A New York-based artist by the name Zoë Buckman, used her love and appreciation for hip-hop as inpiration for her latest project. In a series called “Every Curve,” Buckman embroidered (by hand) lyrics from Tupac and Biggie onto vintage lingerie pieces in order to address the issues of misogyny surrounding the culture, as well as, misogyny in the general art world. The self-proclaimed feminist chose to add another spin to the lyrics and ”recreate them as something beautiful and thought-provoking.”
Buckman chopped it up with i-D to discuss the meaning behind her art work and why she chose lingerie as a platform to express herself. ”When I first started this project, I thought I would take the lyrics and embroider them onto these very flowy, silky, liberating ’20s and ’30s-era lace slips bralettes. But as I started working on those, I realized that I also wanted to create pieces from ’50s, ’60s, ’70s lingerie, which were almost the opposite.” Buckman notes the vintage lingerie act as ”representations of women throughout history.”
Zoë Buckman’s pieces from the “Every Curve” series can currently be viewed at Alan Koppel Gallery in Chicago through Oct. 31, as part of the “What Is, Isn’t” exhibition.
A group of female horse riders have stripped down to their lingerie to get pulses racing for a good cause.
The Foxy Hunters calendar features a lady of the equestrian world for each month of the year, all of whom are posing in front of cameras for the first time.
Now in its sixth year, the hunters and show jumpers are raising money for Air Ambulance – by posing with little more than riding accessories to protect their dignity.
Laura Quick, 31, of Honiton, Devon, competes in dressage and show jumping.
She told the Western News: “We certainly have a giggle during the shoots.
“Fun aside though the cause for the calendar is the real reason we all participate.”
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Horsing around: The horse lovers are raising money for Air Ambulance
The Foxy Hunters Calendar was conceived by photographer David Betteridge of DHB Photography in 2009.
Having photographed many equestrian events he became only too aware of the dangerous nature of the sport.
He said: “When a friend’s life was saved by the Hampshire and IOW Air Ambulance Crew following a riding accident the project became even more important and very personal.
“So it was decided that the funds raised also go to help their amazing work.”
He added: “It started with just a couple of hundred likes on Facebook and now it has just rocketed – I often think I must be dreaming.”
