Arabelle Sicardi
Contributor
Oh! You Pretty Things: Remembering David Bowie's Radical Approach to Beauty
From Ziggy Stardust to the Thin White Duke, Bowie used makeup and style to express complicated ideas about gender and society—and to further his career. To honor the rock icon after his death at the age of 69, we look back at how his striking personas...
The Deadly History of Women Using Perfume as Poison
From the Affair of Poisons in Louis XIV France to Dior's Hypnotic Poison eau de toilette, scent has been sinister for a very long time.
The History of Black Lipstick
From Maori tattoos to the golden age of Hollywood, from David Bowie to being considered a "disruptive force" in schools, black lipstick has been around much longer than Hot Topic and the Kardashian Krew.