For a time, anyone who was young and beautiful and wandering through Paris in a purple haze ended up at Le Palace, the premier discotheque of the late Seventies. An erstwhile music hall, Le Palace was the European equivalent of … Read More
On a hot August night back in the summer of 1980, a young seminarian from General Theological took me to the abandoned piers at the base of Christopher Street where I witnessed the incredible display of New York sexuality available … Read More
Back in the late 1970s at a bar called the Spike in New York, Durk Dehner glimpsed a small drawing of a man in leather that spoke to him with such compelling intensity that he sought out the artist and … Read More
Every student of fashion—and of Madonna—immediately recognizes the iconic photographs: the Mainbocher corset, Marlene Dietrich in chiaroscuro, the Hattie Carnegie dresses—all of which are the works of the legendary German-American artist who goes by one name: Horst. One of the … Read More
One of the strengths of the Landeros New York AW2015 collection was that you saw the clothes first: strong exaggerated silhouettes echoing the 1980s album art and music culture of goth and New Wave. Only gradually did you begin to perceive the gender of the models. … Read More
One of the strengths of the Landeros New York AW2015 collection was that you saw the clothes first: strong exaggerated silhouettes echoing the 1980s album art and music culture of goth and New Wave. Only gradually did you begin to … Read More
Was your mother a bit of a hippie? Did she wear flowers in her hair and flash the peace sign with her big, happy smile? Some mothers stay forever young, still radiating the love and joy that marked the Sixties … Read More
Anyone who witnessed the documentary Bill Cunningham New York (2010) knows that the veteran New York Times photographer has a treasure trove of photographic evidence of his favorite city and its ongoing evolution. Riding about town on his trusty Schwinn, … Read More
