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Hot Pants: A Short, Happy and Musical Career
In the first months of 1971, hot pants (as the B-52s later put it) burned, sizzled, and just plain exploded. They were on the runways, in shopping malls, and the pages of McCall's Needlework and Crafts...
View ArticleSophie Auster: Ready For 'Red Weather'
Literature has played an important role in the budding career of New York-based singer-songwriter Sophie Auster. At 16, Auster set French poems to music from the Brooklyn band One Ring Zero. Her latest...
View ArticleWizardry of Harold Arlen; Veronica Falls; Dapper Dan
In this episode: On the heels of our look at musical adaptations of the original Wizard of Oz books, we hear about Harold Arlen, the late composer behind “Over the Rainbow” and other favorites from the...
View ArticleDesigner Dapper Dan Remixed Hip Hop Fashion
In the late 1980s, hip hop was in a transitional phase, leaving disco beats and party tracks behind in favor of drum samples and rhymes with a hard edge or an experimental flair. Eric B. & Rakim...
View ArticlePunk At The Metropolitan Museum Of Art
In recent weeks, we've covered a lot of music in New York’s museums, from the blues at The Whitney to music videos at the Museum of the Moving Image. Now, it’s time to consider yet another exhibit that...
View ArticleWant Quality Vinyl? Head To Urban Outfitters
If you’re interested in picking up vinyl copies of Frankie Rose’s Interstellar, Queen’s Flash Gordon, or Sonny Rollins’s The Bridge, you don’t have to go on a record store treasure hunt or dig through...
View ArticleSimon Doonan On Madonna, Fashion's 'Patron Saint'
From the very beginning Madonna has embraced an ever shifting fashion sense, one that has changed pretty dramatically over the years. It’s safe to say she’s not only a pop icon -- she’s a style icon...
View ArticleJoan Didion: Writer and Icon
On the occasion of a new biography, Louis Menand and Thessaly La Force join Amelia Lester and David Haglund to discuss the pervasive influence of Joan Didion, both on and off the page. On the occasion...
View ArticleMore Lipstick, More Money? A Social Experiment on Makeup
The following essay is by Takeaway Intern Cheyenne Haslett. Click on the player above to hear the full report.From a young age, we’re taught that makeup and beauty products are shiny, glamorous,...
View ArticleA Fashion Insider Takes Us Behind the Scenes
Cosmopolitan.com editor Amy Odell discusses what it’s like to be a young woman working in the fashion industry. Tales from the Back Row: An Outsider's View from Inside the Fashion Industry takes...
View ArticleGuest Picks: Beverly Johnson
Beverly Johnson joined us last week to talk about her stories career, and latest book. Check out some of her favorite things!What have you read or seen over the past year (book, play, film etc…) that...
View ArticleThe Art of Dressing A Man
Our latest Please Explain is a master class in men's fashion! A renowned fashion expert on men's apparel, G. Bruce Boyer teaches us about the art of getting dressed. In his latest book, True Style: The...
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Roy Lichtenstein Pops into 3-D
Stefan Sagmeister has a great eye for design. He earned his reputation by making album covers for The Rolling Stones, David Byrne and Lou Reed, among others. His company Sagmeister & Walsh's latest...
View ArticleEpisode 3: Prowling the Catwalk with the Lyons
We know … we’re only three episodes in, but we strongly felt the need to hit “pause” this week and acknowledge something fiercely consistent about Season 2 that we can no longer ignore – the threads in...
View ArticleDonna Karan's Life in Fashion, the History of US-Israel Relations
Arun Venugopal guest hosts!Dennis Ross gives a historical account of ties between the U.S. and Israel from Truman to Obama. Donna Karan discusses her four decades in the fashion industry, and stepping...
View ArticleDonna Karan, Born Into the Fashion Business
Donna Karan discusses her memoir, My Journey. From growing up as the daughter of a tailor and showroom model, to her four decades spent enveloped in the fashion industry, to her intimate journey as...
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Interlude: Walking in Cookie's Shoes...and Fedora
Empire was pre-empted this week by the World Series. Whether you're a Mets fan or a Royals fan, on this we can agree: Everybody's a fan of Cookie Lyon. So this week, we went in search of someone who...
View ArticleThe Evolution of Political Fashion
Click on the audio player above to hear this interview.There’s a Democratic forum Friday night, and frontrunner Hilary Clinton will likely sport a pantsuit.But the pantsuit—what some consider a...
View ArticleDesigning Playlists with Isaac Mizrahi
Fashion designer Isaac Mizrahi makes his living convincing people to put his clothes on. In this episode of the Naked American Songbook, Julian Fleisher convinces him to shed a layer or two as they...
View ArticleScience Fiction and Fashion Meet in 1930s New York
Actors Carson Elrod and Matthew Saldivar and director Moritz von Stuelpnagel discuss their production of "Important Hats of the Twentieth Century." Sam Greevy (Elrod) is the hottest fashion designer in...
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