One resounding idea around couture-level fashion is that it’s only for the rich and only worn on the runway. These styles exude an extremity far beyond the simplicities of what many consider comfortably familiar. The term haute couture, however, adds layers of complexity to the designer as well as their creations. The sheer essence of haute couture is to emote expression in the form of a garment. 

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Life is about as colorful, eccentric, and exciting as a person makes it. Beauty is created in the minds of those imaginative enough to create something remarkable out of the everyday moments that are often neglected. 

Choosing to look past the dullness of moments and instead framing simplicity with an electric shock of color and radiance is a talent very few have, however it is a talent that London-based artist Joanna Pilarchzyk perfected to a T.  

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Blue beams of light droned over the pitch black stage. Silhouettes assumed their positions on the platform: I could make out a guitar, a rack full of synthesizers and keyboards, and a figure with a microphone in hand. 

I was in the middle of a screaming crowd with a Nikon Coolpix DSLR camera anxiously waiting for the band to show themselves. Lights flashed and there they were–the indie-pop trio from Los Angeles,  MUNA. With not a second delay, they began with their first set. 

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