March/April 2008

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Gary Cooper at the Aspen railyard, 1949.

Photo by Peter Stackpole, LIFE Magazine, Time & Life Pictures, Getty Images

March/April 2008

Volume 29, Issue 2

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In This Issue

Anton, wearing rimless glasses and hair slicked back, adjusts his blue tie, worn with a red and white striped shirt and black blazer

The Dandy

Author Michael Anton speaks with NEH Chairman Bruce Cole about the history and influences behind modern men's fashion.

Bruce Cole

A woman pulling on her globes, smiling slightly, holding a small purse under her arm

The Color of Fashion

How two American women changed the stardards of style and scooped the Paris prognosticators.

Regina Lee Blaszczyk

Drawing of a woman in a floral dress with puffed short sleeves, holding a sewing needle in her right hand and a shoe in her left

Teensy-Weensy, Itty-Bitty Shoes

Women's shoes in the early nineteenth century were ideal for doing nothing.

Nancy E. Rexford

Also in this issue

The King’s Favorite

The Duke of Lerma had the King's ear and, as a result, great power.

Antonio Feros

From Maxi Voom Voom to Afropop

Georges Collinet was a rock ’n’ roll-playing, Cold War DJ; now he's an elder stateman of world music.

Dan Scheuerman

The 2007 National Humanities Medalists

A group who saved Western art from Nazi looting and a California farmer who redefined ancient warfare are included in the latest list of National Humanities Medalists.

Humanities Staff

Fortieth Anniversary of the Prague Spring

Czechoslovakia had well-wishers, but no friends

Humanities Staff

Descent into Happiness

American writer Richard Ford discusses The Sportswriter

Humanities Staff

Interesting Mustard

The modern restaurant has its roots in revolution

Humanities Staff

1931 Duesenberg Model J Murphy Convertible Coupe

Humanities Staff