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Lugging his bag of money to the land of forgotten idols
Lugging his bag of money to the land of forgotten idols. Soon the Labubu will be there too
NB! · Observations · Paris · Pop Culture · Humour
The Matiere fecales brand, its unusual aesthetic and Rick Owens's wife in the front row
A fashion I do not understand. The brand Matiere fecales distinguished itself last season too, with its peculiar aesthetic and the delighted wife of Rick Owens in the front row. As for the name, put it through a translator yourselves; my hand refuses to translate it here.
NB! · Art · Museums · Humour
A Happy Coincidence
A happy coincidence. A project by the French photographer Stéphane Dréchan about people in museums and their looks that match works of art
NB! · Observations · Pop Culture · Humour
The new Versace collection is really not bad at all; I would happily try on some of the looks
The new Versace collection is really not bad at all; I would happily try on some of the looks. But the women's handbags… Gentlemen, it is high time we put an end to this fashion; we have played long enough, and that will do
Art · Museums · Humour
Eighteenth-century Venetian marionettes from the collection of Marchesa Luisa Casati
They Rather Overdid It with This Fellow. Eighteenth-century Venetian marionettes from the collection of the Marchesa Luisa Casati
NB! · Moscow · Observations · Paris · Humour
The Paris Métro Weeps Bitter Tears When It Thinks of the Moscow Metro
NB! · Architecture · Mores · Society · Humour
Treatment by Palace: The Chief Achievement of Soviet Medicine
NB! · Humour
Mikhalych, might you put your trousers on now, at least?
NB! · Observations · Mores · Humour
One should not, of course, compare the ballrooms of 1725 and 1925 with those of 2025; it will be better for everyone
Books · Monarchies · Rome · Humour
Livia Drusilla's speech to rebels at the imperial palace in Robert Graves's version
What do you want? A republic? The republic was a fraud. Do you want civil wars again? Do you want famine in the streets once more? Do you want the barbarians to come knocking at your doors? You bawl yourselves hoarse in vain. Go home! Rabble! And you call yourselves
Books · Society · Humour
Nikolay Agnivtsev in 1925 on a primus stove that envied the Ford, and Kalinin's reply
The Primus stove is very Troubled, Ailing with something, Dissatisfied, Though he – a Primus – is first-rate. – Ah, in my grief I'll fling myself into the stove, Dash, Fling, Topple over… Why am I only a Primus, And not a "Ford". Literal translation In the end