At first I was creeped out by these Japanese “joint stockings,” but now they’re kind of growing on me. I wouldn’t personally wear them, however I could see all the zombie doll lovers out there snatching ‘em up like hotcakes.
From what I can tell (I’m using Google translate here) they’re around $20 a pop. You can order them at Selfer.net.
(via The Frisky)
From the March, 1968 issue of Playboy featuring the art of body painting.
(via Nistagmus)
Previously on Dangerous Minds:
Donald Sutherland: His films and hairstyles
Terylene loom.
Cyber fiber. Virtual fashions for a virtual world.
Terylene was the first wholly synthetic fiber to be invented in the UK and after it was fully launched in 1955. Terylene quickly found public favour as an alternative to wool and cotton fabric. Cloth made from Terylene kept its shape after washing and was very hardwearing, it was the most widely produced synthetic fibre. The vast ICI plants at Billingham and Wilton on Tees-side employed 30,000 people and were showcases of the new industrial Britain. ICI opened its huge chemical complex at Wilton on Tees-side in 1952 and this later became the main plant for Terylene production.”
Do not wear near an open flame.
This photo of Missing Persons’ frontwoman Dale Bozzio is from a 1980s issue of CREEM Magazine, but if you didn’t know that and I told you this was Gaga would you be able to tell the difference?
Thanks, Skye Nicolas!
The always beautiful Debbie Harry talks fashion, clothes and style, before modeling a selection of Stephen Sprouse’s designs, in this interview from 1979.
Interviewer: Did you grow up around fashion?
Debbie Harry : No, not really. I grew up in New Jersey.
Previously on DM
Blondie’s ‘Autoamerican’: A Lost Classic
Los Angeles-based designers Cast of Vices create whimsical pieces of jewelry based on “pop culture and our obsession with self-medication and addiction.” There’s also a pricey ($1,350) 14k Vicodin necklace you can view here.
More after the jump…
Mid-century, 5,000-square-foot home currently for sale in Beverly Hills, CA for the asking price of $3.95 million. The ranch-style home’s decor looks like it has been virtually untouched by time since the mid-60s. I can’t figure out if this home was “staged’ by a professional (who really wanted this place to stand out, or appeal to a certain kind of person) or if this how the current owners left it for the past 40 years? Whatever the case, I dig it
Read the full listing here
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