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Virginia Postrel

L.A. writer on commerce & culture, Bloomberg View columnist. Author of The Power of Glamour: Longing & the Art of Visual Persuasion.

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    The Glamour of Getting Away

    No matter how unpleasant the real journeys, travel still has a way of seducing us.
    Virginia Postrel5 min read
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    Inventing the Makeover

    It all started in 1936, when an unhappy nurse’s pleading letter saved a struggling magazine. Why do we find before-and-after features compelling?
    Virginia Postrel7 min read

      Casualty of War

      How World War I destroyed the “glamour of battle” and made pacifism glamorous.
      Virginia Postrel4 min read

        The Glamour of Getting Away

        No matter how unpleasant the real journeys, travel still has a way of seducing us.
        Virginia Postrel5 min read