CLOAK IT

    Cloaks of feathers, wool, and flax. Made by Maori people of New Zealand, late 19th century. via British Museum  

HEDI’S HEAD

So many YES’s in this vid, I can’t keep my head on str8! Look here! Listen there! Kleenex – Hedi’s Head, 1978. Thanks BS! via MMR  

MELISSA CAPLAN

This Halloween take lavender eyeliner for a whirl—thank you Blitz kid / fashion designer Melissa Caplan. Third pic is an short diddy on Melissa for I-D mag in the 1980s. Her advice: Don’t believe college lecturers when they say you’re terrible. Srsly. via Blitz Kids c/o Kokorokoko 

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.  

HEAD DRESS

Feathers! Headdresses and headdress accessories. From Equador, Peru, and Brasil. via AMNH

VOODOO CEREMONY

Voodoo ceremony in Haiti, circa 1970. Voodoo alters, voodoo flags, voodoo priest, voodoo priest eating, priestesses dancing, priest almost unconscious, vévé symbol written on floor. via Digital Library of the Caribbean  

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