Vintage stripper audition Polaroids from the 1960s and ’70s
A private look at aspiration and grit.
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Sex, space & celluloid kink: behind the scenes of ‘Barbarella’, the greatest softcore sci-fi ever made
“I want to make something beautiful out of eroticism”.
Super Elaborate David Bowie Cosplay Costumes
If I was a bit younger, I would buy this one. Not for Halloween, but for everyday wear around the house. The other day, whilst…
Incredible photographs of L.A.’s punks, mods and rockers from the 1980s
Most journalists, bloggers, writers, and what-have-yous hope to find that one special thing very few people know about and get the opportunity to bring it…
This hideous Captain Beefheart designer silk shirt can be yours for only $1285
‘Crepe and Black Lamp,’ by Don Van Vliet, 1986 oil on canvas, 148 x 122 cm / 58.25 x 48 inches And here it is,…
Battle of the Bulge: Classic rock stars and their packages
Marc Bolan dressed to the left. Sometime in the 1970s, an intrepid BBC reporter posited the question What is it about today’s pop stars that…
Fantastic Louvin Brothers ‘Satan Is Real’ cowboy boots
The Louvin Brothers are everyone’s favorite Appalachian close-harmony brother duet (there are plenty of them). Born with the surname Loudermilk, the two brothers, Charlie and…
Glimpses of the extravagant Surrealist Ball of 1972
If you’re ever invited to a “surrealist ball,” my advice is definitely to go. This advice is a hundred times as pertinent if the hosts…
‘The Shining,’ ‘To Kill a Mockingbird,’ and ‘Frankenstein’: Bags for Book Lovers
“If you go home with somebody,” John Waters once said, “and they don’t have books, don’t fuck ’em!” To save the bother of waiting until…
Kate Moss models David Bowie’s outfits
Style homages to David Bowie tend to be a dicey affair, if only because Bowie himself was such a master at adopting new visual looks…