Category Archive: Fashion
Flap on, Flappers
I could spend days just dreaming about the 1920s and its glamorous women. Anyone with similar proclivities might like this book review I wrote last week for the New York Times on two new flapper-centric books. Check out the link,…
“All the Time in the World”—It’s Out There
The new book— All the Time in the World— is launched! A big thanks to Booklist for a starred review, this site one which deemed the book a “lovely and lovingly researched literary gem” as well as “scholarly and highly…
Frida’s Chic
I should start a separate category for all the museum shows I wished I could have seen but didn’t. Here’s another: Frida Kahlo’s wardrobe at the Museo Frida Kahlo in Mexico. Of course, every fashion lover knows that Frida Kahlo…
A Brilliant but Confused Impression of Bright Plumage
Today, just a little pictorial ode to Jules Léotard (1830-1870) who, after performing to great success at the Cirque Napoléon in 1859, ditched his law career to become, the “Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze,” as celebrated by the…
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