Entertainment
January 28, 2021

Digital Artist Merges Famous Faces to Create Confusing Celebrity Mashups

At first glance, these photos look like standard celebrity portraits, however, they might make you do a double-take. French digital artist Benji (aka @morphy_me) takes two famous faces and blends them together to create a brand new, totally made-up face. That’s right—none of these people actually exist! Benji doesn’t use the popular editing apps like FaceApp. Instead, he uses Photoshop to masterfully create his face fusions.

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Style
January 27, 2021

Young Woman Dresses Up Like a 19th-Century Edwardian Lady Every Single Day

Distinctive clothing and fashion styles can easily create the illusion of a different time and place. That is exactly what Ukraine-based dance teacher and fashionista Mila Povoroznyuk does every day with her extensive closet of 18th and 19th-century inspired attire. After falling in love with vintage clothing, particularly those from the Edwardian era, she began incorporating more and more pieces into her daily outfits—even making some of the garments herself.

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Embroidery
January 27, 2021

Artist Transforms Dried Leaves With Embroidery as a Way to Reconnect With Nature

Although leaves often go unnoticed by the average passersby, artist Hillary Waters Fayle has made them the focus of her latest embroidery project. Entitled Botanical Stitchwork, this ongoing series uses the organic materials that the artist collects on her walks as canvases for intricately stitched designs, which range from geometric patterns to stylized floral renderings. The stitching atop the leaves is an unlikely pairing but one ripe with metaphors.

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My Modern Met

Celebrating creativity and promoting a positive culture by spotlighting the best sides of humanity—from the lighthearted and fun to the thought-provoking and enlightening.