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Books and Periodicals, Pop Culture

Marvel Heroes Get a Techwear Makeover in Inhyuk Lee’s New Street-Verse Covers

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If you’ve ever wondered what your favorite Marvel superheroes might look like if they ditched spandex for sleek, futuristic streetwear, artist Inhyuk Lee has you covered — literally. Coming this November, Marvel will release a bold new series of Street-Verse variant covers that reimagine icons like Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four, the Avengers, the X-Men, and even Doctor Doom in cutting-edge techwear.

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Music, Pop Culture

Lady Gaga Meat Dress Christmas Ornament

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Photo By Gail Worley

Add a dash of daring to your holiday tree with this conversation-starting ornament from Cody Foster & Co. Celebrating pop culture and iconic fashion moments, this ornament captures Lady Gaga in her unforgettable Meat Dress worn at the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards, a look that made headlines and solidified her status as a boundary-pushing style icon. For those too young to have lived through it, the dress was made of raw beef and was designed by Franc Fernandez with styling by Nicola Formichetti.
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Design and Innovation

Eye On Design: Hooded Jumpsuit By Jean Paul Gaultier

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The most acclaimed garment from John Paul Gautier’s fall 1995 collection were his colorful, Hooded Jumpsuits. The printed dot patterns, shaded and sized to follow the shape of the body, were computer generated.
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Arts and Culture

Favorite Cosplayers from Anime NYC, 2024

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In the interest of full transparency, I confess that I stopped attending Halloween costume parties about 20 years ago.  The reason for this is three-fold:

  1. My costume ideas are lame.
  2. I am lazy.
  3. My competitiveness is such that if I can’t be the best at something, I would (almost always) rather not play.

That said, I have an overabundance of admiration (read: jealousy) for the amazing Cosplayers who go out of their way to make fan conventions like New York Comic Con and Anime NYC such over-the-top hits! Seriously, without all these passionate fans impeccably dressed as their favorite characters from Anime, Comics, Movies and Manga, the experience wouldn’t be nearly as head-spinning. If you’ve been to one of these fan conventions, I think you will feel me on this: Cosplayers are the Martial Artists and Fire Jugglers of fan conventions, and they deserve respect. Continue reading Favorite Cosplayers from Anime NYC, 2024 →

Design and Innovation

Shark Attack Dress Shirt Owned By Elton John!

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If such thing had to exist, it’s appropriate that this Shark Attack velvet dress shirt was once owned by the great Sir Elton John. Embroidered on the back with his name, Elton and the head of a fierce shark, surrounded by tropical flowers, the shirt is part of a custom suit created for John by designer Gianni Versace around 1996.
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