Rare Faberge egg to be sold in London. A newly discovered Faberge egg made for a top banking dynasty is expected to fetch up to nine million pounds (13 million euros, 18 million dollars) when it is sold in London next month, auction house Christie's said Thursday. The egg was made for the Rothschild family in 1902 by Peter Carl Faberge and contains a diamond-encrusted cockerel which pops out every hour to flap its wings and nod its head while opening and shutting its beak and crowing. [I love Faberge eggs! They are the prettiest things on the planet! I love the history behind them, especially the ones created by Peter Carl Faberge for the Romanov tsars.]
The egg was made for the Rothschild family in 1902 by Peter Carl Faberge. One of only three known examples featuring a clock and a mechanical figure.
Iraq War Memorial: Death of Prince Harry. Edwards has explained the logic behind his work, saying, "Prince Harry's spirit must have died the day they told him he couldn't serve [in Iraq]." His curious memorial depicts the fallen prince, lying in state, his ears severed [Remember when the insurgents threatened to cut off his ears and send it to the Queen?], with a desert vulture perched on his boot. The ears, Edwards says, will be bronzed separately and then sold on eBay. [I'm not sure if this is exactly "fabulous", but the story behind the sculpture- Prince Harry being barred from serving his country at a time of war, and his bitterness over it - makes it seem so brilliant. Portraying Prince Harry as a dead soldier with his ears cut off is pretty tasteless, if you think about it, but the art world is a crazy, crazy place.]
The image above is of a clay mold of the work—prior to unveiling the finished piece, the artist will remove the ears.
The Ugly
Paris Hilton wigs out in Toronto! Here she is with her new look: Armed with a black wig and a baseball cap, Paris Hilton goes rock-chic. Now as much as I love her outfit, I don't believe she looks good in it. I mean, I just don't think the punk-princess image suits her because, well, it's not skanky enough. Paris Hilton pretty much outskanks everyone and that's what she's good at. I say bring the porno-Barbie look back! Otherwise, I and six billion other people will have no one to make fun of, and that will make life very mundane.
Fashion Gladiators: Naomi Campbell & Ashley Olsen step out in... uh, style? I don't know what is going on here, sometimes I wonder if their stylists screw them over for fun. I expect this sort of thing from Ashley Olsen- the girl isn't exactly a catwalk icon, at least, not yet -but Naomi?? I can forgive her for her past misadventures with her cellphone (playing whack-a-mole with personal assistants is every Ice Queen's treasured pastime!), but I can never forgive her for this:
I still love you, Queen Naomi! As for Ashley, well... meh.
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