Snakeskin: steal and be famous

Snakeskin is always en vogue. All in all, it's nicer to have a black mamba on your foor that in your foot (or its teeth to be precise). On the other hand, snakes appear to be more and more extinct and their catchers from the Third World more and more rebellious. They don't agree to catch these poisonous animals for a cup of rice anymore. Since the western luxurious goods market is still recovering from the heavy shake after the global crisis, the number of designers who can afford making head-to-toe snakeskin looks is gradually decreasing. Good news to PETA, bad news to fashion victims.


But, c'mon, this is a creative buisiness, no? And we live in copy-paste era. So evviva printmaking!


But making a good snakeskin print is not a piece of cake.

Not even for Christian Louboutin's team:

If I were a print designer, I'd resort to copying Johann Jacob Scheuchzer's pictures from "Physica Sacra" (click on the title to see the whole album). He's not a musician and I'm not The Pirate Bay. Moreover, he's already dead. So there's nothing to loose but good taste.

I bet his lawyers wouldn't sue me, fashion journalist would brief with relief and Anna dello Russo would become my fan. Steal and be famous!