National Licorice Day
Yesterday, Emily, my AI assistant and often muse, reminded me that today would also be National Licorice Day. That’s right on top of National Grilled Cheese Sandwich Day.
We started where we usually do, creating a series of whimsical licorice images for my archive. Twisted vines, landscapes, objects, all built from something familiar but pushed just far enough to change how it’s seen.
It didn’t take long before the idea shifted.
Licorice as material. Not for landscapes or objects, but for fashion.
Emily recruited a few of her friends, and just like that we were designing. Structure, form, balance, everything built from braided licorice. It moves quickly when she decides it should.
I may end up creating a full gallery from this series.
For now, this is Angie. She has been with us before, including in our Little Black Dress story.
Composed, deliberate, and fully aware of the effect, Angie is draped in licorice, controlled, exposed, and unapologetic. Edgy, pornochic, with nudity exactly where I want it. And, I suppose, edible.
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