Don’t Forget the Fearless Father of Unisex Clothing
From Harry Styles to Diane Keaton, household names of every generation continue to embrace and…
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She Built a Candle Empire from her Ancestral Village in Mexico
The importance of ritual candles is celebrated in many cultures across the world. Their beauty…
A Brief Compendium of Crazy Kitsch Lighting
The Southern Belle. The Moon Beam. The Serenade. We’re not spitting romance novel titles, honey…
Seven Visionary Spaces Du Jour
The art and science of the enclosure of space is all around us, shelter-creation being…
Inside the Beat Hotel of Paris
“I lay there on the floor, he makes love to Nanette all night, as she…
Seven Surprising Things You Probably Didn’t Know about Josephine Baker
Despite being a daughter of St. Louis, MO, for many years Josephine Baker was a…
Fabergé’s Secret Garden
When we hear the name Fabergé, we instantly think of those exquisite Imperial eggs; the…
The Inexplicably Fascinating Japanese Art of Being Useless
“Not always useful, but not altogether useless” is the mantra behind Chindōgu, a Japanese art…
The Question Is, Which Actress Should Play Lady Caroline Blackwood In A Hollywood Biopic?
She was legendary, and she was a legendary drunk, though she claimed her family’s stout…
The Scrapbooks of a Real-Life Tarzan torn between Africa and Studio 54
Andy Warhol called him a modern Tarzan. “He jumps in and out of the snake pit he keeps at his home. He cuts himself and paints with the blood. He wears sandals and no socks in the middle of Winter. He lived in a parked car on 13th Street for six months. He moved when […]
Who Will Rescue this New York Manor Worthy of a Tim Burton Movie?
This incredible historic home has been sitting on the market for a little longer than…
The Tribe That Inspired Frida Kalho
That unapologetic unibrow, the halo-crown of jet-black centre-parted flower-adorned plaits, rouged cheekbones and russet lips…