Tag Archives: Icons
January
04
Song of the Day: Book Of Love – “Boy”
posted by Daily Post from Bluxome Street
Friends since high school, Ted and Susan Ottaviano (who share the same last name but are not related) initially worked musically with Jade Lee, Susan’s College of Art classmate at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, in the early 80’s. In 1983, the trio began recording as Book Of Love; the following year, Ted […]
December
30
College Football Post: Harbaugh Comes Home to U of M, I go to the Stanford Bowl Game
posted by Daily Post from Bluxome Street
University of Michigan Typically I don’t post about football on my blog. And yes a gay boy who loves football? There are so many rules being broken. Today I know 2015 is going to rock. Jim Harbaugh is coming home to the University of Michigan as the 20th Head Coach of the Football Program. The […]
December
28
From Rockwell to Facebook, The Phenomenon of the Perfect American Family
posted by Daily Post from Bluxome Street
This morning I found myself reading the New York Times on “Facebook’s Last Taboo: The Unhappy Marriage.” It got me thinking. The concept of the perfect American marriage or perfect self isn’t a new phenomenon. The idealized life has been a mainstay of American life since the lumberjacks a century ago or portraits of Norman Rockwell. We aspired to […]
December
20
Bette Davis Eyes
posted by Daily Post from Bluxome Street
In 1981, Kim Carnes made a song that would start a decade. “Bette Davis Eyes” spent nine weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was Billboard’s biggest hit of the year. The song is sultry and confident. Bette Davis even admitted that she was a fan of the song and thanked Kim Carnes for her tribute. […]
December
19
The Incomparable Tom Ford
posted by Daily Post from Bluxome Street
I have a love / hate relationship with Tom Ford. His style is only surpassed by his ego. Ford epitomizes glamor, sophistication, sexual seduction to fashion. He was born Thomas Carlyle “Tom” Ford. He gained fame with the turnaround of Gucci and creation of Tom Ford label before directing the film, “A Single Man.” Tom Ford […]
December
16
Vogue
posted by Daily Post from Bluxome Street
Madonna sang about it. Andrea “Andy” Sachs in The Devil Wears Prada took on the streets of New York listening to it. And Rolling Stone ranked it as #28 of the best music videos of all time. Vogue. This is the “Putting on the Ritz” of my generation. The song has inspired creative people to unleash their attitude and express themselves against […]
December
07
Halston
posted by Daily Post from Bluxome Street
You cannot discuss fashion in the 1970’s without using the word Halston. The decade belonged to the designer. He put America on the fashion map. He stretched and manipulated perceptions, conception, and tested. Icons Liza Minnelli, Elizabeth Taylor, Martha Graham, Bianca Jagger and Candice Bergen introduced his collection. Warhol referred to the man as ”the art form of the 70’s.” […]
December
05
Why America needs a new Harvey Milk
posted by Daily Post from Bluxome Street
Originally posted on Can't rest with the unrest:
“If a bullet should enter my brain, let that bullet shoot down every closet door.” -Harvey Milk The Harvey Milk foundation leads Milk’s legacy after he was shot on November 27, 1978. Unlike other public figures, Milk knew he was going to be assassinated. But the…
November
30
Fashion as a Second Skin
posted by Daily Post from Bluxome Street
J.W. Anderson, Carine Roitfeld, Tom Ford, Coco Chanel. Through my travels and my time in different cultures, I have come to possess a special appreciation for fashion. I used to think of it as the art of the ridiculous. I also saw ready-to-wear clothes as the art of conformity. Then I watched 16 hours of fashion […]
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