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Tag: 1999

Interviews

Bernard Lansky: Clothier to The King (1927-2012)

I interviewed Bernard Lansky, who has died aged 85, for my first book The Look: Adventures In Rock & Pop Fashion early one morning in March 2000 at his menswear store which was by then located in Memphis tourist attraction, the Peabody Hotel. His son Hal had forewarned me: “You’d better get there early; once […]

November 17, 2012
Music

Whitney Houston at VH1 Divas 1999

I was in the audience at the Beacon Theatre NYC for the 1999 VH1 Divas, where this Whitney Houston performance was recorded. Her presence during this particular song is electrifying; she exudes vulnerability, a tortured female star (the wrong side of 35 according to the precepts of the global music industry) visibly dealing with the […]

February 12, 2012