Rathaus Fashion On Bloglovin

So with all the changes here on The Rathaus, we had to update the input to our fashion feed on Bloglovin. To follow The Rathaus Fashion on Bloglovin click on the link below.

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And for all you fashion blog followers out there who haven’t had a chance to check out Bloglovin (don’t be turned off by the name), I highly recommend it as a way to manage the websites you visit daily, weekly, etc. Seriously, it has changed my interneting life.

Watch: Angry Panda

Ok, you obviously don’t have to buy whatever it is they’re trying to sell here (yes, I know, it’s cheese). But this is funny. Watch it. See more Angry Panda here.

Artist Shout Out: Lee Piechocki

Still Life With Napoleon Crossing the Alps and Packing Blankets

I’ve been meaning to write about the work of Kansas City based artist Lee Piechocki since exposed to it nearly a year ago at Wonder Fair‘s group show I Think We Are Making Progress. Initially I held off posting Piechocki’s bold Pop-Art infused, slightly Neo-Expressionistic landscapes and still lifes because quite frankly not many people were reading The Rathaus at the time. To make sure I remembered I added Piechocki to my “to be blogged about in the future” list which I promptly lost shortly thereafter causing me to forget. Then recently while perusing the new issue of New American Paintings Magazine – Midwest Edition I came across Piechocki’s work, and all my best laid plans came rushing back. Congratulations to Piechocki for making the magazine. The artist statement below is taken directly from the issue.

I read, talk and write about art as much as I make it. I also voraciously consume images, for better or worse, almost exclusively through media interfaces, be they books, magazines or the internet. At times I let the imagery wash over me, soaking into the fabric of my subconscious. At other times I very consciously and systematically investigate it, loving nothing more than to find trends, connections and tendencies. My work is a pastiche, a culling out of what I find provocative, compelling, suspicious, or seductive within the texts and the images I see.

Lately I have been interested in, among other things, emergent phenomena, the way complex systems and patterns arise out of a multiplicity of relatively simple interactions, 17th Century Dutch still life painting, Nicolas Bourriaud’s concept of Relational Aesthetics, magical thinking and witches.

It’s All Over Now – Summer Solstice

Still Life With Cat

It’s All Over Now – Vampire Picnic

See more of Piechocki’s work here

Style Photo File: Vogue Archive Collection Portraits

Ali MacGraw by Bert Stern
Fiber-based exhibition paper with UltraChrome inks
12″ x 14.5″ image on 16″ x 20″ paper, 1969

Via Juxtapoz

National purveyor of American fashion culture Anna Wintour, editor-in-chief of Vogue US, has dug into the magazine’s archives and chosen, along with her team, five limited-edition Vogue Archive Collection prints for sale.

The iconic portraits, four of which shot in timeless black-and-white, include once Vogue fashion editor and socialite Babe Paley, as well as fellow debutant CZ Guest, style goddess Grace Kelly, Vogue alum and actress Ali MacGraw, and the ever sought-after Jacqueline Bouvier, who so richly embodied an Americana style empire.

The classic prints were shot between 1946 and 1969 by legendary photographers Richard Rutledge, Bert Stern, Jean Howard, Horst P Horst, and Cecil Beaton, and come accompanied by a signed letter of authentication from Wintour herself. With a run of 30 prints each, this collection resembles a true investment in fashion history.

Prints are on sale exclusively at Net-A-Porter. And although I’d feel safe to guess no readers are going to dip into their pockets for this purchase, I find simply viewing the images online to be beautiful and inspiring.

Grace Kelly by Jean Howard
Fiber-based exhibition paper printed with UltraChrome inks
12″ x 14.5″ image on 16″ x 20″ paper,1954

New York society figure CZ Guest by Cecil Beaton
Fiber-based exhibition paper with UltraChrome inks
12″ x 14.5″ image on 16″ x 20″ paper, 1953

Jacqueline Bouvier by Richard
Fiber-based exhibition paper with UltraChrome inks
12″ x 14.5″ image on 16″ x 20″ paper, 1951

Former Vogue editor Babe Paley by Horst P Horst
Fiber-based exhibition paper printed with UltraChrome inks
12″ x 14.5″ image on 16″ x 20″ paper, 1946

Photo Flash: Mechanically Separated Chicken

Via Vegansaurus / Early Onset of Night

Say hello to mechanically separated chicken. It’s what all fast-food chicken is made from—things like chicken nuggets and patties. Also, the processed frozen chicken in the stores is made from it.

Basically, the entire chicken is smashed and pressed through a sieve—bones, eyes, guts, and all. it comes out looking like this.

There’s more: because it’s crawling with bacteria, it will be washed with ammonia, soaked in it, actually. Then, because it tastes gross, it will be reflavored artificially. Then, because it is weirdly pink, it will be dyed with artificial color.

High five, America!