The Yarchen Monastery in China

Deep in the mountains of northwestern Sichuan in China, on the Tibetan plateau, there exists a town in an isolated, beautiful and clean valley that is actually an entire monastery itself – the Yarchen Monastery.

Trendy and Funky Animal Illustrations

The Californian shop Animal Crew offers to its clients quite unexpected illustrations of animals. These beasts are highlighted like humans in original clothes. Here, an hippopotamus with a suit, smoking his pipe.

Dargavs: The City of The Dead

Located on the edge of the village of Dargavs, in the republic of North Ossetia–Alania, in Russia, is an ancient cemetery or necropolis. It is often called “city of the dead”, although the name is not unique to Dargavs, since the word “necropolis” itself literally means “city of the dead” in Ancient Greek.

BioLogic, A Shape-Changing Fabric That Vents When You Sweat

Teams from MIT Media Lab and the Royal College of Art have used bacteria to design a “bio-skin” fabric that peels back in reaction to sweat and humidity

Clothes created from the BioLogic fabric have vents that open in response to sweat

Innovator: Hiroshi Ishii
Age: 60
Title: Professor and associate director of MIT Media Lab, an interdisciplinary research group

The Yetis of Nepal

The Aghoris as they are Called are Marked by Colorful Body Paint and Clothes

The Whole Story

The label doesn’t tell the whole story.

Have you ever thought about the real backround of the clothes you buy? The clothes you wear every day? Even the clothes you shamelessly clutter in your closet?

It’s time for change. Buying fairtrade ensures workers are being compensated fairly and not exposed to unsafe working conditions. Once, not that long ago – Muse has reminded us what it looks like to be behind the scenes of the shopping society with the start of their “MK Ultra” video. This article is reminding us too.
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Painting Hindu Light Lamps

An Indian potter paints earthen lamps ahead of Diwali, or the Hindu festival of lights, in Amritsar, India. Hindus light lamps, wear new clothes, exchange sweets and gifts and pray to goddess Lakshmi during the festival

Arrested For Indecency In 1907

Annette Kellerman promotes women’s right to wear a fitted one-piece bathing suit, 1907. She was arrested for indecency