In Praise of Broken Surfaces

1. Heidi Klum's insurers value her left leg at £100,000 less than her right because of a scar on the former. What rubbish.

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"Still farther along the shelf, Orvil discovered a little scent-bottle painted with very brilliant, very fantastic insects, and a mended saucer of that Chinese ware which was made to the order of English families. The saucer was charmingly painted with a gold diaper border and pomegranates. The delightful, incongruous English coat of arms was arranged in the middle, and a dead-looking black mantling and touches of red rococo foliage around it.

Orvil immediately wanted the saucer. He was pleased it was broken, for otherwise it would have been too expensive for him. He wanted the scent-bottle too, because of the bright insects."

-Denton Welch, In Youth Is Pleasure

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Andres Gutierrez ( top photos by Samuel Zakuto; below by Sean Watters)

Nikita (both photos uncredited-- thus by Dave Fothergill?)
(model source: redmodelsnyc.blogspot.com)