Americana Woman — Red, White, And Blue Fashions To Celebrate The Fourth of July
It’s time to party in the USA!
It’s time to party in the USA!
The legacy of New York City-based artist Keith Haring continues to grow — even 26 years after his death.
We’ve already established that plastic can be fantastic — and not just when it comes to Barbie dolls and credit cards — but also in regards to footwear, as proven by the always trendy and whimsical designs of Brazilian shoe brand Melissa.
Time’s a-ticking if you don’t want to show up empty-handed on Sunday!
A mother’s love is simply invaluable — to use the words of Marion C.
The poet William Goldsmith Brown once wrote, “The sweetest sounds to mortals given are heard in Mother, Home, and Heaven.” This Sunday, remind your mom of how sweet you think she is and how thankful you are for her being an endless source of encouragement, love, forgiveness, understanding, and inspiration.
Grateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart once said, “We’re not in the music business, we’re in the transportation business: we move minds.” Since the 1960s, the Grateful Dead have urged fans to expand their consciousness through every aspect of their work: from their unique mixture of rock ‘n roll, country, folk music, bluegrass, and psychedelic rock to their drug-heavy lyrical references; their theatrical and improvisation-heavy live shows; their insistence of making every concert singular, constantly experimenting in front of fans rather than abiding by a well-rehearsed and expertly choreographed set; and the colorful artwork on their albums, which included now iconic visuals such as a skull with a lightning bolt through its head and, of course, a series of seemingly “dancing” bears.
Here’s something to chew on: this spring and summer, food and fun come together in the realm of fashion, as indulgent edibles inspire jewelry, handbags, T-shirts, scarves, shoes, hair accessories and much more.
The days of sneakers being relegated to the gym are long gone — in part thanks to the rise of “athleisure” fashion, but also due to designers experimenting with ways to transform these once-strictly-functional shoes into objects of desire.
Finland has been ground zero for groovy, eclectic, fun-loving, dynamic printed textiles since the 1950s, when the Helsinki-based husband-and-wife team of Vijo and Armi Ratia opened a garment plant and enlisted a group of their graphic artist friends to create statement-making designed that could be printed on cloth.