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1 Mar

TTSWTRS is the Eastern European designer creating wearable tattooed

Here she picks her favourites TTSWTRS pieces are like a type of body modification: You may't tell where the clothing ends and begins. The designer Anna Osmekhina, a former costume designer and stylist based in Ukraine, works with emerging and established tattoo artists, transforming their designs into cotton pants, viscose blouses and denim blazers, structured shirts, lace wedding dresses and even cycling shorts. The result finally ends up looking like a body covered in tattoos – an extension of the clothing and skin. “The concept of TTSWTRS was created by a wierd incident that got me involved on this exciting subculture,” explains Osmekhina. “My friend was in a relationship with a tattoo master who...
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10 Nov

Beauties of the Eastern Cape, South Africa

And there it was. The strange machine of talking to myself. Within the black and white photograph, I appeared as any stranger would. Dazed, worldly, beautiful and dazzling. The silence was magnificent as any silence was at the moment of yr in South Africa. I repeat myself. Forget if those words were a part of an essay, prose, haiku or poetry. Rain. It's purity lit up. An emblem. The veil lifted up. Humanity lit up, lifted up in a way. As cold as ice. Plums stored within the refrigerator. Whatever was stolen is that this. Birdsong, foot stomping on the steps by children scribbling within the air, the celebrities’ survival, the change in climate but you see I don't...
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