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As previously announced, Kate Moss's collection for Topshop is reaching its inevitable end. The range of poorly-finished vintage knock-offs in flimsy fabrics that hits stores in five days will be Moss's last for the U.K. chain. So, how's it look? More »
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Funny lady Julie Klausner has directed our attention to Mitzi Gaynor, a woman of average talents and fab outfits which naturally translates to variety show super-stardom. This was the trash TV of the '70s! More »
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For this week's installment of Woman Alive, we take a look at the volume Talking with Your Child. It's actually not so much about talking to your child, or to anyone for that matter. It's really just about looking at pictures of babies and kids, with the occasional explanation that they will destroy your life in one way or another, but parenthood be the best thing you've ever accomplished…unless the kids turn into pot-smoking hippies. Then you're just screwed. Anyway, let's open up that dialogue. More »
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So far, the Woman Alive library — a series of early 1970s books for women — haven't been as service-y as they've promised, since they're a little closer to the For Dummies titles. However, I figured that How to Decorate Without Going Broke just had to have some useful info, and failing that, at least some photos of retro inspiration. So get ready, because we're about to go deep into the trenches of the shag carpeting that is '70s decor. More »
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I'm starting to believe that these Woman Alive books weren't written for women at all, but for aliens who want to familiarize themselves with the human race. Seriously, it's like "People 101." The latest volume we're looking at is Family in Trouble, which features a lot of staged photos of people looking uncomfortable, and lots and lots of info about drug and alcohol abuse. So unbutton your high-wasted bell bottoms, because you're about to be stuffed with some '70s dramz. More »
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To continue with our series on the Woman Alive library, we're taking a look at Food For Live, Love, and Looks. I don't know if it's the quality of photography, the lack of Photoshop, or the lack of global influence on cuisine, but food from the '70s looks totally disgusting. I was born in 1979, so I wouldn't really know, but if this book, published in 1974, is at all accurate, there were just way too many canned hams and casseroles made with condensed soup. No wonder people had a lower life expectancy: Their sodium and fat intake was through the roof. I'm by no means a foodie (my favorite food is Doritos), but the pages of this particular Woman Alive are not exactly appetizing. More »
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I recently made one of the best thrift scores in my life when I happened upon a small library of hardcover books from the late '60s/early '70s called Woman Alive. The books are essentially a series of texts for grown women on how to be…grown women. The topics of each book range from personal appearance, crafting, cooking, understanding your body, and how to cope with the unfortunate state of being single. The photos and text within the books is a goldmine of inaccurate information and awesome hair. Each week, I'll share one with you all. First up, "Discover a Lovelier You," the description of which reads verbatim: More »
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