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

SKULLS & FEATHERS

Skulls & feathers, togethers. First made in Virgina by Pamunkey tribe. Second and third made in Peru with parrot feathers. via Smithsonian

MADE IN…

Europe, 1800s Russia, 1800s France, 1800s Macedonia, 1800s Macedonia, 1900s Palestine Nigeria, 1970s. Made by Hausa. + + + Shoe gazer. via British Museum Thanks Alex!

SY/SD

    I was really, really into Sonic Youth in high school. My mom threw out virtually all my high school ephemera, including Sonic Youth’s fanclub zine, Sonic Death. Breathe easy, it’s online! Though I do have a watercolor portrait of Thurston Moore I painted for 10th grade art class. Plus one.

SOCK SHOP

In the year 1990 socks were all the rage. The fanciful design on these socks illustrate the trend for novelty socks and hosiery in the late 1980s and 1990s. Such informal wardrobe elements became so popular that specialised socks and hosiery stores such as Sock Shop (where these examples were purchased in 1990) sprang up [...]

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