Sighs & Whispers
Laura McLaws HelmsFashion, Design and Cultural History
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Twice weekly |
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| Issues | 350 | Founded | 5 years ago | Last Issue | 3 days ago |
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Duane Michals (February 18, 1932 – June 9, 2026)
Yesterday, it was announced that the renowned photographer Duane Michals had passed away. It’s hard for me to remember a time when I wasn’t obsessed with his photos. During my undergrad in photography at NYU, I immersed myself in Michals’ a...
A Guide to the Manhattan Male, 1978
GQ dissects men's fashion, neighborhood by neighborhood
Let’s journey back in time to when New York City had just emerged from bankruptcy, rents were cheap, and SoHo was an up-and-coming neighborhood—back to 1978.
Marilyn Monroe at 100
For the centennial of Marilyn Monroe’s birth today, I wrote a piece for Playboy on Marilyn’s lost Playboy cover. She was infamously Playboy’s first cover girl and “Sweetheart of the Month,” using nude photos taken before she was famous and...
Tour D'horizon: May 2026
Keith Haring, 1970s Yearbooks, Tangerine Dream, and More...
I’ve been working on a research project for someone that includes me digging deep in high school yearbooks from the 1970s. What a delight they are! Totally lo-fi, an assemblage of...
At Home: A Photographic Masterclass by Peter Hujar
Peter Hujar’s photography has been on my mind a lot lately, but not just mine—he’s definitely in the air, with two shows on in NYC at the moment, a movie about him that came out last year (Peter Hujar’s Day), and lots of reposts of his imag...
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