Caroline Utingzer – Good As It Gets https://www.instagram.com/primordial_soupp/ I’d like to think I’ve earned a little recognition for my contributions to aesthetics—after all, I was voted “Most Aesthetic Feed” and “Most Likely to Be a YouTuber or Fashion Designer.” Not a bad résumé for a high schooler, right? (Do not answer that or ask my dad). It’s safe to say that, while I’ve gained social connections that I truly value, I also realized that somewhere along the way, I unkn

A picturesque scenario from my head.  I’m in Galerie Maria Bernheim, dressed in a stand up collar black jacket, and a Ding Shilun piece interrupts my stroll. I’m with one other stranger, sharing a moment of raptured curiosity. At first his paintings appear sweet and delicate.  Inspiration for my own picture books for my stuffed animals! Until…bam! Up close they reveal unsettling details –grotesque creatures, distorted bodies, and absurb juxtapositions that capture the anxieti

A more subdued period of Alexander McQueen's career began with his Spring/Summer 2006 menswear collection.  The drama persisted, but it wasn't dependent on the kind of spectacular display that had come to really characterize him. There were no holograms, no flaming fire, no breaking glass boxes. Solely a stage covered in fabric sails and tangled parachutes that looked like the remains of some sort of wreckage.  Models walked barefoot and ominously slow, their clothes slipping