This cool pixel-based study of the history of the camera is a real visual treat. Using the snappy pixel visuals of Billy Brown, Brazilian producer Antonio Vicentini created a short animation that tracks various iconic cameras. The minute-long 16-bit animation looks at everything from 80s disposables and DSLRs to point-and-shoots and Polaroids.
the camera collection from antonio vicentini on Vimeo.
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This weekend saw the opening of a brand new exhibition at Dover Street Market London celebrating the 10th anniversary of Japanese brand, visvim. Entitled “Study and Practice”, the retrospective juxtaposes prototypical vintage menswear pieces from designer Hiroki Nakamura's extensive personal collection with those from visvim’s own line. We personally spoke with Nakamura, who took us through his vintage kimono archive and explained his passion for denim.
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Aaron Draplin, the man behind Field Notes has just released a new book collection inspired by his archive of rescued vintage U.S farmer memo books.
Collecting and rescuing things from obscurity, Draplin has a well-trained eye for graphic heritage. These beautiful vintage agricultural memo books have been carefully scanned to create an online archive for designers and heritage fanatics to trawl
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Stylesight's editors are most certainly some of the biggest bibliophiles around, and most of us especially love spending time curled over a special magazine on lazy afternoons. While the more niche, the better, it's vintage titles that we re-visit time and time again for research and inspiration.
So, imagine our surprise when we stumbled upon VFILES + Gallagher's on Mercer Street
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Earlier this week we were invited by Richard and Cosmo Wise of De Rien to visit their studio space over in Hackney Wick and find out more about the brand.
London rag couturiers, Richard and Cosmo Wise's vintage inspired label, De Rien is a product of the present with lessons from the past. Inspired by period workwear — mainly French from the 1880s through
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Selection of plates from The Printed Square
The beautiful images featured in new Thames & Hudson publication The Printed Square are not only beautiful examples of print design, but further fuel our interest in scarf prints for all areas of Womenswear.
This new release focusses on vintage handkerchief is a visual feast that features over 200 beautifully designed handkerchiefs that have been
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We loved this recent post on Archival Clothing featuring presidential and patriotic handkerchiefs, dating back as far as the 1880s. This sent us off on a tangent exploring our favorite bandanas from the workwear era through to some current revamps. The Bandana is a symbol of worker, cowboy, farmer, and rebel culture and was a popular promotional and advertising gimmick during the late 19th and
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The tastemaker behind one of our favorite vintage lingerie shops, Cora Pearl Underpinnings, has channeled her love for intimates and illustration into a series of prints that are as très chic as they are cheeky. Krim portrays doll-like exhibitionists in various states of undress, clad only in high-waisted briefs, balconettes, stockings and waspies awash in coquettish pastels. A few furry
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The Stylesight Graphics team is on their second leg of a West Coast U.S. trip and have traveled on to Las Vegas for the Magic trade show. On our first day here we’ve already visited the Capsule show, a smaller more directional offshoot of Magic. Keep your eye out for our detailed Vegas trade show reports that will be live
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We spent the weekend in sunny Los Angeles, hitting up some key retail and visiting the famed Rose Bowl. But most importantly, we attended the niche but massively inspiring and aptly titled 'Inspiration' by renowned vintage author, Rin Tanaka.
This low-profile but exclusive vintage event- held on the Queen Mary boat in Long Beach - attracts dealers, collectors and enthusiasts from
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