The Ugliest Vintage Brooch of All-Time Is Now Available For Purchase in Le Crap!
This is the ugliest brooch I have ever seen. It was given to me as gift in the mid-1980s and I have never worn it. Though it may seem odd, even though it is wretched I have never been able to part...
View ArticleWhat Not To Wear When Going To Prison: or, How One Bad Decision and Three...
Last year New York Governor Andrew Cuomo proposed a measure meant to reduce the number of people arrested for marijuana possession after they’ve been detained under the New York City Police...
View ArticleWhat Not To Wear When Going To Prison: or, How One Bad Decision and Three...
To read the first part of this series: What Not To Wear When Going To Prison: or, How One Bad Decision and Three Loose Pills Sent Me To The Slammer For Three Days with Eyeliner and Crimped Hair, Part...
View ArticleSnapped by Songwriter Claude Kelly at the New Music Seminar
Now it’s an instagram effect. Back then we just called it a bad photography! STYLE. Met David Munk today. Crazy sleeve tattoo. Crazy clothing combo and a murse. Had to snap a pic.
View ArticleDolly Parton’s Unbelievable 1960s Beehive!
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View ArticleBehind the Scenes at MGM’s 1974 Premiere of That’s Entertainment
Ten years before the home video explosion of the 1980s and decades before TCM and YouTube brought the full measure of film history into our homes, MGM studios mined their rich archive to create what...
View ArticleWhat do Angela Lansbury, Amanda Lepore, John Waters, Snoop Dogg, and Liza...
Answer: The Moscot “Terry” I have been buying my frames at the venerable Moscot (formerly “Sol Moscot”) since way before the brand was hip. In fact, when I started shopping there in the...
View Article10 Forgotten Stars of The Hollywood Walk of Fame, Vol. 2
Most of the luminaries honored in this second edition of “Forgotten Stars” are, coincidentally, actors who hail from the silent era. To all but the most well-informed Stargayzing cinephiles, this...
View ArticleStargayzing Guest Columnist Elisa Casas on Halston
This piece originally appeared in chelsea-girl.com Halston (few know his first name, Roy, or his last name, Frowick) was one of the most influential designers of all-time. A charismatic, over-the-top...
View Article“After the Glitter Fades”: Remembering Laurel Canyon Vintage in Words and...
Laurel Canyon Vintage was a clothing store dedicated to the music, spirit, and style of the late 1960s and early 1970s. The unisex shop celebrated the sense of community and connection that existed...
View ArticleJoni Mitchell’s House is a Very, Very, Very, Fine House
During my sit down interview on Girls Who Like Boys Who Like Boys, I shared my memories of meeting Elisa Casas in 1983. We lived across the hallway from each other at N.Y.U.’s Weinstein Hall and...
View ArticleA List of Songs Stephen Sondheim Wishes He Wrote Himself (At Least in Part),...
This most interesting list of songs Broadway legend Stephen Sondheim wishes he wrote himself (at least in part), originally appeared in the New York Times Magazine in 2000 and was a fascinating sidebar...
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