and make all…

The Real-Life House of Oz

You could say Kat Wise has been to Oz and back– several times. Her story so far makes for an extraordinary tale of adventure and bizarre life events that sound almost like a modern-day sequel to Dorothy’s odyssey down the yellow brick road. In no particular order: she’s worked for Mother Teresa, trained as a baker,…

The Roving Typist (the True Story of a Hated Hipster Meme)

Christopher Hermelin is first and foremost a talented storyteller. He just so happens to tell his one-of-a-kind stories on a Royal Safari typewriter while roving New York City, trying to make a buck by selling them to passers-by. Before anyone starts hipster-shaming, let’s hold it right there, because this guy has already been called every hipster…

Found: The Unclaimed Louis Vuitton Trunk of Marilyn Monroe

There’s a Japanese Lady Gaga living in Tokyo called Princess Tenko, and she collects anything from hairbrushes to underwear that once belonged to Marilyn Monroe. One of the most treasured pieces in her collection is a mysterious unclaimed Louis Vuitton trunk she acquired at auction in 2005 for a modest $5,000, which allegedly belonged to…

Taking a Bath in Hitler’s Tub for Vogue

Just hours after Adolf Hitler committed suicide on April 30th, 1945, former fashion model and Vogue correspondent, Elizabeth (Lee) Miller was photographed taking a bath in his tub. Miller had been accredited into the U.S. Army as an official war correspondent for Condé Nast Publications and upon the American liberation of Munich, she entered the city with the 45th division and LIFE photographer…

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