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Recommendation: Alexander McQueen: Into the Light (The Guardian)

An excellent deconstruction of Alexander McQueen’s legacy by Jess Cartner-Morley.

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.

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.

Review: Dior and I (2014)

Frédéric Tcheng’s inspiring new fashion documentary captures the pleasure and the pain of the creative process.

Celluloid: The Original Mean Girls

We all know about that iconic blue dress in Walt Disney’s Cinderella, but it’s another dress in the film that offers more food for thought.

Lyric: Black Tie White Noise (1993) by David Bowie

I look into your eyes and I know you won’t kill me, but I wonder why.

Excerpt: Dangerous Game

Though it was still daylight, the hot lamp was shining full-beam over the mahjong table. Diamond rings flashed under its glare as their wearers clacked and reshuffled their…