Fashion Forward and Back

There’s a Star Trek episode I remember—trekky anyone?—in which Harry Mudd’s dangerous androids are defused by being told that they are being told lies, so they can’t figure out what’s true. In an admittedly obscure way, that’s what this video reminds me of. It’s so very vintage to me, but to the ladies and gentlemen [...]

Get your kicks on route sixty-six

If I were a car, I’d be a Futura. I saw one at the garage down the street from me. Gus, the mechanic, usually has two or three beauties getting a little work done. Nothing removed, puffed up, or otherwise altered, just a little tune-up underneath the hood. Wikipedia tells me (do you actually have [...]

What Goes On

I find myself obsessed, yet again, with the Beatles. The first time was in the 1960s, when they were brand-spankin’ new. My father would read out loud New York Post’s headlines such as “Ringo’s Getting His Tonsils Out” or “Ringo’s Getting Married” and my sister and I would prance around our living room singing “Ringo’s [...]

Fly the friendly skies (oops, that’s United).

Delta’s is “We love to fly. And it shows.” And what better way to show it than a history of their Airline Attendant uniforms? Yup, nothing I love more than a good uniform…. Propeller Era Uniforms (1940-1959). Jet Age Uniforms (1959-present). Those from 2001–2006 strike me as despicably insufficient; un-uniform-ish. They’re touted as some sort [...]

A Doppelgänger Aspiration

Eunice Johnson Dies at 93; Gave Ebony Its Name I confess I troll the obituaries. I love reading about interesting people’s lives, in brief. So I came across Eunice Johnson’s death notice in the NY Times (one of my favorite haunting grounds) in January, and I was moved. If I could be half the woman [...]

What Do Men Want?

Here’s a video my friend Linda Taylor Brodow made, to help sort out the intricacies of men’s fashion trends… I’m inspired, and feeling groovy (music is by Dave Stewart/Mick Jagger, New York Hustle, from the ‘Alfie’ soundtrack).

A Video Tour of Mad Men’s Costume Shop

Why do I love that show so much? Is it simply the clothes? This seems like a good place to clarify: Anne’s + my clothing line, Doppelgänger Wear, is about the history of women’s ambition, expressed as clothing. Whaddya think, can you see it? Our clothes are not based on high-fashion of bygone decades (the 1940s, ’50s, [...]