Morning all,

A brief history of eyebrows:

Afsaneh Najmabadi points out that images of beauty in Iranian art weren’t based on gender difference in the 18th and 19th centuries. During that time, painters depicted beautiful men and women with joined black eyebrows, big green eyes, and generally similar features. The ideal image of beauty in these paintings was often shown to be a male youth (the amrad), who was depicted with a wispy mustache. Women accentuated their eyebrows and facial hair using mascara and other cosmetic products to more closely resemble the boyish image.

http://thehairpin.com/2014/10/our-eyebrows-our-selves

An interview about sculpture and space and permanence from Kara Walker. I got to see this sculpture/installation the last time I went to New York, it was astonishing. In the article, there's a much better pull quote than the one I used. See if you can find it!

"[T]he gist of the piece was that it wouldn't be rebuilt again, that it would never happen again. It was ephemeral. You build these monuments, but they're really castles in the sand. It's like sugar. It evaporates and goes away."

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/miranda/la-et-cam-kara-walker-on-her-sugar-sphinx-the-piece-she-saved-video-shes-making-20141013-column.html#page=1

OPEN QUESTION: Do you think that pocket squares for women are or could be a thing? This week I saw a guy from ASOS rocking a pocket square with a blazer and jeans, and really felt like I wanted in. I did a search for this just to be fully informed and the first hit is to a site called MAN REPELLER. Could go either way. Let me know what you think.

Alex.