The Machine Gun Stockings are available for sale at THE CULTLABEL

“The cure”
Magazine: Dutch #26
Photographed by Alex Cayley
Styled by Joanne Blades
Hair by Dennis Lanni
Makeup by Devra Kinery
Model: Hannelore Knuts

(found here)

March 24, 2012 - August 19, 2012
de Young Museum, San Francisco

Dubbed fashion’s enfant terrible, Jean Paul Gaultier launched his first prêt-à-porter collection in 1976 and founded his own couture house in 1997. Emerging as a designer in the 1970s, he developed his own dress codes that reflected the changing world around him. The openly gay Gaultier uses his designs to tackle gender and transgender issues through androgynous, gender-bending styles, meanwhile delving even further into some of the darker areas of the sexual revolution. Always provocative, he addresses issues of multiculturalism by bringing ethnic diversity to the Paris runway. Despite the gritty and sometimes controversial context of his collections, the clothes remain beautiful, superbly crafted with the finest dressmaking and detailing skills.

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Follow your heart felt head accessory by Eleonora Marchi,  a.k.a On your Head, available on her Etsy store.

The Budskull T-Shirt from Nitraid decorated with the popular Dope Forest pattern.

(via freshnessmag)

Quoted from Victoria and Albert Museum‘s website:

To many contemporaries the sinister black skeleton evening dress with its padded representations of human bones was an outrage – an offence against good taste. Although otherwise in elegant harmony with the prevailing lines of late 1930s evening wear, the skeleton dress is so constricted that it became a second skin and the imitation anatomy sat defiantly proud of the fine matt silk surface. Schiaparelli exaggerated the usually delicate trapunto quilting technique to make enormous ‘bones’ – the design was stitched in outline through two layers of fabric, then cotton wadding inserted through the back to bring the design into relief on the front. The shoulder seams and right side are closed by bold plastic zips.

In 1938 Elsa Schiaparelli unveiled the The Skeleton Dress for The Circus Collection, a collaboration with surrealist painter Salvador Dalí. Read the intriguing biography on Wikipedia.

Incredible leather covered objects: the unique style of Natalia Brilli.
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The chic look of croc gets a dose of edge in these clutches. Featuring room for your smartphone and other essentials, the skull knuckle rings make it convenient to carry.
The Faux Croc Skull Knuckle Clutch is available for $115.00 at AHAlife.