1920s

What The 1920s Was Really Like

Monte Schulz | Posted 03.30.2012

Monte Schulz

When I began writing my novels of the Jazz Age, it was easy to chase flappers and fedoras. However, the 1920s were not just gangsters and bootlegging, nor were they only a gin-soaked riot of parties and high-toned glamour.

Michel Hazanavicius' The Artist Goes Beyond Words & Wins Awards

Brad Balfour | Posted 03.25.2012

Brad Balfour

A Q&A with director Hazanavicius is excerpted from an exclusive roundtable held before The Artist's American debut at the 2011 New York Film Festival.

PHOTOS: Top 10 Artists' Muses and Mistresses

Posted 11.15.2011

The old saying tells us that "Behind every great man there is a great woman," but oftentimes artists keep their beauties right where they can see them...

Millesime Bar/Salon in the Carlton Hotel Is a Classy, Jazzy Affair

Michelle Won | Posted 05.25.2011

Michelle Won

We walked in to the sound of live jazz music, in a cavernous space of dark wood and leather. I literally felt transported to a different era.

How Josephine Baker Helped Save Post-War French Fashion (PHOTOS)

Lesley M. M. Blume | Posted 05.25.2011

Lesley M. M. Blume

I spoke to Baker's son about how Josephine became a savior of the House of Dior, who really invented that deliciously scandalous string of bananas, and how she became a "guest editor" at Vogue (without the editors ever knowing it).