Something about the scantily clad women who wink from the classic pinups of Alberto Vargas stuck in photographer Timothy White’s mind for years after he was hired by Esquire to create a tribute to the illustrator: The “Vargas girls” weren’t sex objects at all – they were confident, empowered and definitely in on the joke.
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If the words “tiki culture” conjure images of rum drinks the color of windshield wiper fluid, dusty tribal masks and low-rent bamboo-backed bars, hold on to your paper parasol because there’s a new trade wind blowing.
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AT FIRST glance, there wasn’t much to the way Sens.
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THE BIRTHPLACE of haute denim and home to red carpet events that beam celebrities in designer gowns into millions of homes from Burbank to Belfast, Los Angeles is unique in its ability to serve up clothes that are not just coveted from afar but are worn by real people.
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DESPITE past rumblings that emerging-talent showcase Gen Art, one of the more consistent components of Los Angeles’ ever-morphing fashion week landscape, might partner with one of the dueling
L.A. Fashion Week groups, it’s going solo again this year.
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AT THE risk of over-sharing, I have a confession: My job got me hooked on high-priced underpants.
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Two Los Angeles-based lines that showed during New York Fashion Week provided an interesting contrast in brand evolution (or de-evolution, depending on your take).
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HAVING made the transition from rural Vermont newspaper editor to West Coast style reporter, I’ve learned a few things about the guy’s version of swapping out a seasonal wardrobe.
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THE SENSE of optimism coming out of the European men’s shows earlier this summer made landfall at New York Fashion Week with all the force of Hurricane Ike, a swirl of color and dash of swagger that signals the notion that good times are just around the corner.
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THIRTY-SEVEN seconds after the opening bell, the “cage fighting” match between Brock “the Brainerd Brawler” Larson and Carlos Prater was over.
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