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Lyric: Dress (1992) by PJ Harvey

Swing and sway, everything will be alright, but it’s feeling so damn tight tonight.

Recommendation: Performance of “Didn’t It Rain” by Sister Rosetta Tharpe (1964)

Today’s rock chicks have nothing on the Godmother of Rock n’ Roll when it comes to killing it with style.

“You don’t have to signal a social conscience by looking like a frump. Lace knickers won’t hasten the holocaust, you can ban the bomb in a feather boa just as well as without, and a mild interest in the length of hemlines doesn’t necessarily disqualify you from reading Das Kapital and agreeing with every word.”

- Elizabeth Bibesco

Excerpt: American Sportive

“I beg your pardon.”  
Gatsby’s butler was suddenly standing beside us. 
“Miss Baker?” he inquired. “I beg your pardon, but Mr. Gatsby would like to speak to you…

Recommendation: Sir David Attenborough on Vanity

The beloved British naturalist reveals why he always wears the same thing.

Recommendation: 200 Hours Later…The Incredible Journey Of This Dior Couture Dress (Refinery29)

Follow the creation of a Dior Haute Couture dress from start to finish.

“Fashion is as profound and critical a part of the social life of man as sex, and is made up of the same ambivalent mixture of irresistible urges and inevitable taboos.”

- René König