| Eccentric or Nuts? No other country breeds eccentrics like the British. Perhaps, because it is no longer an empire, the country has turned in on itself, to explore possibilities within its borders, as if to say, “Why leave when there is so much interesting stuff going on here?” While this island mentality may have encouraged colorful characters like Edith Sitwell and Lord Byron, it also gave the world genuine nutters like the 20th-century composer, writer and painter Gerald Tyrwhitt-Wilson, the 14th Baron Berners... nytimes.com |
Tetyana Pashchenko, IT Support Analyst Ukrainian expat with braces Tetyana Pashchenko. nymag.com |
Fashion plate: Isobel Dryburgh Artist Isobel Dryburgh loves to watch people dance. Her piece for The Living Room - a week-long series of public art events around the city which starts this Friday - will see her love of dance incorporated into unique performances... nzherald.co.nz |
Valentino's Techno Legacy Museum techniques and modern technology are being combined at the designer's new archive. nytimes.com |
Prada: Banana Bright Miuccia Prada sent out colors so bold that they popped off the runway: Dayglo orange, shocking pink and green. nytimes.com |