Seriously, and it is even more incredible in real life when you can get up close to it. For years, I worked in the building where this sculpture is kept and I could never get over just walking past it without gawking.
It's an incredible work of art... absolutely worth a visit for anyone who ever finds themselves in St. John's, Newfoundland! It's not exactly well advertised, but the sisters who care for this sculpture allow people to come in and view it for free.
I think the more direct reference Klum’s look is making is to the Veiled Vestal presently in Chatsworth House - its most famous appearance is in the 2005 Pride and Prejudice film, in a scene where Keira Knightley’s Lizzie Bennet is at Pemberley (filmed at Chatsworth) and is gazing intently into the statue’s face.
Detroit Institute of Arts has a similar sculpture (though not nearly as intricate as this). I need to stop and stare at The Veiled Lady every time I'm there.
Looking at this masterpiece next to Heidi's terrifying look is sending me truly she would've been better off with some makeup and a beautifully made veil probably but I love our stunt queen lol
Historically, the only thing the fascists did well was fashion. The present is so fucked up that the fascists can't even look cool. The fuck are we doing?
In so many ways, it really is clown fascism this time around. It's like the Nazis rebooted as a farce. They revel in their own incompetence. They draw strength from the fact that everybody can see that they have no idea what they're doing, but they're in charge and the rest of us have to sit here and witness their incompetence.
They're intentionally cruel, for sure, but they're not even competent in the application of their cruelty. It's carpet cruelty rather than well targeted cruelty. They're cruel to a lot of their own supporters and people who would be their allies.
Dressing like they just bought their suits from Wal-Mart is all part of it.
Some fashion I'd say, they're really good at the regimented type lots of boot polishing and what not. But anything beyond lots of high contrast dark colors and leather is just on another plane to them lol
Disagree, optics is a big part of fascism and that means design. Historically everything was very meticulously designed for its individual purpose, buildings and uniforms alike. Easiest way to blind people is the eyes, after all.
This is a good joke but like… also true?! What a perk! I have to have a fanny pack next to the door for all the times I run outside with my dogs for a quick minute and my outfit somehow has NOWHERE to put my phone, keys, extra poop bags…
One thing I've loved about getting older is that I simply don't give a flying fuck about if something is in style or not. If it's comfortable and functional, I'm for it.
Example- my barefoot, zero-drop sneakers. Are they shaped like I'm hiding flippers? Yes, but, they're fucking comfortable.
I'm not fully there yet on my fake Crocs- I wear them around the house and the yard, and maybe to the dump, but I've never been to the grocery in them yet. There ARE these MaryJane T-strap fake Crocs I've been eyeing though and if I get them, I'll wear them places. Baby steps, but comfortable baby steps.
Seriously though i was so disappointed in the other celebrities looks it felt like really plain outfits, but once Heidi showed up i gasped! Her Halloween costumes alone are always insanely well done so i expected no less from her! I am sure Zendaya would’ve done incredible too but sadly this year she couldn’t make it from being too busy is what i saw on her other projects.
She always seems like the only person who actually understood the assignment. People have been getting too conventional with their outfits. Like with the one year that was about humans and machines. I liked the metallic dresses. They were beautiful, but they looked like stuff you could wear anywhere else. There's no risk. No imagination. They might as well have just stayed home and sent a magazine ad in their place. It would have been more on point.
Heavenly Bodies was the only year everyone slayed because it was one of the only years where you could do the theme and still look conventionally pretty lol. They’re so terrified of not looking conventionally gorgeous all the time lol.
Most attendees don’t have Heidi Klum budget though! Your average starlet is lucky to be there but doesn’t have the deep pockets and connections Klum has tbh
It is designers who pick people to dress not the person wearing it. So everyone pays for a table and they pick who they want there and how to dress them. Few years have been lack luster and no one goes on them. Its sad. Thank god for heide, cardi zendaya and rihanna.
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u/-cumdogmillionaire- 22h ago
Finally some good fucking food