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There was a time when flying the friendly skies meant more than endless layovers and the option to purchase stale turkey sandwiches for 10 bucks. Back in the day of Pan Am and TWA----when flight attendants were called stewardesses------air travel was an event. Boarding passengers took Polaroid’s as mementos, and celebrities like Cary Grant and Frank Sinatra strolled across the tarmac in impeccable two-button grey suits.



Fast-forward to 2009 and scan any departure lounge at any major… Continue

When Sahsa Baron Cohen crashed a runway show in Milan disguised as Bruno , his Austrian alter ego, the audience barely blinked. Dressed in an absurd Mad Max mish mosh of layered fabrics and dangling tassels, the comedian emerged onto the catwalk with an expertly executed strut. It was only after security stormed the stage and escorted him away that most spectators realized they had been had.





If industry cognoscenti have a hard time distinguishing between fashion coup and… Continue