What a Merry-Go-Round is the eighteenth collection by British fashion designerAlexander McQueen, made for the Autumn/Winter 2001 season of his fashion houseeponymous fashion house. The collection drew on imagery of clowns and carnivals, inspired by McQueen's feelings about childhood and his experiences in the fashion industry. The designs were influenced bymilitary chic, cinema such asNosferatu (1922) andCabaret (1972), 1920sflapper fashion and theFrench Revolution. The palette comprised dark colours complemented with neutrals and muted greens. The collection'srunway show was staged in February 2001 in a dark room with acarousel at the centre, with 62 looks(one pictured) presented. It was McQueen's final show in London. Critical response to the collection was generally positive, and it has attracted some academic analysis for the theme and messaging. It served as a critique of the fashion industry, which McQueen sometimes described as toxic and suffocating. (Full article...)
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There are 156 parliamentary constituencies in Zambia that each elect one member to theNational Assembly(building pictured), the country'sunicameral legislature. The assembly meets in the Zambian capital,Lusaka, and is presided over by thespeaker of the National Assembly and two deputy speakers. The National Assembly was established upon Zambia's independence in 1964 to succeed the Legislative Council of the British protectorate ofNorthern Rhodesia. Since 2016, it has 167 members, of which 156 are elected byfirst-past-the-post voting in single-memberconstituencies, a further eight are appointed by thepresident of Zambia, and three areex officio members. TheConstitution of Zambia mandates that the constituencies aredelimited after every census by theElectoral Commission of Zambia. (Full list...)
_Caldas.jpg) | Thebuff-tailed coronet (Boissonneaua flavescens) is a species ofhummingbird in the "brilliants", members of the tribeHeliantheini in the subfamilyLesbiinae. Found in Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela, the buff-tailed coronet is 11 to 12 centimetres (4.3 to 4.7 inches) long and weighs 7.3 to 8.8 grams (0.26 to 0.31 ounces). Both sexes have a short, straight, black bill and a small white spot behind the eye. Males of the nominate subspecies,B. f. flavescens, are mostly shining green, with a buff belly spotted with green. The buff-tailed coronet is highly territorial, though it may share feeding at a flowering tree with other hummingbirds. It typically forages in the mid-story but also feeds in the canopy. Breeding behavior has been recorded between November and March, and it has a song consisting of "a continuous series of single high-pitched 'tsit' notes". This buff-tailed coronet of the subspeciesB. f. flavescens was photographed in the Reserva Ecologica Rio Blanco, nearManizales, Colombia. Photograph credit:Charles J. Sharp Recently featured: |
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