{"id":32902,"date":"2016-05-25T19:41:35","date_gmt":"2016-05-25T23:41:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=32902"},"modified":"2016-05-25T19:41:35","modified_gmt":"2016-05-25T23:41:35","slug":"recommended-new-york-magazines-fashion-history-issue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2016\/05\/recommended-new-york-magazines-fashion-history-issue\/","title":{"rendered":"Recommended: New York Magazine’s Fashion History Issue"},"content":{"rendered":"

Love history? Love fashion? Love fashion history<\/em>? Then I hope you can still grab New York Magazine’s “What We Wore” special issue (May 16-29, 2016) from the newsstand.\u00a0 At least some of it is online starting here<\/a>, but this is one of those editorials that works fantastically in print.<\/p>\n

The cover line’s subtitle is “Centuries of Peacocking in the City,” so I expected the great photos but there’s so much more. I’m obsessed with the “What I Wore …” bite-size essays about clothes that bring back memories, including Bette Midler’s “…As a Go-Go Girl” (1965); Diane von Furstenberg’s “…When I was Ready to Give Up Everything” (1973); and Gisele’s “…As a Starving Model” (1997). The one closest to my heart is “…To Feel Invincible” by artist Robert Longo (1977) because that’s the quality I look for in all my clothes (and jewelry and lipstick).\u00a0 It’s like the armor I put on every day.<\/p>\n

There’s an essay by Amy Larocca on why New Yorkers have always worn black,<\/a> with photos that date back to 1900, though other photos — such as Amy Arbus’s 1983 picture<\/a> of a cheetah\/leopard print outfit — prove we don’t always<\/em> wear all<\/em> black all the time.\u00a0 The list of important stores<\/a> warmed my heart with the inclusion of Paraphernalia<\/a>, Charivari, Patricia Field<\/a>, and my beloved Fiorucci<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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I’m pretty sure the denim dress I’m wearing in this 1985 photo of me and mom was from Fiorucci … but who knows. I can barely remember what I did yesterday!<\/p><\/div>\n

Other essays celebrate fashion icons such as Diana Vreeland<\/a>, Nan Kempner and Tina Chow<\/a>. There’s a lineup of legendary sneakers; a recollection of clothes that scandalized; and a selection of runway shows that pushed fashion forward. As a bonus, there’s a previously unpublished 1966 shoot that Larry Fink did of Andy Warhol and his Factory crowd, including Edie Sedgwick, whose bio by Jean Stein<\/a> I read over and over again in the 1980s.<\/p>\n

But my favorite photo is one from 1926 that’s more evidence (in case we needed it) that trends we think are brand new are often anything but.\u00a0 As I like to say, “Fashion repeats itself<\/a>” and this lady has the choker and the anklet<\/a> to prove it, as well as a type of faux tattoo. She didn’t stop there, though. You must read the description of the whole outfit to fully appreciate how wild it is.<\/p>\n

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Here’s Edward the dog posing with the magazine. Click him, then scroll down to view the original photo.<\/p><\/div>\n

New York quoted the photographer’s original caption:<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u201cThis girl has all of [the] trends and she\u2019s not loath to wear them at once: bell earrings, a dog collar worn as a necklace, a large beauty spot on her cheek, an ivory cigarette holder, a design to cover the vaccination mark on her arm, heavy bracelets, an anklet, a photo of a boyfriend on her stocking, an anklet watch, fancy garters worn below the knee and a mirror fastened to her wrist.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I love a woman who knows that more is more. It’s also very interesting to learn that 1970s punks<\/a> weren’t the first to wear dog collars as chokers. My question is: When are we going to bring back wearing photos of our significant others on our legs and mirrors on our wrists? Those things are due for a comeback!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Love history? Love fashion? Love fashion history? Then I hope you can still grab New York Magazine’s “What We Wore” special issue (May 16-29, 2016) from the newsstand.\u00a0 At least some of it is online starting here, but this is one of those editorials that works fantastically in print. The cover line’s subtitle is “Centuries…<\/p>\n

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