Choosing a Bag

With all the "bags" out there, how do you choose the right one?

Choosing a bag is like applying for a university. Everything is resting upon it. A small mistake can ruin a big plan.

People choose different bags for a whole lot of reasons, some base their decisions on the influences of their parents and peers, some may ought to go for trends while others buy them for their personal reasons. But when you find "the bag" it will justify a new shirt and jeans, a bag is your fail-safe, trusty alternative. It'll never let you feel cold nor make you feel self-conscious.

Security can mean different things to different people. For some, it's going to school carrying all their things in the right bag. This might leave you feeling secure for an entire day, but have a crippling effect on you in later life.

A diploma mill is like a 50 percent-off water-proof backpack. The first time you meet, it promises to be your best friend. Until you look closely and realize it’s not really water-proof. Then, as the rainy season comes, you discover that your bag isn't actually a friend at all. You should have read the fine print and looked more closely into what you're getting into.

Diploma mills offer college degrees, using substandard academic programs without educational accreditation. These are operated primarily as businesses rather than as educational institutions. If they choose at all to be registered with the proper authorities, they do so by sticking to the bare minimum.

If ever you get stuck with a “diploma mill bag” then try to get your money back but like most boutiques chances are low that they'll send the money back. The point here is that before buying a bag, inspect every crevice, try to make inquiries about it, but most of all read the fine print.

         

Prada in The Great Gatsby

The Four Sketches Unveiled by Miuccia Prada

Multi-striped sequins dress with a plastic and trimmings embroidery at the bottom. Inspired by the Prada Spring/Summer 2011 collection. Photo: Prada

Miuccia Prada has unveiled four looks under the collaboration with Baz Luhrmann and legendary costume designer Catherine Martin to create a bespoke collection of over 40 unique Miu Miu and Prada cocktail and evening dresses, adapted from selected runway archives from the last 20 years for the upcoming film, The Great Gatsby.

Left: Orange organza dress enriched with plastic fish scale-like sequin embroidery. Inspired by the Prada Fall/Winter 2011 collection. Right: Knee-length dress in octane-coloured tulle lined in matching silk candy.

Radzmire dress with bustier embroidered with pearls, stones and sequin fringes. Inspired by a revisited silhouette of the 1920s, it is made contemporary by the use of modern fabrics and embroideries of the 1950s.

The adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Carey Mulligan and Tobey Maguire. This is not the first time that Prada and Luhrmann have worked together they also have, created Leonardo DiCaprio's suit in the director's 1996 film version of Romeo + Juliet.

Off Season

Off Season opening sequence

Off Season is a short film written and directed by Jonathan Van Tulleken. 

The film follows an alcoholic (Bill Sage), having only a dog (Becca) for a companion, who steals from summer cottages during the brutal winter of the off season. After venturing off from his normal path in search for a full bottle he makes a terrifying discovery that unearths his self-contained existence.

Source: hungertv

House of Bones

Las Meninas (Self-Portrait) by Joel Peter Witkin, 1987.

If photography is the art of fixing a shadow, glass is the medium that transfers shadows onto film. For Joel-Peter Witkin, whose elaborate tableaux reverberate with the extreme conditions of life and death, glass holds powerful associations.

Joel-Peter Witkin is an artist who distorts photographs using different techniques to create pieces that shock and intrigue. During the Vietman War, Witkin worked as a war photographer, and at a very young age he was already exposed to decapitation.

His works carry the delicate tonality of a 19th-century ambrotype, showing morphed scenes with human body parts and deceased subjects with a strong satirical sentiment against vanity. 

Some of his works:

Sanitarium

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The Look of Fantasy

Photographed by Paola Kudacki and Styled by Aurora Sansone.

Featuring endless possibilites, a dawn for fantasy revolution. A radiant bijou of a bold and sparkling kitsch silhouette. Pushing the "power of dreams" made in a variety of expressions, showingthe various changes in the newest fantasy look.Photographed by Paola Kudacki and Styled by Aurora Sansone.