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The Wunderkammer of the Mild Colonial Boy, Esq., a Reactionary Tory Gentleman, who armed only with a Steampowered Babbage Engine and Pure Intentions, wanders the Time Streams and Aetheric Plane gathering an Eccentric Hodgepodge of Curiousities, Frivolities, Whimsicalities and Nonsense.

Q. Why is your Tumblelog called "My Ear-Trumpet Has Been Struck by Lightning"?

A. Because "My Grandmother's Ear-Trumpet Has Been Struck by Lightning" wouldn't fit in the available space.

books0977: Mona Johannesson (1986-), Retrato de una Dama (Portrait of a Lady). Vogue SP October 2006. Photographied by Juan Gatti (1950-). Johannesson, a Swedish model, was discovered at the age of 14 by an IMG Models scout while she was at a horse trials event in Gothenburg, Sweden. Gatti was born Buenos Aires. His mother was a haute-couture fashion designer and as a child, he spent hours under the drawing table reading fashion magazines. In his 20s, he got arrested for a political protest. During the six months he spent in a maximum security prison, Gatti started drawing.

books0977:

Mona Johannesson (1986-), Retrato de una Dama (Portrait of a Lady). Vogue SP October 2006. Photographied by Juan Gatti (1950-).

Johannesson, a Swedish model, was discovered at the age of 14 by an IMG Models scout while she was at a horse trials event in Gothenburg, Sweden.

Gatti was born Buenos Aires. His mother was a haute-couture fashion designer and as a child, he spent hours under the drawing table reading fashion magazines. In his 20s, he got arrested for a political protest. During the six months he spent in a maximum security prison, Gatti started drawing.

afterthenight: Sasha Pivovarova in W US October 2006 by Michael Thompson

afterthenight:

Sasha Pivovarova in W US October 2006 by Michael Thompson

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somethingvain: christian dior haute couture s/s 2006, robert fairer for vogue us july 2006 

somethingvain:

christian dior haute couture s/s 2006, robert fairer for vogue us july 2006 

visuallyoverwhelming: Oooh, the days when Dolce & Gabbana actually had some of the best ad campaigns 2006

visuallyoverwhelming:

Oooh, the days when Dolce & Gabbana actually had some of the best ad campaigns

2006

nobilior: D&G’s iconic ad campaign: fashion inspired by tradition In 2006 Dolce & Gabbana made headlines with their winter advert. A Greco-Roman style set, models wearing 18th century Dangerous Liaisons-style clothes and hair, guns, knives and a little nudity.

nobilior:

D&G’s iconic ad campaign: fashion inspired by tradition

In 2006 Dolce & Gabbana made headlines with their winter advert. A Greco-Roman style set, models wearing 18th century Dangerous Liaisons-style clothes and hair, guns, knives and a little nudity.

Jessica Stam and Caroline Trentini by Peter Lindbergh for Harper’s Bazaar, October 2006

Jessica Stam and Caroline Trentini by Peter Lindbergh for Harper’s Bazaar, October 2006

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littlebunnysunshine: smoking is bad for you but this photo is hot Lindsay Lohan by Ellen Von Unwerth, 2006

littlebunnysunshine:

smoking is bad for you but this photo is hot

Lindsay Lohan by Ellen Von Unwerth, 2006