Sighs & Whispers
Laura McLaws HelmsFashion, Design and Cultural History
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Twice weekly |
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| Issues | 357 | Founded | 5 years ago | Last Issue | 9 days ago |
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How to Shop in NYC (in 1965)
If you look at the list of top fashion Substacks, almost all are devoted to shopping and to the very nuts-and-bolts advice of telling their readers where to shop and what to buy. While I find them the very antithesis of inspiring and intere...
From the Diaries of Marylin Bender: The Nouveau Riche and the Beautiful People
Journaling gossip and fashion thoughts in the 1970s and 1980s
There is something rather delicious about coming across gossipy or bitchy diary entries while digging through an archive. In private, when the pretenses of professionality drop,...
The Architectural Minimalism of Ronaldus Shamask
After many delays outside of my control, earlier today I released a new episode of the Sighs and Whispers podcast—a conversation with fashion designer Ronaldus Shamask. Below is an introduction to Shamask, but definitely take a listen to ou...
Tour D'horizon: June 2026
The Bicentennial, a Model Cult, and more...
With the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence tomorrow and temperatures hitting 100°, it is a holiday weekend heatwave here in NYC. As I have a two-year-old, we wil...
From Peacocks to Penguins: Chloe Chapin on the Sartorial Revolution
In fashion history, it is commonly taught that the appearance of more dour, plain dark suiting for men emerged out of the Republican influence of the French Revolution, but what if, in fact, that impulse aligns with the American Revolution,...
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