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Pinups is a New York-based gay ‘zine that features photography centerfolds of different men every issue. The pages pull out to form a large life size poster.
Queerty interviewed Christopher Shulz, the photographer who began Pinups, about the history of the magazine and the unique format. The beginnings sound a lot like the early days of Q Mag (i.e. Xerox printing, no money, and stapling issues together).
SCHULZ: When I started, I knew nothing about printing or how to lay out the pages. It took me a year to experiment with the format and contact printers before I put out the first issue. Originally I intended on printing it on newsprint and have it come apart much like a newspaper. I got nowhere with printers, and was so frustrated that I hit a point where I realized that if I don’t print it the old fashion “‘zine” way (Xerox) then it would never happen. The first year I printed the magazines using a Xerox printer. The magazine is now printed on an offset press.
Pinups Issue #8 has its official launch on Sat, Jan. 24 at Printed Matter, NYC from 5-7pm with an after party at Nowhere Bar, NYC at 10pm.
Another Valentine’s day gift for those fleece-clad lovers who go on brisk power walks through pined woods.
They are called “Smittens” because they’re mittens for lovers. Your outside hands will be free to grab, poke, and point at things, while your inside hands will be locked together inside a single mitten so you can interlock your fingers while you stroll about your favorite small town and/or scenic forest trail – awwww!
Michelle Obama had a few many wardrobe changes in the past four days, and the press is definitely taking notice on her fashion choices.
By wearing clothes from up-and-comers such as Wu, Toledo, Narciso Rodriguez and Thakoon Panichgul, Obama is ushering in a new generation of talent and writing the next chapter in American fashion. . . .
“She’s never been about making clothes to make herself famous,” said Rosemary Brantley, chairwoman of the fashion department at L.A.’s Otis College of Art and Design, where Toledo has taught since the 1990s. “She’s about flattering the figure, and she’s curvaceous herself. Everything she does is thoughtful. She would never bang out a dress with a normal side seam.”
via Michelle Obama’s style: Change you can wear - Los Angeles Times.
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