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How One Artist Is Using Tarot to Immortalize the Colorful Characters of Tbilisi’s Fashion Scene

May 15, 2020

Apakidze’s interest in tarot started as a young child though because he grew up in a religious family, he was banned from practicing it. Eventually, when he left home, he began to explore tarot and, and currently teaches classes online with a friend. As he points out, traditionally the tarot deck has been evenly split […]

Hanne Zaruma, the Artist Recycling ’90s Flip Phones Into One-of-a-Kind Fashion Accessories

Apr 13, 2020

Hanne Zaruma is no ordinary tech nerd. Rather than coveting the latest iPhone, the Ukrainian artist sees beauty in the gadgets of yesteryear, fastidiously scouring secondhand stores and yard sales in Lviv, her hometown, for retro computers and discarded flip phones....

The London Artist Creating One-of-a-Kind, Kaleidoscopic Fashion to Treasure

Apr 13, 2020

In 2016, while working as an in-house designer in London, Ed Curtis began planning a project that felt more personal. In his South London bedroom, Curtis created a 360-degree installation of paint and paper in striking, riotous color—somewhere between the chaotic...

Meet the Artist Making Tie-Dye Cool, Not Crunchy

Mar 25, 2020

Syroka’s magnetic technique separates itself from the tie-dye pack. His pieces are typically color-blocked. His pants, created from pairs of white Wrangler jeans that, according to Syroka, “make everyone’s butt look amazing,” evoke a groovy stained-glass effect in...