Advertising has always wanted to be ahead of the curve. Not in the right direction for the world, but in the right direction for advertising. If you want to attract attention, showing something terrible or scandalous, such as a close-up…
The latest trend is tiresome and corny. Ever since I was a child, I have observed with amazement those who are always trying to be faster than everyone else, who need to wear the most fashionable garment of the moment,…
Good taste is in free fall. Also in free fall are manners, protocols, and formality. And London’s Savile Row, the Valhalla of all things sartorial, is the latest battleground. Good taste has been in decline for years. The backward baseball…
Just in case you were not already quaking in your fuchsia suede platform boots, the Paris fall/winter couture shows offer proof. To judge from the hemlines at notable houses like Chanel and Dior, we’re in for a rough economic ride….
Spectator World’s Washington editor, Amber Athey, was fired from her position as co-host of the morning radio show O’Connor & Company on WMAL, which is owned by Cumulus Media, she said in a post detailing her ordeal Monday. Athey’s sin was…
One of the sure signs of the decline of Western civilization is the slow but steady deterioration of the Brooks Brothers white button-down Oxford sign shirt. John F. Kennedy, Gianni Agnelli, Fred Astaire, Andy Warhol, and Miles Davis all wore…
This girl has saved the Left and doesn’t know it. The criticism is unfounded. We spend our lives asking politicians to tell the truth, not to try to pretend to be what they are not. And this week, finally, it…
Much has changed over the last year. One big change is increased reliance on online shopping. The Wall Street Journal recently ran a story entitled “Are You a Catalog Person?” It was filled with advice on how to become a catalog maven,…
While the world contorts over the recent insurrection against the Capitol, the failure of Congress to convict ex-President Trump, the menace of COVID-19 and its mutations, and the increasing belligerence of the People’s Republic of China, there is also bad…