(via Artbank)
(via Artbank)
Old Town of Lijiang, China
Photograph by Mario Weigt, Anzenberger/Redux, nationalgeographic.com
Mangyongdae Children’s Palace North Korea by Joseph A Ferris III on Flickr.
Red Detachment of Women 10 (by Performing Arts / Artes Escénicas)
Sumidagawa Fireworks & The Sky Tree by jamesjustin on Flickr.
Juche Tower by laffaff on Flickr.
Gas Mask Drill, ca. 1941
Girls leaving Queen Mary School during a gas mask drill. Simulated gas. Girl in the centre of the image, in dark dress and light sweater, is Leonora Hutchinson (married name - Dunse) … Identifcation provided Nov. 2006, by Leonora Dunse, after seeing image in newspaper.
Source: North Vancouver Museum and Archives #732
fashioninhistory: ‘Propaganda’ Dress Vivienne Westwood Autumn/Winter 2005
An aesthetic marvel, the ‘Propaganda’ dress has been draped, fitted, and spiraled around the body in one unbroken length. While the gown evokes French Haute Couture of the 1950s, Westwood imbues it with an element of subversion in her break with prior conventions of draping and dressmaking.- 100 Dresses