Beauty Book
STIM
One of my earliest monologues that was turned into a written piece for this early 90s site of writing and opinion in the GOLD RUSH days of the internet.
Peddling Paranoia
STIM
I attended the annual Security Conference before security was cool. Pre 9/11, pre-TSA, pre-everything, I witnessed a world to come. But it was also the 90s and I had to be funny about it
Los Roques, Venezuela
The New York Times
For the Times’ T magazine, I traveled to Venezuela’s archipelago of islands. It was the tail end of Chavez’s rule. Not in this story was time spent with both pro and anti- Chavez Venezuelans. Passionate divisions that at the time seemed so foreign, but were a premonition of America in 2016 and beyond.
Critical Shopper - UNIS
The New York Times
One of the best things about writing that column in the Times was to highlight talented undersung designers like Eunice Lee. I still consider my shirts and shorts that I got from the store three of my most valuable pieces.
Critical Shopper - The Jeans Store
The New York Times
You may recall the Second Wave of the premium jean market in the late 00s (the first being the 80s)…now we are simply lousy in jeans both high and low. It’s like streaming content - saturated!
Critical Shopper - Brooklyn Flea
The New York Times
A write up on the Brooklyn Flea in the late 00s, as Brooklyn as a brand was being burnished.
A Muscle Man in Exile
New York Magazine
David Barton leaves his eponymous gym and makes a change
Justin Vivian Bond, a profile
Out Magazine
In 2011, I had the privilege of profiling Justin Vivian Bond, the groundbreaking performer, singer and artist. V had just changed her pronouns and announced herself as trans — using V and Mx — way before it was a thing. I think this article was the first (if not one of the first) that honored this freedom of expression, marking the beginning of trans visibility.
Critical Shopper - Rag and Bone
The New York Times
A review of Rag and Bone on Christopher Street, at the beginning of the label’s influence on the “I really need an 80 dollar T-shirt” New Gilded Age.
Petey and the Boys
New York Magazine
For men, the modeling industry isn’t so glam. A look into the hectic, surprisingly hardscrabble lives of aspiring male models.
