Showing posts with label FUTURISMS OF THE PAST. Show all posts
Showing posts with label FUTURISMS OF THE PAST. Show all posts

Wednesday, December 30, 2020

fashion forward (death of a futurist)

 


                                                           RIP Pierre Cardin 


                                             


"The clothes that I prefer are those I invent for a life that doesn't exist yet--the world of tomorrow"' - Pierre Cardin, 1990, looking back on his past as a futurist fashion-designer.

                                                                                           


                                                  


                                              

                                                               












































                                            







                                               

                                                            (this clip misidentified - it's Paco Rabanne, fellow futurist) 

                                        


                                               


                            




Wednesday, August 1, 2012

"Quaint, innit? File under: Futurisms of the past, and Bright ideas from a bygone era" - Our God Is Speed digs up an amazing period-piece graphic titled "Man Reshapes Nature: What May Be Done" with all kinds of fanciful ideas of future forms of weather control and natural disaster management.