Christa Weil, author of SECONDHAND CHIC and IT'S VINTAGE, DARLING! tells how to find, restore, and style the very best of classic past fashion--from haute couture to thrift store coups--in an utterly up-to-date way
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Lactotechnics
Lady Gaga, I applaud you, this is quite a feat of showmanship, not to mention mechanical engineering.
If one of those nozzles had packed up it could have gone so badly wrong.
I feel a certain professional duty to take this look and run down its vintage predecessors. In reverse order:
The Fembots in the Austin Powers films, whose bullet nighties were first inspired by . . .
Ursula Andress in The 10th Victim, who likewise shot straight from the tits . . .
And the mother of all spark-throwers, the Greek goddess Hera, who discharged no less than the Milky Way (with an assist from baby Hercules).
(painting by Tintoretto, The National Gallery, London)
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