-Look Up, Look Down Challenge, Week 59
Every Thursday, I publish a post containing photo(s) taken from above or below, and invite you to join in the challenge by posting your own photos with an up or down perspective.
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Every now and then, Selfridges on London’s Oxford Street excels itself with a temporary exhibit above their magnificent doorway and the Queen of Time clock has to take a back seat for a little while.
The current exhibit is a massive naked torso of Californian designer Rick Owens.
The polystyrene sculpture was designed by the British sculptor Doug Jennings and stands 25 feet tall. Owens’ long hair hangs loose and blows in the wind and his right hand clutches a huge torch that actually burns.
The statue is part of “The World of Rick Owens”, a new collaboration between Rick Owens and Selfridges. He has designed an exclusive 20-piece collection for the collaboration: each item is labelled with an image of the torso statue on a Selfridges-yellow background.
Whether or not you want to buy a piece from the collection, do stop by if you can; it is quite a sight. I should have mentioned, though, it’s only his upper body that is modelled here, so there is no danger to your sensibilities!
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The Challenge
Click here to enter the challenge
Welcome to week 59 and a huge thank you as always to those who entered last week. It was another week of inspiring entries, and I have to send special thanks to Catherine for her gorgeous photos from Paris. You can see all of the entries from this and previous weeks on my Pinterest board if you have missed any.
All are welcome; do please share your up or down perspective with us. Simply create your own post as normal, create a link to this challenge and then click here to enter your link and to view other entries. If you have any difficulties with the linky, please just leave your link in a comment below and I will upload your thumbnail.
Finally, please don’t forget to go and visit the other challengers and pass on your views and encouragement.
To find out more about how to enter, click here. The linky list will open each Thursday at 00:01 GMT (or a bit before) and will be open for a week.
Travel with Intent 
What an amazing sculpture!
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I would definitely stop by to see the statue. Burkas are getting quite common here too.
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Hi Debbie, It’s so great to see the new sights of London through your lens. I really enjoy them. Thank you!
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Oops, sorry my link did not work out:( This is a serious looking sculpture. Do you know what the artist meant with it? Burka’s in London … I have to get used to the view…I can tell it’s too long that I’ve been there!
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I have to say I don’t know enough about the fashion designer to comment on teh sculpture of him, though he obviously likes it as it appears on his clothing! Burkas are everywhere in London now, not a trend I’m happy to see
On Thu, Oct 2, 2014 at 1:53 AM, Travel with Intent wrote:
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Link sorted by the way, though it was a battle for me too – don’t know why!
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wow that is amazing and impressive!
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