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Posted on February 22, 2015 Leave a Comment
Gareth Pugh Fall Winter 2015 – photo credit style.com Fashion needs a little sorcery. Let’s get real for a minute. There hasn’t been anything exciting happening in fashion since John Galliano was dethroned from Dior and Alexander McQueen hanged himself in his closet. We’ve been in the fashion dark ages since 2011. All that changed […]
Posted on November 17, 2014 Leave a Comment
Chanel once said, “Fashion fades, style remains.” I think what she was getting at is the idea that what’s considered fashionable today will be out of fashion tomorrow, or the day after. Diana Vreeland said, “The eye needs to travel.” Both visionaries knew that a look or style can never be considered a “classic”. The […]
Posted on November 7, 2014 Leave a Comment
It goes without saying that black is back in a big way. All the runway shows were filled with lithe models gliding along draped in head to toe black. So, I wasn’t surprised to learn that Anna Wintour was mounting the first show in her newly named costume institute gallery appropriately titled Death Becomes Her […]
Posted on August 19, 2014 Leave a Comment
Vogue, September 1906. Illustration by Stuart Campbell. I’m knee deep in research for my new book, Compulsive Consumption. It explores the events leading to the demise of the Gilded Age, including the murder of Stanford White, the sinking of the sister ships Titanic and Lusitania, WWI, the implementation of income tax and the stock market […]
Posted on August 10, 2014 1 Comment
My long lost friend Hebert and I just connected on Facebook. Here’s his chapter from my book Stonewall to Obama. Don’t Leave Me This Way When I returned from Pentwater, it was obvious that the relationship with Charles was over. I couldn’t stay sober and live with a raging alcoholic. I needed to find a […]
Posted on August 7, 2014 Leave a Comment
The drive from Nanny and Poppy’s house in Claverack to Grandma and Grandpa’s house in Hudson was about 5 miles. The route is filled with some of Columbia County’s most historic homes. It passes by the Cedar Park cemetary where all the Giffords are buried. My favorite site though, was the Marilyn Monroe house, just […]
Posted on July 29, 2014 1 Comment
In the early part of the 20th century, the figure and face of Evelyn Nesbit was everywhere, appearing in mass circulation newspaper and magazine advertisements, on souvenir items and calendars, making her a cultural celebrity. Her career began in her early teens in Philadelphia and continued in New York, where she posed for a cadre […]
Posted on July 25, 2014 Leave a Comment
http://youtu.be/MqpaxL2G2Zw I didn’t fully understand Grandma’s fascination with Beethoven. Sure, it was a great story – the dude was deaf after all when he composed his greatest works. But, as a 5 year old, it’s hard to grasp the subtle nuances and complexities of life. It wasn’t until Stanley Kubrick’s Clockwork Orange came out that […]
Posted on July 17, 2014 Leave a Comment
My mom recently sent me the pic above. I’m the chubby one, second from the left in the tube socks. This photo got me thinking about how fashion cycles work. What was popular in 1973 is exactly what’s happening in fashion today. Look at the tube socks – hipsters in Williamsburg are doing this look […]
Posted on July 11, 2014 Leave a Comment
It’s the seemingly eternal question in the fashion world, how to make couture modern. The twice a year fashion event that’s couture brings together the fashion press, celebrities and anonymous wealthy women all hungering for the next exquisite piece of clothing that no one else on earth will possess. The world of couture seems at […]
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