Flappers
In the 1920s a new and popular model of modern womanhood dominated the American cultural scene. Although not all American women of the early twentieth century would emulate the flapper model,...
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The flapper era was a time to worship the youth. The word "flapper" was used to describe immoral young women in earlier times, but as the 1920s rolled in, "flapper" described the young women who disre...
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France's top literary prize, the Goncourt, went to author Gilles Leroy on Monday for his "Alabama Song," a story written in the first person but inspired by the descent into folly of the wife of fa...
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Late last night at Simon Hammerstein and Richard Kimmel’s celeb-infested, serially newsworthy Lower East Side cabaret, The Box, the actress Leelee Sobieski wore a top-hat and slinky tank top...
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“I’m shopping. That’s calming my nerves,” said the fashion designer Phillip Lim, in a white scarf of his own design and white Martin Margiela blazer, during the 7th on Sale...
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Celebrities did their best to keep their cool on a sweltering red carpet at the Emmy Awards by wearing a variety of sorbet colors and stars such as Heidi Klum, America Ferrera, Debra Messing, Sandr...
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Among silent stars, Louise Brooks had the shortest career and the longest afterlife. Actually, it was a tiny career. From evocative, charming supporting parts in 1926, she became a strange sort of ...
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Among silent stars, Louise Brooks had the shortest career and the longest afterlife. Actually, it was a tiny career. From evocative, charming supporting parts in 1926, she became a strange sort of ...
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You’ve seen the trailers and ads; a cute, chubby housewife named Edna with a poofy 1960’s hairdo scolds her daughter or gets excited about her new dress. Look closer! Look at those blue...
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Genoa, if you ignore the debate amongst scholars, is the birthplace of Christopher Columbus. But after visiting the famed historic port, you might wonder why the explorer ever left.Tricked out in a...
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On June 13, 1935, at Madison Square Garden, a miracle happened. On that dreary but fateful day in the heart of the Great Depression, a poverty-stricken Irish dockworker from North Bergen, N.J., mad...
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Top French book prize to Gilles Leroy
