At the behest of our loyal readers and our own internal editorial auditors, we’re bringing back Briefings. Left to languish for the past several months, Briefings is fresh from “the shoe”: leaner, trimmer and ready for click-open-in-new-tab action. Oh, and it has a snazzy new name: This Week in Culture. From style to science, TWIC is still the best of what we’ve read, seen and heard in these here world wide webs. Weekly installments begin… now.
In Living Color Photo Above: The Library of Congress treasure trove unfurls a bit further with this beautiful gallery of rare, vivid color photos showcasing American life in the 1930s and 40s.
Happy Feet Turns out human feet are more flexible than we thought. Evolution or not, the foot is one remarkable appendage.
On Sports Coats The sartorially inclined gents at Valet break down a new, (nearly) indestructible blazer.
Now Boarding: Business Class A first class ticket takes up roughly 4x as much space as business class. Business class takes up roughly 4x as much space as Coach. The tickets? About the same. The science, and rationale of business class seating.
Now in Menswear A look at the menswear scene in Copenhagen. Further proof that the Scandinavians are doing it right.
Film: Gravity The movie we’ve most anticipated this year premiered at the Venice Film Festival. Variety’s Justin Chang has an early review and things are looking rather… buoyant.