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Category / Fashion for Dummies

This Hermès Collection circa 1952 Needs a Comeback

Paris fashion week has kicked off over here and the style world is abuzz with what trends we’ll be wearing two seasons from now. So while they’re worrying about all that, trust Messy Nessy to still be looking backwards more than half a century for wardrobe inspiration. Take this 1952 fashion shoot I dug up…

Fashion Is Wasted on the Young: Take a Style Cue From Grandma

Guest Article by Quinn Connors Gone are the days when old meant giving up on your looks – the ladies from Advanced Style are the living, fabulous proof. New York photographer Ari Seth Cohen teaches us the importance of respecting our elders with his street style blog featuring women (and the occasional man) 60…

Style Icons X Food Porn

It all started when I saw a beetroot salad Caprese and thought how much it reminded me of my favourite photograph of Frida Kahlo. So voilà, I hope you enjoy my little food & style matches. Just try not to ask why…! Frida Kahlo + Beetroot and Basil Pesto Insalata Caprese Steve McQueen +…

Sorry your Ski Holiday Snaps don’t look as Cool as this

Ski season is upon us and naturally it’s all about the sport, and not at all about getting that perfect Facebook profile picture of yourself looking effortlessly stylish on the slopes. No siree! Just like these fine young folks who took a trip to Sun Valley, Idaho in 1946, we’re all about the best…

The Little Paris Shopkeeper

When I was a little kid, my favourite thing to do was play shop. For Christmas, I asked for a toy cash register and set up my room like a boutique, displaying my clothes on hangers, putting price tags on everything and greeting imaginary customers. Today, I actually opened a real online store, with my…

Not Your Grandma’s Cross Stitch

Say what you will about the internet, while we so often feel like it’s taking us away from the simple pleasures and quality time with our hobbies, only the internet could bring back a thing like cross stitch. And is there even anything more quaint and nostalgic out there than cross stitching? Not only is the internet spreading the…

Lost Cowboys of the Congo

We’ve met the dapper dandies of the Congo, but today let’s discover yet another subculture from the same corner of Africa, forgotten in the folds of time. In the 1950s, when the Congo still belonged to the Belgium colonialists and the capital of Kinshasa was known as Léopoldville, it was a difficult place to be a kid to say the…

The Forgotten 1950s Girl Gang

You might have heard of the Teddy Boys, a 1950s rebel youth subculture in Britain characterized by an unlikely style of dress inspired by Edwardian dandies fused with American rock’n roll. They formed gangs from East London to North Kensington and became high profile rebels in the media. But an important sub-subculture of the Teddy…

The First Miss Universe Pageant, 1952

Beauty pageants are a bit of a guilty pleasure of mine. We all know they’re silly and superficial but does anyone else here count Drop Dead Gorgeous as one of their favourite comedies from the 90s? What I like about this photo series that I pulled out of the trusty LIFE archives, is the behind-the-scenes element…

The Prada store that got Lost in the Desert

If you were stuck in the desert, what would you need to survive? Water, food, a Prada handbag perhaps? On Route 90 in Texas, 60 km from the nearest town of Marfa with just 2,500 residents, like a mirage in the desert, you’ll find Prada Marfa, a permanently installed sculpture built to mimic the luxury…

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