Past, Present, Future: Edition 1
3 things that I (Shy) am enjoying or looking forward to enjoying. Featuring Elsa Peretti, Bird Watching and Cannes!
Welcome to Past, Present, Future, a new series from both Jas and I where we share things we’re liking, enjoying and digging from…..yes…you guessed it, the past, the present and the future. This one is mine, go check out Jas’s too! I can confirm it’s slightly funnier.
PAST: Elsa Peretti’s Halston Legacy
As a queer person who loves art, design and cultural history, I’m drawn to anything in the Studio 54, Warhol, Bianca Jagger stratosphere. So, naturally, I’m drawn to the work of Elsa Peretti.
There’s a lot to learn from Peretti’s world. It’s a great lesson in form and function meeting on equal footing, rather than one being sacrificed for the other. Functional things don’t always need to feel utilitarian.
She approached everyday objects through a fashion lens: accessories, jewellery, fragrance bottles and packaging that people want to wear, display and keep as heirlooms. Her work was sculptural, sensual and futuristic, yet somehow remains completely timeless.
Before she was a designer, she was a model. You probably know this image even if you don’t know her name , she was the Bunny Girl in Helmut Newton’s famous photograph.
Her iconic work at Halston eventually led Tiffany & Co. to hire her as their lead jewellery designer, where she went on to create some of the most recognisable pieces in the brand’s history.
WHAT AN ICON.
PRESENT: Bird Watching Clubs.
They have been circling in my peripherals recently. Bird-watching clubs keep popping up in conversations and online communities. One that particularly has my attention and that I’ll be attending in the future is McGolrick Bird Club.
To quote Usal Project’s events page, the club was started by Michael Lombardo, a former YouTube product manager whose “disillusionment with the online world inspired him to try noticing birds.”
I like that.
Birds are so weird. AI could never hallucinate this wildly. Somehow evolution arrived at puffins, humming birds, how freaky! Forever in awe of nature.
Anyway, MBC also makes the sickest merch.
FUTURE: Cannes Lions
Not much to say but I cannot wait to be in the sun sipping some Rosé and hanging with creatives. If you’re headed there hit us up, let’s grab a drink…. or a toxic amazon slushy.