GIFT GUIDES

Black Friday, gloomy guide. Photographs by Nina Leen for Macy’s. LIFE  

PLASTICHIC

Syracuse University recently acquired a gigantic collection of plastics. Buckets of bakelite. Selections include sunglass frames manufactured by Foster Grant in the 1950s-1960s (shout out O-O !), snazzy lady earrings, chipmunk accessories for kids frames, and earth toned bracelets from 1930s—part of the bakelite brood. BW Zig Zag PLS.  

FUTURE PLASTIC

Shop til you drop in plastics. 1. Bamboo sunglasses, Oliver Goldsmith Eyewear, 1962 2. Table mat, Maryse Boxer, 1985 3. Carrier bag, Eric Schemilt Designs Ltd, 1978 4. Pair of ankle boots, Mary Quant, 1967 5. Pink Jelly XK200, Swatch, 1990 via V&A  

Seminole Styles

Bright, booming, sunshine colors of Florida’s Seminole Indians. Work made from 1960s-1990s. Totally dig the sun billed bonnet. I’m into bonnets. via Peabody Museum

RANCHER WEAR

Get the look: worn out rancher. Worn in, dirty, and beat up. This is real tuff stuff tomboy style. Inspired by this story of a wrangler babe and her horse who saved a boy from a grizzly bear. via LOC: Ranching Culture in Northern Nevada, 1945-1982  

SH

Portrait of the artist Sheila Hicks. Still buzzing from her retrospective ‘50 Years‘ at ICA Philly. Outside the exhibition there were two videos of Sheila talking about her work. One featured SH sifting through her personal archives (totally mind-blowing black and white prints), talking about each photograph—trips to India, Chile, Peru, Morocco—and how each countries [...]

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