Tag Archives: Fashion
The Fashion of Beer: Miss Rheingold of 1956
Beer has a reputation as being a working man’s drink, but from 1940 to 1965 New York’s Rheingold Beer made their beer synonymous with elegance, beauty, and modernity. Their Miss Rheingold contest drew thousands of applicants each year, with the winner representing Rheingold in advertisements and personal appearances all year long. “According to corporate lore,” says CNN, [...]
Bill Cunningham Sees The Whimsy In New York’s Fashion And Architecture
New York Fashion Week is a time when the fashion world comes together to showcase how they’re moving couture forward. However, as avant-garde as fashion may get, there is always inspiration to be found in the past. Photographer Bill Cunningham made that apparent in his “Façades” project, where model Editta Sherman (aka the “Duchess of [...]
