Archive for the ‘Books | Music | Art | Culture’ Category
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Refashion life by going against the grain
17 Jul 2013Have you ever been in such a large or vocal group that it was impossible to get a word in…
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Boomerang: why books, libraries and manners still matter
03 Jul 2013If you were unlucky enough to be born a slave in the 19th century, there were a great many rules…
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The Future of Clothes: Laver’s dissection of a trend
29 May 2013Part of the fun of a vintage non-fiction book is finding the entire thing so out of date that it’s…
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Investment garments: why buy them and how to milk them for all they’re worth
13 May 2013You could almost think about managing your wardrobe like making chili: you probably have a recipe and anything outside of…
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Five gems for hat queens from the author of Crowns
03 May 2013There are at least three things that are nearly extinct from modern life: china, hostess skirts and hats. When I…
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Three reasons to avoid high heels, four stylish substitutes for summer
01 May 2013“… there’d been a flutter out the corner of his eye and he’d seen a tag pinned to the neck…
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Ann Patchett, Shakespeare, and four myths of the modern world
29 Apr 2013I’ve only known a handful of people who could apply Shakespeare to daily life gracefully, fewer still who could recite…
