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If you’ve already been to the absolutely phenomenal Rolling Stones ‘ career retrospective, Exhibitionism (which, go!), you may recognize this drumkit belonging to drummer Charlie Watts, which is on display in the recording gallery. This 1965, 4-piece Ludwig kit in a Sky Blue Pearl shell finish with a keystone badge (indicating a drum made in the 1960s), was used from 1965 -to mid-1968 by Watts on most of the band’s studio recordings and live performances.
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The Flying Saucer Dress from Miyake Design Studio (Spring/Summer 1994, prêt-à-porter collection) represents a continuation of Japanese fashion design legend Issey Miyake’s exploration of pleating garments with a playful element. He explains, “The Flying Saucer was a search for what could be done with different sorts of pleating — in this case, accordion pleats — and to see what could be done by combining fabric, design and movement. Why not make brightly-colored, wearable accordion?”
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Photographed in the Gift Shop at the Queens Museum, Flushing Meadows, Corona Park, New York.
“I stole my father’s Death Star plans. It was all lasers, lightsabers, droids and The Force. Within a week he destroyed my planet and hit the road.”
This fun Sonic Youth Album Cover Parody / Star Wars Mash Up design by Cubik is available on a T-Shirt just $19.95 and on an assortment of other shirts, sweatshirts and Hoodies at This Link!
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I was at the Architectural Digest Design Show a few weeks ago, cutting through one booth on the way to another booth, when I noticed that someone had left this totally sick Fuchsia Pink Crocodile Hermes Bag completely unattended — which is insane, because regardless of what’s inside it, this bag alone is worth as much as a car.
Continue reading Pink Thing of the Day: Pink Hermes Bag with Karl Lagerfeld Caricature Keychain!