#ceremonial fashion

[sartorialadventure]

Nihang Sikh, Photo By Mark Hartman

[carigradmergen]

I've been working on a romance comics about a Kipchak warrior and a Kievan Rus princess, and it's as tacky as it sounds like

[nobigneil]

[vintage-tigre]

Rose McGowan, 1998

[poppingmary]

Exception - Impossible to ignore it in this blog.

Celine Dion performed Edith Piaf’s “Hymne à l’amour” in Dior Haute Couture, standing beneath the Olympic Rings on the Eiffel Tower, in the opening ceremony for The Olympic Games 2024 in Paris. For the occasion she wore a white silk georgette floor-length dress dripping in shimmering beads and sequins, complete with a mock-neck and a sweeping train. This dress was made over 1.000 hours by members of the Dior atelier.

July 26 2024

[anyataylorjoys]

Mary & George (2024) 17th Century Jacobean Era Costume Design by Annie Symons ↪︎ @lgbtqcreators creator challenge: layout + rainbow

[ekingstonart]

for an anonymous benefactor who asked for super-soft supercorp: do you guys ever think about dying the moments of tenderness Kara and Lena get to share now that canon can no longer get in the way?

After this illustration by Joe Bowler

i’ve opened up commissions again, please check my pinned post for more information!

[minska-021]

gender: knight in shinning armor

(also, for those who play destiny 2, that’s hunter fashion all right)

[tanuki-kimono]

Modern muted kimono patterned with hanausagi (rabbits among flowers), an ancient motif part of the meibutsugire (imported fabrics especially popular during Muromachi period, and used to wrap for ceremonial objects like tea ceremony items).

[aworldofpattern]

Team Haiti's opening ceremony uniforms for the 2024 Olympics, designed by Haitian-Italian designer Stella Jean.

The trousers and skirts are printed with 'Passage', an artwork by Haitian artist Philipe Dodard.

'...Stella Jean says she created uniforms on a humble budget for Team Haiti, one of the smallest delegations in the Olympics with just seven athletes...

...The look takes its white, red, and blue hues from the Haitian flag, with the men’s uniform consisting of a light blue jacket, an adaptation of the guayabera shirt worn by men in the Caribbean, vibrant trousers channeling Naïve folk art, and a Fular scarf. The women’s look features a skirt in the same material, paired with a light blue shirt and structured jacket with a cinched waist. Philippe Dodard, an acclaimed Haitian painter, designed the fabric for the trousers and skirt. 

Wearing these uniforms at the Paris Olympics takes on an even deeper meaning for Haiti, once known as Saint-Domingue, a French colony that fought for its independence during the Haitian Revolution, the first successful resistance movement led by enslaved people against the French colonial regime from 1971 to 1804. “It’s hugely symbolic,” says Jean, who is Haitian-Italian, adding that she merged Haitian fabrics and motifs with Western silhouettes as “a tool of counter colonization.”

Jean ran into some issues as she worked to create her designs. Export embargoes in Haiti made sourcing chambray, a cotton-like material, for the women’s shirt difficult. “I used one of my dresses that my grandmother gave to me, because we were not able to source it otherwise. I hope she will forgive me because she's not here anymore,” Jean says, joking that her design unintentionally became more sustainable.

Throughout the process, she recognized the rare opportunity to present the world with a positive news story about Haiti, as the country struggles with a recent history of political violence, coups, and the deadly 2020 earthquake. Ongoing violence at the hands of armed gangs has displaced approximately 580,000 people, per U.N. figures.  

“Haiti has no materials now. We have nothing to sell to the world. Our strength right now is this intangible richness [from] our deep culture,” Jean says. “We are here, we are joyful, and we will be back on our own two feet again.”...' Time Magazine

[anonymocha]

the real question we ahould be asking is what does kaala think about medpocs dyke granny garments and does she steal them

yes she steals them

[sartorialadventure]

A village girl, Palangan, Kurdistan, Iran. At the beginning of spring, Kurdish people according to their customs and culture, celebrate an annual celebration called Nowruz or kindling fire.

[acecroft]

EMILY BLUNT as Cornelia Locke in The English 1.02

[nobigneil]

The Devil You Know & The Pale Elf

[world-of-celebs]

Taylor Swift attends the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards at the UBS Arena on September 11, 2024 in Elmont, New York. 

[carcosacurations]

ceremonial plague doctor