Art · Observations · Pop Culture

Ulyana Sergeyenko's 1920s-style menswear line echoes Stepanova and Popova

Ulyana Sergeyenko has for the first time presented a full menswear line as well. The declared style of the 1920s is genuinely maintained, and one can make out allusions to the period in the work of Varvara Stepanova, Rodchenko and Lyubov Popova, grouped around the journal "LEF", when

Three models in white and black jackets and headpieces of flowers and beads against a red curtain.

NB! · Coming Up · Observations · Paris · Pop Culture

Ulyana Sergeenko Haute Couture Spring-Summer 2022 online show on the Fédération de la Haute Couture platform

It is very beautiful! The online presentation of the Ulyana Sergeenko Haute Couture Spring-Summer 2022 collection can be viewed on the website of the Fédération de la Haute Couture et de la Mode. I remind you that the House of Ulyana Sergeenko is the only Russian fashion house to

NB! · Observations · Mores · Humour

Byron's Venetian Apartment Makes One Reconsider the Standards of Airbnb Accommodation

Detail of a painting showing the torso of a nude man and white drapery, with the face only partly visible.

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Orestes in Bouguereau's painting, cropped to exclude the Furies pursuing him

I rather wanted to rescue Orestes, pursued by the Furies, from his importunate company. Really, without these charming ladies Bouguereau's painting is far better

Moscow · Museums · Observations · Pop Culture

At the Manege, on a very high level, runs the exhibition "Viktor Tsoi

At the Manege, on a very high level, runs the exhibition "Viktor Tsoi. The Hero's Path", with a beautiful audiovisual narrative about the life and work of the poet. The exhibition includes personal belongings, recordings, drawings and artefacts. Serious research has gone into it. I was

Archive · In the Press · Faith · Observations · Society

Epiphany bathing in Saratov in 1949 and the feuilleton in the newspaper “Pravda”

Legendary images of Epiphany bathing in the Stalin era were printed in the country's main newspaper. In 1949 the feast of the Epiphany in Saratov became the subject of a satirical feuilleton in Pravda; the mocking piece dwells on stories of those who fell ill with pneumonia after

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The only consolation is that Daenerys finally flew too close to the sun

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When Someone Turns Out to Be a Supporter of the Normanist Theory

Art · London · Museums · Observations

Once again, taking this reconstruction of the original appearance of the 2nd-century AD Tauroctony from the British Museum as my example, I am convinced that ancient sculptures, in any present-day state and in any artist's rendering, lose very badly when

Once again, taking this reconstruction of the original appearance of the 2nd-century AD Tauroctony from the British Museum as my example, I am convinced that ancient sculptures, in any present-day state and in any artist's rendering, lose very badly when painted, which is meant to restore

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When people want to visit me at home, but I am prepared to show only a corner of the desk

Almaty · Books · Observations · Society

It is with gladness of heart that I learn the bookshops came through the twilight of Almaty's vandalism untouched

It is with gladness of heart that I learn the bookshops came through the twilight of Almaty's vandalism untouched. At any rate, the shop in the photograph and Akademkniga on Furmanov Street suffered no harm in the course of the outrages committed by looters and loathsome rioters. Perhaps

Observations · Mores · Humour

The smoking cap in the 19th-century male wardrobe and its purpose

Velvet caps like these, with embroidery and rich decoration, were a common item of the male wardrobe in the nineteenth century. To the modern eye, admittedly, they look somewhat odd. But the headgear served no merely decorative purpose: this is the so-called smoking cap, worn in smoking rooms or