Tag: history
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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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Dior: From New Look to New Talent
Welcome to our new series about venerable design houses and the changes brought by new designers. This is the brainchild of the wonderful Shannen Lindsey, one of our students. The big couture houses, we hope, will survive profitably for far longer than the lifespan of their original designers. This series will take a look at…
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Needles in the Stacks: A Cinch to Stitch
Welcome back to our regular review of sewing how-to books here in the library. Sorry about the delay, but you all know what the beginning of the semester is like! Denise Ingram and I both work in the Periodicals and Electronic Resources department of this library (on the 6th floor, where all the magazines are!). …