Tag: fashion industry
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Modern as a Menswear Mag
New publication ventures ebb and flow. The last few years the trickle became a mighty river, and these are marketed mostly towards young, adventurous male consumers. We have been able, luckily, to subscribe to many of these, so we are giving them this cheery little introduction. This is an unprecedented amount of menswear titles to…
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Magazine of the Week
Hi, everybody! This week’s magazine is an oldie but a goodie! Before Amy Shumer, Tina Fey, or Margaret Cho, before Bust, and “Sex and the City”, there was Helen Gurley Brown, who was single and loved it. She wasn’t the only reason that single womanhood switched from meaning “pitied” to meaning “fabulous”, but she sure…
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Needles found: One Last Corset Book…
But wait! There’s one more! A few weeks ago, Denise and I posted a “Needles in the Stacks” which reviewed the library’s books about making corsets. When I combed StyleCat, there was one more book that looked like it belonged with this group. When we were writing, however, it was checked out of the library. …