It’s Only a Game

It’s Only a Game. Photo: firstVIEW.

Ball gown

Ball Dress (by Olivier Theyskens for Nina Ricci), New York, 2007. Photo: Irving Penn.

Amazing resemblances

Garry Kimovich Kasparov (@Kasparov63)

Maye Musk
Photo: Mike Ruiz

The Swimming Pool

Visitors crowd the “Sea of Death” tourist resort in 遂宁 (Sùiníng) as high temperatures hit China. Photo: ChinaFotoPress/Getty Images.

Jumping the Broom

Hostesses jump on 天安门广场 (Tiān’ānmén Square) near the Great Hall of the People (人民大会堂) in 北京 (Běijīng). Photo: Fred Dufour/AFP.

Jumping the shark

Hostesses jump on 天安门广场 (Tiān’ānmén Square) during the opening session of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (中国人民政治协商会议). Photo: (Fred Dufour/AFP).

哈尔滨国际冰雪节

Visitors walk in an ice maze at the China Ice and Snow World on January 4, 2015 on the eve of the opening ceremony of the 16th Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival in 哈尔滨 (Hā’ĕrbīn), northeast China’s 黑龙江省 (Hēilóngjiāng) province. Photo: AFP/Fred Dufour.

脸基尼 (Facekini)

A woman wearing a “facekini” to protect her face at the beach in 青岛 (Qīngdǎo), China. Photograph: Fred Dufour/AFP/Getty Images.

Elegance in an age of crisis

• Nicola Perilli, Barbie, basta tacchi: dopo 25 anni sandali e ballerine al posto dello stiletto, la Repubblica.it, 5 giugno 2015

Lviv Pavilion

Vyshyvanka from Lviv
Photo: modoslav

A model wears an embroidered dress and a coat that resemble Ukrainian vyshyvanka and żupan at Valentino haute couture show on January 28, 2015 in Paris. Photo: KyivPost.

着装守则

马多·弗林的主意
(Da un’idea di Mado Flynn)

Wedding Mistery Tour

Barbie Vintage Collection
Wedding dress and bouquet: Mado Flynn

Carré

Louise Brooks

Josephine Baker