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Virginia Postrel

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?

Jul 13, 2014

Inventing the Makeover

Jul 13, 2014

Casualty of War

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

Jun 23, 2014

Casualty of War

Jun 23, 2014

The Glamour of Getting Away

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

Jun 7, 2014

The Glamour of Getting Away

Jun 7, 2014

Virginia Postrel

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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