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[1 Jan 2009 | No Comment | 237 views]
SFlashback: Mary Ellen Pleasant, 1964

One of the sad realities of “progress” is that it often requires of us to bulldoze some of the structures that might keep history alive for us as we go about our day. In this case, a clipping from an old issue of “Jet” magazine …

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[6 Oct 2008 | No Comment | 77 views]
SFlashback: Arianna Huffington, 1985

After reading the lengthy profile of Arianna Huffington in the current issue of “The New Yorker” we rummaged through our archives and dug up an article from 1985, at the time that Ann Getty introduced Arianna Stassinopoulos to her future husband, Texas oil heir R. …

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[29 Sep 2008 | One Comment | 101 views]
SFlashback: Michael Taylor, 1980s

“A studly, Bunyanesque figure who showed too much chest and wore an expensive watch on each wrist, Taylor denied himself nothing and thought his clients should do the same.”
The New York Times “T” Magazine ran a wonderful profile of the late great Michael Taylor this …

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[5 Jun 2008 | Comments Off | 57 views]
All About Yves

This week I was asked by “Hint Magazine” to write a tribute to the designer Yves Saint Laurent, who recently died in Paris after a long illness. It was my pleasure to recall my early interest in the legendary designer’s career, and his …

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