Beautiful Minds
On television shows like CSI and Numb3rs, scientists are still weird—but a geeky glamour has replaced the old stereotypes.… More »
Virginia Postrel is an Atlantic contributing editor and the editor in chief of deepglamour.net. She is writing a book about glamour. More
On television shows like CSI and Numb3rs, scientists are still weird—but a geeky glamour has replaced the old stereotypes.… More »
George Hurrell’s brilliantly orchestrated photographs helped define Hollywood glamour in the 1930s.… More »
The color of a house is a sign of owner individuality—and a test of neighborhood tolerance.… More »
Virginia Postrel tells the tale of how an enterprising first-time publisher gave the beloved children's book Mr. Pine a second life. … More »
Once upon a time, lofts were cheap spaces for struggling artists. Today they are phony and pricey, and that’s just fine.… More »
Today, air travel is just another form of mass transit. Is there any going back to the glamorous days of yore?… More »
They aren’t destroying local flavor—they’re providing variety and comfort… More »
In Julius Shulman’s photographs, modern architecture became seductive, comfortable, and immortal… More »
Once the province of Garbo and Astaire, movie glamour now comes from Superman, Spider-Man, and Storm.… More »
In under a century, neon signs—part sculpture, part lighting, part billboard—have gone from marketing tool to tacky trash to folk art… More »
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