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ROSAMOND BERNIER with Phong Bui

I simply sent him an issue with a note saying, “Would you consider writing something for the magazine?” He liked the issue so much that he endorsed it with that wonderful introduction. At that point, Barr was at the top of the heap. So it was the most wonderful send-off for a new magazine into the world.

Rail: I like his recounting of an incident with the great Kaiser Museum director, Hugo von Tschudi. When asked, “Why do we like El Greco so much?” he answered, “It’s because he reminds us of Cézanne.” That remark got him fired from his post. Barr went on to say that the Kaiser was right, because in 1900, any appreciation shown to the works of Cézanne or El Greco represented a threat to the security of respectable conventions.

Source: Brooklyn Rail

Romanian cabinet member Elena Udrea boldly poses in fashion ...

by Romania Insider

Romanian Tourism Minister Elena Udrea has recently posed for local fashion magazine Tabu, in an issue dedicated to powerful women. The issue has already attracted international media attention. British Daily Mail wrote an article about Udrea’s picture posing as Madonna, “in a skin tight rubber dress and thigh high kinky boots.” She has also posed as Cleopatra, Eva Peron, Jackie Kennedy, Margaret Thatcher.

It is not the first time Elena Udrea makes the cover of a fashion magazine in Romania. She has previously posed for One magazine.

The member of the Romanian cabinet also wrote  on her blog about her interview she had with Tabu, saying she would like to see that one of the large parties in Romania is open to promoting a women from within for the most important position in the country – the presidential seat.

Ever since she got the ministerial seat, Udrea has stirred comments both in her country and abroad, due to her sometimes provocative outfits and her bold comments. Commentators underline the close connection she has with Romanian president Traian Basescu. Despite all these, she managed to be one of the most active members of the current Government, received increasing media attention for the Tourism Ministry’s projects....

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European Fashion vs American Fashion | Life ... - Collaj Magazine

by Collaj

By Amanda Deltuvia —

Europe has always been the powerhouse of fashion on the runways and on the streets of culture. Haute couture in 1860 Paris was represented by the fashionable wardrobe of queens, and eventually fashion houses like Balenciaga, Chanel, Dior, Givenchy, Jean-Paul Gaultier, Hermes, Lanvin, Celine, Chloe, Yves Saint Laurent and countless other fashion icons got their start in the same city.

These designers have the ability to make your mouth water if you have carnal instincts when it comes to the best of couture. Chanel’s designs in the 1930s carried over to America, creating fashion that encompassed the general look and lines from 1920s to 1930s, both in Europe and in France. Yves made his mark by taking over Dior and then in the ’60s by creating the “beat look” and the infamous “smoking suit.” He then ended up handing his label over to an American: Tom Ford. With French fashion, I can go on and on about the history, textures, colors and successors, but clearly once Americans got their hands on a sewing machine, like music, fashion became more globally accessible—crossing over, meshing and molding into something that channels the historicism of fashion evolution along with new and transformative ideas that pulls from all walks of life and culture.

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European Fashion magazines News

Another fine mess for the bête noire of French satire

The Independent - Dec 31, 1969

Charlie Hebdo magazine has long been known for its scurrility. But its latest bad taste prank has had explosive consequences John Lichfield has been 's man in Paris since 1997, covering French news. Before that, he was the paper's

Latino Fashion Week

ABC7Chicago.com - Dec 31, 1969

The line aims to be one of kind for Chicago, offering fine European fabrics with a Chicagoan sensibility and manufactured in Chicago. 2028 W. Division Born and raised in Bogotá, Colombia, Karol Andrea grew an interest in fashion and the arts at an

All together then: How the fanzine 'The End' gave Liverpool its voice

The Independent - Dec 31, 1969

The fanzine documented the mood of Liverpool with an honesty that put the pretentiousness of early style magazines to shame. It lampooned the advice of the London fashionistas with an "Ins and Outs" column that persuaded more gullible readers to make

Rockers of the cello to electrify Singapore

Channel News Asia - Dec 31, 1969

SINGAPORE: They look as if they should be gracing the covers of a glossy fashion magazine, until they take out their well-sized instruments - the cello. With cello in hand Luka Sulic and Stjepan Hauser