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Navigatrix

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A stylish woman with a map who can help you find your way.

A woman who knows where she is going and how to get there.

A good woman to know and have in your life, especially if you are lost.

A woman who's map is not only geographical but also spiritual and esoteric, she may help you find your way geographically, spirtually and persoanlly.

A bossy navigator!

A cartographer and director not just in a geographical sense.
I am a proffessional navigatrix with my own home-made map.

It has taken me a lifetime of study and learning to become a navigatrix.

If you are lost then a navigatrix can help you find your way again.

The navigatrix took control and directed the group safely and smoothly to their destination.

The motley crew had been driving in circles and felt relieved when the saw a stylish navigatrix waiting at the busstop reading a map "Are you lost?" She said as they pulled over.
by Giada D. June 28, 2009
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pop-culture sponge

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A person who soaks-up popular culture like a sponge.

Absorbing trends and styles wherever you are then rinsing them out to keep only the things you really like.

Aesthetically aware and sensitive.
A cool-hunter is actually another name for a professional pop-culture sponge.

A pop-culture sponge, soaks up the styles and trends wherever he/she go.

When you pay attention to and absorb your surroundings from a cultural point of view you are literally a pop-culture sponge...just make sure you digest and wring out the things you dont need and dont want to keep.
by Giada D. June 28, 2009
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Collaboratrix

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A collaborator, catalyst, muse and dominatrix mixed into one.

Someone you ad or bring into the mix at an early stage of creative development when you feel something is missing but you just don't know what.

A confidante who will inspire you to get out of bed in the morning and start what you finished, or make something new and even better.

A modern-day artist's muse who actually gets some credit (rather then the tortured silent suffering uncredited muses of yesteryear.)
Coca-Cola employed a major ad agency to develop their new campaign but it wasnt until a collaboratrix was called into the office, that the team really got their pitch together.

A collaboratrix catalyses ideas in the people she agrees/decides to work with.

A collaboratrix's work involves brainstorming, goal setting, bringing out the best in people and being spontaneious.

The talented genius worked alone in his little studio painting everyday, once he met a collaboratrix his art was taken to a whole new level- global exhibitions, magazine spreads and a lot of buzz followed.

The collaboratirx is more goal focused andbossier then an old-fashioned muse.

To be a collaboratrix you have to be able to put your ego to one side and focus on win-win ideas and solutions.
by Giada D. June 28, 2009
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Artwear

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Art/Design & Style Collaborations you can wear.

Clothing and accessories customised by an artist.

Wearable art.

Artwear is totally unique and original as each item is hand-made.

White Vans are the perfect blank canvas for an artwear project.

Pale blue levis are the perfect blank canvas for an artwear project.

Your artwear is absolutely one-of-a-kind.
I will always look original in my artwear.

I saw this cool artwear video on youtube and now I'm looking for the store on ebay.

White Vans are the perfect blank canvas for an artwear project.

Pale blue levis are the perfect blank canvas for an artwear project.

Your artwear is absolutely fresh /one-of-a-kind.

Pimp my old clothes and turn them into Artwear.
by GIADA D. June 22, 2009
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Artwear

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Clothing and accessories customised by an artist.
Wearable art.
Artwear is totally unique as each item is hand-made.

White Vans are the perfect blank canvas for an artwear project.

Your artwear is absolutely one-of-a-kind.
by Giada D. June 21, 2009
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Electro-Kitsch

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A new genre of music combining electroclash with nostalgia and kitsch sounds.
Mainly experienced through live performances.
London's hottest underground club presents a night of Breaks, Beats and live Electro-Kitsch
by GIADA D. March 7, 2007
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kitsch

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Collectible, nostalgia inducing products, artworks or people.
At some point mass produced and at a later point rising in value and sentimentality.
Souvenires, paraphernalia and memorabilia.
written off as junk by the untrained eye. Appreciated as naive and beautiful by those wityh a discerning eye and a refined sense of aesthetic.
The artwork of Jeff Koons, David La Chappelee and Pierre et Gilles is so Kitsch!

Essentially anything collectible is Kitsch.

At first glance this may seem like a pile of junk, but it is actually a large collection of collectibles and kitsch which people will probably pay a lot of money for on ebay.
by GIADA D. March 7, 2007
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