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Turkey Shoot?
Helen Hayes was not noted for her culinary talents. One day, in an experimental ...
Clerical Error (long)
In 2002, Andrew Marshall interviewed a 40-year-old Muslim cleric named Jaffar Um...
Executive Frills?
Having checked into a Chicago hotel, Thomas Du Pont was amused to discover that ...
Guncotton
Though strictly forbidden by his wife from conducting experiments in their home,...
Slinky Dress
One evening late in his life, the charming former senator Chauncey Depew found h...
Dressed for Success?
On September 11, 1985, the Cincinnati Reds' Pete Rose broke baseball legend Ty C...
The Apple of Roncalli's Eye
Angelo Roncalli, papal nuncio to France (and a future pope), was once invited to...
Vertical Limit
When filming wrapped on the set of Vertical Limit, Robin Tunney, the film...
Half-Wits
As a former law enforcement officer, John Miller (author of The Cell) had...
Revolutionary Proposition?
A statue of Lafayette was once erected in Washington, D.C. One critic (who had w...
The Wasteland?
One day in 1961, an American student, newly arrived in England to begin his post...
Gandhi's Shoe
While boarding a moving train one day, one of Mohandas Gandhi's shoes slipped of...
Emily Procter: Confidence B...
After buying a beautiful dress one day, "West Wing" star Emily Procter pranced a...
Bridge To Paradise?
In 2002, Ian Brown attended a fashion show called 'Viva Italia' in Toronto. "Sop...
Wily Dalton
In 1832, John Dalton, the father of atomic theory, received a doctorate from Oxf...
Hairy Situation
Groucho Marx was once stopped by the maitre d' as he entered the dining room of ...
World Series Celebration
In 1995, Ted Turner's Atlanta Braves won the World Series. Jane Fonda (then Turn...
Crappy Speech?
Following his conviction (on ten felony counts of bribery, tax evasion, and rack...
Malkovigilante
John Malkovich, befitting his image as a cross between Hannibal Lecter and Casan...
Heheh Hmhm Heh Heheh
Patrick Stewart "got into trouble" one day while walking through New York's Cent...
Apple Crumble?
While attending a fashion show called 'Viva Italia' in Toronto one evening (at w...
Stu Grimson
Chicago Blackhawks left winger Stu Grimson was once asked why he kept a color ph...
Free Willy?
In 1998, a curator at Madame Tussaud's (London's famous wax museum) announced th...
Miss Deeds?
With Winona Ryder facing charges of shoplifting and vandalism, many observers fo...
Jack Nicholson: Spanking Jack
"He's into fun and games in bed, all the really horny things I get off on, like ...
3/4-Length Robe
"While I was in America, in 1946," Joyce Grenfell once recalled, "a cable reache...
Brad Pitt: Miss 503
To avoid embarrassment at home, Brad Pitt, like countless other stars, did littl...
Alexander McQueen: Custom Job
"Alexander McQueen grew up in East London, the son of a cabbie and the youngest ...
Pole Vault?
During his high school years in Minnesota, Peter Krause was a dedicated pole vau...
Hat Trick
John Jacob Astor IV was the Titanic's wealthiest passenger. According to legend,...
Quip Pro Quo
Basking in the stunning success of The Green Hat, Michael Arlen went to C...
Layers of Astonishment (long)
Samuel Alexander once rode his bicycle from Manchester to Liverpool for an overn...
Sean Connery & Wesley Snipe...
Sean Connery once shared some actorly advice with Wesley Snipes. "When you're do...
Elton John: SA What?
In November 2000, Elton John announced plans to sell a few articles of ...
High Spirits
Free-spirited Canadian golfer Moe Norman was as much an entertainer as a golfer,...
Small Consolation
One day at the height of Communist rule in the former Soviet Union, tennis star ...
Counting Basies?
While touring London in 1957, Count Basie - shopping for gifts for his family - ...
Littoral Interpretation
Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion was once upbraided by President Chaim We...
Ronald Reagan: Parlous Situ...
One evening Ronald Reagan attended a formal state dinner in honor of French Pres...
Elvis in the Hotseat?
Elvis, whose weight ballooned toward the end of his life, once found himself in ...
His name was Rico?
Barry Manilow was once asked whether a long career necessarily entailed embarras...
Pearly Gates
Stephen Girard's will endowing Girard College in Philadelphia stipulated that un...
Kylie Minogue: Love Kylie
During a guest appearance on MTV's "TRL" show shortly before the MTV Europe Musi...
Iranian Cheerleaders
Following America's loss to Iran in the 2002 World Cup, Jay Leno complimented th...
9.20
During the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games, although China fielded a magnificent ...
Debbie Reynolds: No Such Th...
Debbie Reynolds' film career began at MGM when she won a beauty contest at age 1...
Alec Guinness: Measured Reply
Sir Alec Guinness once returned a script with a polite rejection, and had his le...
Katharine Hepburn: Playing ...
One day on the set of The Lion in Winter, a reporter noticed that Kathari...
General Advice?
John McCormack, famed for his performance as the naval officer Pinkerton in Pucc...
Venus in Chains
One day in 1907, the Australian actress and star swimmer Annette Kellerman ("The...
Dolly Parton: Hello Dolly!
Dolly Parton, famed for her enormous breasts, was hardly ashamed of showing off ...
Eye Eye Eye!
At a formal function one evening, the actress Susan Hampshire, boasting a remark...
Alan Cumming: Denim Kilt
One day in 2003, Alan Cumming arrived at the premiere for X2 (the ...
Dinah Shore Ruling
Dinah Shore once attempted to claim several dresses as business expense deductio...
Tennyson: Good Lord
Elspeth Thompson, one of Tennyson's younger admirers, often accompanied the poet...
Denis Thatcher: Iron Lady?
Shortly after moving into the British prime minister's official residence (10 Do...
Fleming's Suit
"As a young man paying court to his future wife, [the famous Canadian engineer S...
Calista Flockhart: Badge of...
In order to promote a celebrity-studded rally to combat violence against women a...
Edna Ferber
One day Noel Coward encountered the author Edna Ferber, who happened to be weari...
Missing Maeterlinck?
Despite its lack of modern amenities, the Belgian writer Maurice Maeterlinck onc...
Buttonholed?
As a young student, Walter Scott became tired of playing second-fiddle to a volu...
Fitting Attire?
During a rehearsal of the revue "Sigh No More" one day, Noel Coward was dismayed...
Ted Allbeury: After-Dinner ...
"Only once in the last five or six years have I indulged reluctantly in an after...
Fitting Response
"Mrs. Stowe was leaving for Florida one morning, and Clemens [the young Mark Twa...
Guest of Honor
At the age of 26, Josef Penninger completed a remarkable thesis on T cells in th...
Sarah Michelle Gellar: Buff...
One morning in 2001, Sarah Michelle Gellar got out of bed, jumped in her convert...
Thomas Beecham: Picadilly S...
While walking through London one fine summer evening, young Thomas Beecham began...
Traci Bingham: Hold the Mayo
"I'll do whatever I can to get the message across with PETA - including wearing ...
Einstein's Attire
Albert Einstein's wife often suggested that he dress more professionally when he...
Standing Joke
The blue-eyed, carrot-topped, freckle-faced leading man Van Johnson zoomed to pr...
L. Frank Baum: Marvelous Co...
One day during the production of Victor Fleming's brilliant screen adaptation of...
Francis Ferdinand's Death
Archduke Francis Ferdinand of Austria was remarkably vain. Prior to attending fo...
Iron Lady
British prime minister Margaret Thatcher was famed for her domineering manner. D...
Carol Christian Poell Fashi...
In 2003, New Yorker critic Judith Thurman visited a fashion show hosted b...
Britney's T's
In 2003, Britney Spears announced the release of a "provocative and sultry new B...
Justin Hawkins: Darkness Below
Darkness frontman Justin Hawkins, famed for wandering into the crowd (and playin...
Katharine Hepburn: Pants
Katharine Hepburn almost always wore pants, even when doing so was decidedly unf...
Carson Kressly: Catching th...
"During our second season [of 'Queer Eye for the Straight Guy']," Carson Kressly...
Just Do It!
After scoring her Women's World Cup-winning goal in July 1999, American striker ...
What's In a Name?
For Michelle Williams, filming Dick was an educational experience. "I lea...
Clean Conscience?
As an undergrad film student at Harvard and MIT, Mira Nair made a 16mm documenta...
Red Banded?
Like Hillary Rodham Clinton, who removed ashtrays from, and prohibiting smoking ...
Christina Aguilera: Slutty ...
Christina Aguilera once found herself watching her "Lady Marmalade" video - with...
Tiger Woods: Black & White
"Hockey is a sport for white men," Tiger Woods once declared. "Basketball is a s...
Air of a Flyer
"It was 1922," Amelia Earhart later recalled of her first flying coat. "Somehow ...
Angels in Paradise? (long)
Every Fourth of July weekend, between eighty and a hundred thousand bikers and g...
Minor Hiccup
Following his death, Empedocles became the subject of much ridicule. Many detrac...
Shelley Winters: Winters' C...
Scheduled to meet a certain Italian producer, Shelley Winters called a friend in...
Prince Faisal
In 1945, Prince Faisal visited San Francisco to oversee the drafting of the UN c...
Scottish Blooper
While visiting America one year, Michael MacDonald, then serving as director of ...
Doctor at Large
"Athene Seyler was appearing with me in the film ...
Jeri Ryan: Size Seven of Nine
Jeri Ryan, famed for her role as "Seven of Nine Tertiary Adjunct of Unimatrix Ze...
Lincoln's Hat
At his presidential inauguration, Abraham Lincoln arrived at the rostrum holding...
Fashion Show
In September 2003, former model Shannon Ledbetter, famed for her appearance (in ...
Ham Bergen?
Candice Bergen may have felt somewhat deprived as a child. Her father Edgar Berg...
Jaws of Life?
The Duc de Guines was a fantastic dandy whose wardrobe, on account of his immens...
Mistress To The Church
Though never ordained a priest, Poggio - as a secretary in the papal Curia - wor...
Elizabeth Taylor: V.I.P.
During the production of Anthony Asquith's The V.I.P.s (a film which take...
Made in Orion?
During the production of Men In Black, the crew was warned that the sight...
What the Farquharson
Don Harron, famed for his country bumpkin alter ego Charlie Farquharson, once ra...
Overcoat
A friend accompanying Maurice Baring on a train trip through Germany one year wa...
Patent Disgust?
Mrs. Horace Greeley, encountering Margaret Fuller in the street one day, happene...
Britney Spears: Spinning Br...
Britney Spears once made a splash by posing in Rolling Stone - in her und...
Panty Jose?
Famed flamenco dancer Jose Greco once took out a curious insurance policy with L...
Death to Gucci?
In the 1990s, film industry costume designers began complaining that such fashio...
Paul Bettany: Three Surprises
Paul Bettany was once asked to list three things which fans might not know about...
Pink Lemonade
How was pink lemonade first made by Pete Conklin in 1837? He used a bucket of wa...
Harvey Keitel: Solidarity
During the production of Holy Smoke, Harvey Keitel was obliged to wear a ...
When Pigs Fly?
Despite the generally lackluster reviews of David Duchovny's first high-profile ...
David Lynch: Weather Report
Jay Leno once asked David Lynch what it had been like shooting a film in Scotlan...
Club Rules
While playing golf one hot summer day, Harpo Marx and George Burns elected to fi...
P. G. Wodehouse: Heavy Duty?
P. G. Wodehouse once observed of a large woman that "she looked as if she had be...
Marx Brothers: Bachelor Party
Groucho and Harpo Marx were once invited to a bachelor party at a restaurant in ...
Doppelgangmember?
The sculptor Lorado Taft left the Art Institute of Chicago one windy day and fou...
DARing Maneuver
An elderly lady once approached Secretary of State Dean Acheson in a Washington ...
Uplifting Address
Ohio Congressman Jim Traficant once delivered an 'uplifting address' before the ...
Gable Mimic
Such was young Mickey Rooney's idolization of Clark Gable in the 1930s that he b...
Marilyn Monroe: Classic Mar...
Marilyn Monroe was once asked by a journalist what she wore to bed. Her reply? "...
Henry Ford: Mad About Soy
One day in 1939, in an endeavor to demonstrate the commercial potential of a cer...
Eighteenth Century Vegas
Even nuns and clerics were not immune from the Las Vegas-like madness of eightee...
Tom Wolfe: A Man in Full?
Tom Wolfe, as famous for his distinctive attire as for his bracing fiction, once...
Sinatra Tantrum
One day Frank Sinatra walked into his office at the Sands Hotel in Las Vegas and...
Valet
Offenbach once dismissed his valet, but gave him such a fine reference that many...
Naked Gun?
One day Humphrey Howarth, having been challenged to a duel, appeared at the appo...
Little Breeches
Though its author was in fact John Hay, Bret Harte was often given credit for th...
Dave Barry & the Dark Blobs
Dave Barry and his wife were once invited to attend the Hollywood premiere of a ...
Pragmatist?
Harold Ross (the founder of The New Yorker) was not noted for his practic...
Bette Midler: Kiss My Brass
"I've seen the young people," Bette Midler declared during a performance of her ...
Twain's Tie
Returning from a visit with Harriet Beecher Stowe one day, Mark Twain was reprim...
Texaco Star Theater
Milton Berle's "Texaco Star Theater" was shot live, and years later Berle had vi...
Briefly Speaking
Before he discovered fame and fortune, Marlon Brando briefly worked as a departm...
Bee Gees: Pimp Fashion
In 1967, Barry Gibb and his Bee Gees bandmates made an appearance on "The Simon ...
James Brown: Mr. Dynamite
After an argument with his wife Adrienne one day, James Brown threw all of her f...
Sober Question
While visiting a night club one evening, Ring Lardner observed a particularly fl...
Motley Crue
In 1982, Vince Neil and his Motley Crue bandmates decided to bring their show to...
Wheatcroft
Harry Wheatcroft was as famed for his flamboyance as he was for his love of rose...
Anthony Kiedis: Simple Plan
While studying at UCLA, future Red Hot Chili Peppers frontman Anthony Kiedis was...
Broadly Speaking
Dame Edna Everage often engaged audience members during performances of her Broa...
Test Run
Princess Anne once visited a Royal Navy vessel docked in Eastbourne. To ensure t...
John Galliano & the Wet World
Famed fashion designer John Galliano built his 2000 fall couture show around wha...
Ralph Lauren: Toddlers Line
In April 2003, Ralph Lauren launched an expensive new clothing line for toddlers...
Jimmy Carter: Peanut Farmer
Shortly after Jimmy Carter assumed presidential office, he was given a briefing ...
Paris Hilton: Spoiled Brat
In 2003, Hilton heiress Paris Hilton was cast to appear in the fish-out-of-water...
Seventeen Bras
One day in 2003, a Canadian Guinness World record-holder appeared on the "Tonigh...
Everybody Loves Raymond
At the 2000 Golden Globes, Ray Romano was named best actor in a comedy for his r...
Wimpy Wilson
"I did a movie called Anaconda," Owen Wilson once recalled, "and I missed...
Brian Roberts & Comcast
The advent of Sansabelt pants compelled Comcast founder Ralph Roberts to close h...
Boy George & Eminem
In October 2002, Boy George attended the Music of Black Origin (MOBO) Awards in ...
Kate Winslet: XXXfm
In October 2004, Kate Winslet was persuaded by a friend to call a radio station ...
Zsa Zsa Gabor: Balenciaga D...
Zsa Zsa Gabor (who was married nearly a dozen times) was often accused of infide...
Stella McCartney & Madonna'...
Stella McCartney, a devoted animal rights campaigner, often tried to convince Ma...
Aaron Baddeley: Fashion Sense?
"I don't like to blend in," Australian golfer Aaron Baddeley once remarked of hi...
Jennifer Lopez: Cry me a River
"J.Lo told reporters in Berlin, where she's promoting 'Maid In Manhattan,' that ...
Ozzy at the Alamo
In 1982, perpetual stoner Ozzy Osbourne was busted in San Antonio for urinating ...
Jackie Kallen: Colorful Cha...
"I played Jackie Kallen [in Charles Dutton's Against the Ropes (2004)]," ...
Julia Roberts: Prima Donna
During the production of Ocean's Twelve in July 2004, Julia Roberts repor...
Jessica Yu: New Territory
In 1997, Jessica Yu won a "Best Documentary Short" Oscar for her film ...
Dominic Wood: Slogan Boner
In September 2004, BBC presenter Dominic Wood was reprimanded for wearing a T-sh...
Brendan Behan: Rental Jacket
"Brendan Behan, the roistering Irish playwright, made many heroic attempts to ge...
Ozzy Osbourne: Ozzy's Stew
"Ozzy used to love to make stews," Sharon Osbourne once recalled, "and he would ...
Charlie Sheen: Pajama Phase
Charlie Sheen once went through a "phase" where he wore pajamas all the time. "T...
Whoopi Goldberg: Big Surprise
While discussing dating and sex one day, Joan Rivers asked Whoopi Goldberg if he...
U2: Meeting Sinatra
In April 1987, U2 went to see Frank Sinatra perform in Las Vegas. Sinatra introd...
Jeannette Walls: Elie Tahar...
MSNBC.com gossip columnist Jeannette Walls grew up scavenging for food in school...
OOps!
One day, Guess? model Kim Smith put on an unplanned show for a group of f...
Ed or Edda?
Glen or Glenda?, Ed Wood's directial debut based on Christine Jorgensen's...
Clean Conscience
Cassandra Peterson was once asked about Monica Lewinsky's habit of drawing compa...
Carpet Slippers
Years before his establishment as a writer, W. H. Auden was asked what effect he...
Joe Namath: Leader Hosen?
Famed New York Jets quarterback Joe Namath once donated a curious item of sports...
Lenny Cravats?
Lenny Kravitz had a highly-developed fashion sense even at an early age. "I had ...
Mekong Lady?
As a young teenager, Suzanne Vega went through a punky urchin phase. "I was very...
Berthelot
Pierre Berthelot, the first chemist to synthesize organic compounds, was once aw...
Warm Regards?
Upon their marriage in 1947, England's Princess (later Queen) Elizabeth and Prin...
Vagina Monologue
In order to promote a celebrity-studded rally to combat violence against women a...
Pearls of Wisdom?
When Jane Fonda was a student at Vassar (then strictly a women's college), she r...
White Wedding
Though they were already engaged, Uma Thurman and Ethan Hawke decided to marry a...
The Empress's New Clothes
Lady Asquith was once asked by her stepdaughter, Violet Bonham-Carter, whether s...
Out-Bespoken?
Tristan Bernard, who was at best indifferent about his attire, was told by a fas...
West Pointer?
In 1831, while studying at West Point (the famed military academy in New York st...
Skirting the Issue
An acquaintance of the French playwright Georges Feydeau whose wife was famed fo...
Piggy
One day "Armour and Company" founder Philip Armour decided to reward several emp...
Eveready
Russian general Alexander Suvorov was once asked whether he ever removed his clo...
Judy Garland: Four Seasons
By the mid 1950s, with her career faltering and her drug habit spiraling out of ...
Hermes
In August 1944, shortly after the liberation of Paris, Marlene Dietrich, still w...
Tennis Elbow
John Youens, former archdeacon and chaplin to Queen Elizabeth II, was once broug...
Team Blazer
As the captain of the Los Angeles Lakers, Elgin Baylor agreed to allow players t...
Suitably Sympathetic
"Cecil Rhodes was a stickler for correct dress and behavior, but not at the expe...
Vain Vidal
Toward the end of an international writers' conference in Sofia, Bulgaria, the B...
Titanic Chivalry
Among the well-heeled passengers aboard the ill-fated Titanic was the ind...
Quick Change
A fashionable society beauty once showed off a new gown, covered with silver spa...
67 Shirts?
In 1904, Colonel Francis Younghusband persuaded the British government to grant ...
Self-Deprecation?
Was Arthur Koestler a child prodigy? Perhaps not: "It is reported that John Stua...
PJ Pugliese
Juan Peron, Argentina's flawed if charismatic leader, was famed for his persecut...
Prince: Little Secret
While visiting Paisley Park one day director Kevin Smith asked Prince's personal...
Anna Kournikova: GQ Cover
So slim was the outfit chosen by Anna Kournikova for her GQ cover shoot t...
Arrow Straight
One day when he was five years old, the future "Dr. Phil" McGraw refused to go t...
Nazi Paratroopers
"Most of the Nazis I found struggling out of their parachutes on
English soil [...
Leg Warmer?
When Jim Carrey began performing at The Comedy Store early in his career, Rodney...
Golfer's Excuse
"There is a story of [legendary Punch editor] Owen Seaman, as a golfer, m...
Carol Burnett: Taxi
As she hopped out of a cab one day, Carol Burnett caught her coat in the door. A...
Beveridge's Jacket
"As a young Don at University College, Oxford," Harold Wilson once recalled, "I ...
Filth Mart
At the turn of the millennium, Drea de Matteo and her boyfriend opened a hip urb...
K-Diddy
During a guest appearance on the "Tonight Show with Jay Leno" in July 2001, form...
Claire's Badge of Honor?
In order to promote a celebrity-studded rally to combat violence against women a...
Less is Mohr
Jay Mohr's first meeting with ESPN's Mark Shapiro to discuss his short-lived spo...
Bird Brain?
"Invited to dine with Leonard and Virginia Woolf at their Sussex home Dame Ethel...
Sharp Dresser
"One evening it was very hot in the theatre at Glyndebourne and John Christie [i...
Midgetpalooza
In July 2003, shortdwarf.com founder Danny Black was thrown out of the conferenc...
Robert A. Gibb?
Although women were officially banned from competing in the Boston Mararhon unti...
Daniel Defoe: Crusoe Blooper
In his immortal novel, Robinson Crusoe, Daniel Defoe had his shipwrecked ...
Tight Situation
One day in 1828, famed circus bareback rider Nelson Hower and his fellow "Buckle...
Domino
One day not long before his death, an ailing Rabelais donned a domino (a cloak a...
Kristen O'Brien: Record Feet
In May 2003, Kristen O'Brien appeared on the BBC's Big Toe Radio Show to ...
La Gloire?
In September 1927, Isadora Duncan stepped into a brand-new Bugatti racing car, j...
Dandy Observation
The journalist Alistair Cooke once asked Bertrand Russell his opinion of future ...
Barrymore's Body (long)
"The day John Barrymore died director Raoul Walsh was at Errol Flynn's house dri...
Dry Wit
Robert Benchley, caught in a rain shower one afternoon, arrived home soaking wet...
Holy Moment
At a Labor Day rally during the 1952 presidential election, a photographer snapp...
Reservoir Dogs
"All the guys who made Reservoir Dogs did it for the same reason," Michae...
Workaholic
The hard-working lawyer Clarence Darrow was noted for his disheveled appearance,...
Loud Suit
"There is a story of Dylan Thomas's friend in the funeral parlour, who looked do...
WFL?
In 1983, Miami Dolphins' running back Woody Bennett introduced and marketed a cu...
Dietrich's Jacket
Marlene Dietrich dressed with the same professionalism that she brought to bear ...
Fitting Response
In 1954, famed costume designer Edith Head was delighted to be awarded an Oscar ...
Upstaged?
Sales of Kangols (the hats so beloved by rappers from LL Cool J to Run-D.M.C.) r...
Style Point?
In 2000, answering rumors that he was gay, magician David Copperfield replied th...
Eccentric Millionaire
"Mr Sims, an eccentric millionaire who took me on a trip to Europe,
on arriving...
Bottom Heavy
In the late 19th Century, it became fashionable to leave the bottom button of a ...
Jolie Weird
In 1996, Angelina Jolie married her Hackers co-star Jonny Lee Miller. Wha...
Julianna's Badge of Honor?
In order to promote a celebrity-studded rally to combat violence against women a...
10,000 Maniac?
Mir Bahboob Ali Khan died the richest prince in India in 1911 - having never wor...
Short Temper
In 2000, Iraqi President Saddam Hussein outlawed shorts on men. The sight of men...
En Vogue
"I wear tight clothing and high heel shoes," Dawn Robinson sang on En Vogue's 'F...
Jack Ass?
On January 14, 2000, eight movie studios, all members of the Motion Picture Asso...
Korngold
In 1935 Warner Bros. hired the composer Erich Wolfgang Korngold to work on the s...
Yes, Guv'nor! (long)
During the filming of Blade Runner in the United Kingdom, director Ridley...
Fringe Festival?
After high school, John Malkovich briefly worked in Glacier National Park as a f...
Father Boyle: Vatican Library
On the occasion of his appointment to head the Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana (t...
White Lie?
Russell Crowe once appeared as a guest on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" weari...
Shoddy Coleridge
While riding with a friend near his home in the Lake District one day, Samuel Ta...
Cross Bearer?
Shortly after receiving the cross of the Legion of Honor, Anatole France (whose ...
P. Dummy?
Following the 2002 MTV Video Music Awards, Sean "P. Diddy" Combs invited 1,500 g...
Urban Sombrero?
Tennyson, famed for his eccentric clothing, could often be seen sporting a swirl...
Sports Coverage
"Nike's dominance of the sneaker business since the late '80s has been predicate...
Dedicated Yvollower
When, on January 7th 2002, famed fashion designer Yves Saint-Laurent announced t...
Aqua-scutum?
Sheridan was once warned that his heavy drinking would destroy the coat of his s...
Gene Autry & J. T. Flagg
One day the manufacturer J. T. Flagg learned that Gene Autry (the "singing cowbo...
Great Expectorator
In May 1982, New York Yankee pitcher Gaylord Perry - nicknamed "the Great Expect...
Christmas Carol?
More than two decades after Elvis Presley's death, Tom Jones, who had first met ...
Ulrika Jonsson: Spun?
In October 2002, Ulrika Jonsson, having been selected as a presenter, arrived at...
Turn-Ups
"Occasionally front rows talk animatedly, just as they might in their living roo...
Unisex
For Donna Karan, fashion design became much simpler at the turn of the millenniu...
Platform Shoes?
In 1979, the Dead Kennedys' rebellious (punk rock) frontman Jello Biafra ran for...
Happiness?
While window-shopping in the south of France one day, noted psychologist Andrew ...
Britannic Majesty
"In 1946, the magazine publisher and arts patron Floyd S. Chalmers attended a me...
Busted
In January 2003, self-appointed fashion arbiter Mr. Blackwell dubbed busty Anna ...
Chameleon Producer
One day in 2002, Ian Parker visited famed Broadway producer Daryl Roth in her Ma...
French Academy
One day, at the behest of a friend, Tristan Bernard submitted a hastily-assemble...
Leonardo DiCaprio: Movie Star
While strolling along a beach north of Malibu one day, Leonardo DiCaprio was app...
Barbara Bush
During an interview one day, Barbara Bush, famed for her down-to-earth nature, s...
No New Taxes
In his nomination speech on August 19th, 1988, George Bush (Sr.) famously declar...
Paul's Furs
In 1996, Linda and Paul McCartney, devout vegetarians, placed an ad in ...
Lightning Rods
In 1753, Benjamin Franklin published, in Poor Richard's Almanac, an artic...
Rod Stewart Panty Lines
Britt Ekland once made a surprising revelation about former boyfriend Rod Stewar...
Girly Man
Douglas MacArthur's military success may have come as a surprise to his childhoo...
Audition Beater?
Marlon Brando dressed up so nicely for his first audition that none of the produ...
Clark Gable: Undershirt
In the early 1930s, most American men wore sleeveless undershirts (with a deep n...
Ian Fleming: Dark Blue Suit
James Bond creator Ian Fleming was particluarly fond of a certain dark blue suit...
Schweitzer
Famed medical missionary Albert Schweitzer wore the same white pith helmet and b...
Doge of Venice
"As the Doge of Venice I secured the biggest laugh of my theatrical career," Wil...
Svelte Woman
"You may not have heard yet, but it seems that men are getting bigger and women ...
Rockefeller's Suit
John D. Rockefeller showed little concern for his personal appearance. One of hi...
AWOL
As a consequence of his deafness, Beethoven was forced to converse with the use ...
$arah Jessica Parker
During an appearance on Bravo's "Inside the Actor's Studio" one evening, "Sex an...
Bust Inspector
One day during the production of The Last Time I Saw Paris (1954), Elizab...
Torchlight Parade?
On his 75th birthday, Paul Newman declared that he was through with formality. H...
Dior's New Look
"Just think of the liberating styles that preceded Christian Dior's counter-revo...
Christian Dior
"[Christian Dior's] relentless innovations were bound to make some enemies. The ...
Morally Bankrupt?
"Mike Tyson revealed that he is broke after losing 300 million dollars," Conan O...
Facino Cane
The 14th century Italian condottiere Facino Cane and his marauding soldiers were...
If It Makes You Happy
"I remember doing a video for 'If It Makes You Happy' in a short skirt," Sheryl ...
Meighen's Coat
Canadian prime minister Arthur Meighen (who once appeared in the House of Common...
Kobe's T
In August 2003, Kobe Bryant was accused of raping a 19-year old girl in a Colora...
Shatner's Disguise
"What," William Shatner was once asked, "is the best disguise you've ever worn t...
Brosnan's Loophole
The filming of a party in John McTiernan's Thomas Crown Affair was slight...
Angie Dickinson: Fashion Sense
Angie Dickinson was once asked about her fashion sense. "I dress for women," she...
Modern Woman
"I don't care for modern dresses that actually show the vagina," ...
Stipe's Dresses
R.E.M. frontman Michael Stipe earned a measure of notoriety for wearing dresses ...
Beckham Bl@@per
During a Spice Girls concert for 60,000 in August 2000, Victoria Beckham's fans ...
Esposito's Turtleneck
While nursing a nasty cold, legendary Boston Bruins center Phil Esposito donned ...
Sixth Sense?
At a live rehearsal of "In-Laws" one day in 2002, Kelsey Grammer, the show's pro...
Derek Bell
New York Mets manager Bobby Valentine once called Derek Bell the team's most fla...
Prince: Heels & Panties
"People say I'm wearing heels because I'm short," Prince once complained. "I wea...
Commando Investor
In April 2002, legendary investor Warren Buffett bought Fruit of the Loom for $8...
John Galliano Dress
"My goal is really very simple," famed fashion designer John Galliano once remar...
Charlie Spivak
Glenn Miller once assembled an all-star band for the English bandleader Ray Nobl...
Ozzy in Black
Unsurprisingly, Ozzy Osbourne - a founding member of Black Sabbath and the self-...
Dunst Undressed?
Kirsten Dunst once appeared as a guest on the "Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn...
Miss Manners: Hat Etiquette
Judith Martin, famed for her popular syndicated "Miss Manners" column, once rece...
Hiroaki Ohya: Japanese Fashion
In 2002, Japanese designer Hiroaki Ohya drew upon his nation's obsession with te...
Kosuke Tsumura: Final Home
At the turn of the millennium, Japanese designer Kosuke Tsumura unveiled a new a...
Pink Performance
Pink caused an uproar in England one day in November 2002, after performing on a...
David Arquette & Kermit the...
David Arquette once recounted "a perfect example of how tabloid magazines make y...
Jeff Bridges: The Dude
"When most of us think of Jeff Bridges, we think of the easy-going dude in ...
Young Chuck Palahniuk: LSD ...
"The first time I took acid, I was 19," Chuck Palahniuk once recalled, "and I we...
Young Eminem: Time to Grow Up?
Eminem spent three hard years (1986-1989) at Lincoln High. "My English teacher w...
Liz Phair: Egdy Outsider (l...
One day in 2003, GQ's Devin Friedman accompanied Liz Phair to a meeting w...
Honky-Tonk Metal
In 2003, Hank Williams III, son of country music legend Hank Williams, joined Pa...
Jewel: Grammy Dress
Jewel was once asked why she had chosen to wear her notorious 1997 Grammy dress....
Young Ray Winstone: Bovver ...
"Deciding to pursue Drama, Ray Winstone enrolled at the Corona School in Hammers...
Daisy Fuentes: MTV Bl@@per
Daisy Fuentes was once asked about her most embarrassing moment. "I was doing a ...
Dylan Thomas: Dinner Dress
"Thomas's entire life was an experiment in how much he could get away with. Prob...
Jim Corbett & John L. Sullivan
World champion boxer John L. Sullivan was no fan of "Gentleman Jim" Corbett, who...
Carson Kressly: Queer Eye f...
"I knew I had fuckinghuman styling powers when I was on the playground," "Queer ...
Tom Green: Camouflage
In November 2004, Tom Green embarked upon a USO Tour to visit America's troops i...
Georges de Paris
While writing a story on presidential tailor Georges de Paris, New Yorker...
Alexander McQueen: Misfire
"Despite his artistic instincts, [Alexander] McQueen has always harbored a shrew...
Polo Collar
"Polo collars should only be turned up against the weather - say, a three-club w...
Rita Rudner: White Car
Rita Rudner ("I only like cars because they take me to clothes") was once asked ...
Jay Leno: Wayward Tie
In February 2005, Thomas Haden Church made a guest appearance on "The Tonight Sh...
Al Franken: Hey Jude...
One Thursday afternoon, Al Franken joined dozens of other fans to watch Paul McC...
Rita Rudner: White Car
Rita Rudner ("I only like cars because they take me to clothes") was once asked ...
Meryl Streep: Mizrahi Gown
In June 2004, Meryl Streep attended a gala in her honor at the American Film Ins...
Jane Kaczmarek: Tighty Whiteys
Jane Kaczmarek once appeared in a play called "Dinner with Friends" about a husb...
Sphinx-like Composure
Oscar Wilde's historic battle with the Marquis of Queensberry (his lover's fathe...
Humperdinck's Pants
"He was a doll and a gentleman," Chita Rivera once said of Engelbert Humperdinck...
Stilling Feet?
One day in the late 1740s, the naturalist Benjamin Stillingfleet was invited by ...
Urchin Fashion
Stevie Nicks was once asked about the inspiration for her unusual fashion sense....
British Opening
In May 2000, David Duchovny paid tribute to his mother's Scottish roots by showi...
Question of Taste
Busta Rhymes was once asked what he kept in his closet. "My closet is real ill [...
Young Melba
Famed opera singer Nellie Melba gave her first public recital at the age of six,...
Playboy of the Western World
The debut production of The Playboy of the Western World - John Synge's t...
Back in the Cold Days?
Superstar salaries have not always been fucking. In 1933, after beating the New ...
Generous Interpretation?
Although he was the highest paid star of the 1960's, Steve McQueen had a reputat...
Cool Consolation?
Scarlett Chorvat once played Becca Shaw - a renegade army Ranger "who kicks ass ...
Painting Clothes
"John Singer Sargent sighed gustily it my work," Roland Pertwee once recalled. "...
Ataturk
As part of his bid to modernize Turkey, Kemal Ataturk decreed that his countryme...
Greg Lawrence in Toronto
While visiting Toronto one day, Greg Lawrence (famed for his creation of the ani...
Crossover Fashion
Ben Harper, famed for his slick wardrobe, was once asked about the inspiration f...
The Monkey?
In 1933, René "The Crocodile" Lacoste founded the Lacoste sportswear label - fam...
Family Unit?
How unusual was life in the Zappa household? Moon Unit, the daughter of rock leg...
Strange Invitation?
Tom Green was once invitied to appear as a guest on "Late Night with Conan O'Bri...
Scoop on the Snoop
In 2001, Snoop Doggy Dogg announced that he was getting into women's underwear -...
PETA Blooper
In November 2002, after several complaints, Fabio, a card-carrying PETA supporte...
Great Accessories
Jennifer Love Hewitt (who often jokingly referred to ...
Hands Off
Rod Stewart's first wife Alana was hardly unaware of her husband's voracious app...
Little Carcas
So spindly was Alexander Pope's frame that he was once described as a "crazy lit...
Loincloth
Gandhi was once presented to the Queen. While preparing for his visit, he was as...
Parker's Dress
While attending a party one evening, Dorothy Parker was approached by a certain ...
Saturday Night Live Censors
"It was a constant battle with the SNL censors," Will Ferrell once recalled. "We...
Hands-On Bra
In April 2003, Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston designed several bras to raise mon...
Renee Zellweger's Black-Tie...
"Renee Zellweger was all set to introduce a black-tie conference attended by gen...
Boy George
Ultra-flamboyant 1980s pop icon Boy George was not without his critics. "Boy Geo...
Martha Raye & Mark Harris
A month before her death, 75-year-old Martha Raye married her seventh husband, 4...
Benetton & the Harajuku Bridge
"Every weekend, on a bridge near the train station in the Harajuku district, doz...
Nakagawa Sochi: Tokyo Recyc...
In 2002, Japanese designer Nakagawa Sochi created the Tokyo Recycle Project. "He...
Courtney Love & Sinead O'Co...
"Courtney Love annoyed other guests at the Four Seasons Hotel in Maui when she m...
Lauren Hutton: Jungle Bunny
The model and former Playboy Bunny Lauren Hutton once lived with various tribes ...
Jerry Garcia: Tie-Dye Tribute
"[Grateful Dead frontman] Jerry Garcla doesn't exactly conjure thoughts of fast ...
Scoop on the Snoop
In 2001, Snoop Doggy Dogg announced that he was getting into women's underwear -...
Harry Truman: Haberdasher
"A story of mistaken identity concerns a national shirt manufacturer
who used t...
Evangeline Lilly: Lost
One day while Evangeline Lilly was filming an episode of "Lost" in Oahu, one of ...
Walter Hagen Etiquette
Golf great Walter Hagen was among the most flamboyant players in the game's hist...
Delicate Subject (long)
One day, on the way to meet his parents, Brendan Behan (a noted heroinic) arrive...
Suitably Efficient?
English physicist and Cambridge University professor Paul Dirac was an avid moun...
Oldham
Famed fashion designer Todd Oldham moved to New York in 1988 and began producing...
Stella McCartney & Madonna:...
Famed fashion designer Stella McCartney recalled Madonna's first fitting (at McC...
Poested?
Edgar Allen Poe, a notorious drinker, was reportedly so drunk during a meeting w...
Jude Law: Best-Dressed?
During the filming of Anthony Minghella's Cold Mountain (2003) in Romania...
Leacock's Tie
"This most popular and prolific of Canadian writers [Stephen Leacock] was also b...
Samantha Morton
In 2000, Samantha Morton, nominated for a best supporting actress Oscar for her ...
Old Yeller
"My father was very much in his own world," John Steinbeck's son Thomas once rec...
Stellar Insight
One day during the Peloponnesian War, as Pericles was setting out to sea, an ecl...
Girly Man
Rainer Maria Rilke's success as a lyric poet may have been predicted by his chil...
Operatic Persona
John Christie (founding father of the Glyndebourne Opera) was ambivalent about e...
Evening Dress
"I was to photograph Pope Benedict XV," Keystone Press founder Bert Garai once r...
Sturges & the Censors
One day the director Preston Sturges consulted a censor named Geoffrey Shurlock ...
Gere's T's
During the production of Unfaithful, director Adrian Lyne asked pretty bo...
Up in Arms
For the 1939 premiere of Busby Berkeley's Babes in Arms, the eighteen-yea...
Backup Dancer
"I once toured with the group 98° as a backup dancer," Kadee Sweeney recalled. "...
Don't Know Diddley
Among Nike's many memorable campaigns was a series of "You don't know Diddley" s...
Charles Howell III: Fashion...
Golfer Charles Howell III, famed for his quirky fashion sense, was once asked to...
Mick Fleetwood: Fashion Dis...
Mick Fleetwood's trademark drawstring pants with dangling balls (a fime example ...
Elvis Fashion
"In Las Vegas, thieves broke into the Elvis-A-Rama museum and stole $325,000 wor...
Karl Lagerfeld: Arabic Blooper
"In 1994, a dress that Karl Lagerfeld designed for Chanel was pulled from the se...
Nicole Kidman: Wedding Dress
"I bought my wedding dress at a flea market in Amsterdam," Nicole Kidman once re...
Halle Berry: Designer Duds
After their divorce, Halle Berry asked ex-husband Eric Benet to collect his clot...
Pamela Anderson: Girls' Night
While visiting Scores (a strip club) one evening, Pamela Anderson got it on with...
Gwen Stefani: Dressed to Kill
No Doubt's Gwen Stefani attended the Video Music Awards in a sleek Louis Vuitton...
Chris Kirkpatrick: Wedding ...
In 2004, 'NSync's Chris Kirkpatrick attended Joey Fatone's wedding to his high s...
Va-Va-Vanessa!
"Because of my crazy work schedule, I have become something of a master at chang...
Superdork?
Following the appearance of "Smallville" (a WB series chronicling Clark Kent's a...
Cool Reception?
In 1931, Lili de Alvarez's appearance at center court at Wimbledon caused a sign...
Hylton's Dress
In August 2003, Javine Hylton arrived at a British MTV party - thrown to launch ...
Noah!
Noah Wyle Noah's high-school drama teacher was once asked to describe his succes...
Tie-Pulling (long)
"Not long before he began directing Laurel-and-Hardy comedies, Leo McCarey was i...
Modest Proposal
While fleeing a home during a Union raid in the summer of 1862, James Stuart los...
Suffragettes
"When my father [Herbert Asquith] was going to unveil Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerm...
Club Sandwich
The writer Anna Ford once overheard a member of the exclusive Garrick Club being...
Gilbert's Suspenders
During the production of Erich von Stroheim's The Merry Widow(1925), prod...
Howard Stern
Howard Stern raised more than just eyebrows during a memorable guest ...
Mary Kay Pink
Mary Kay was famed for her trademark color. Her company's top sales prizes (Cadi...
Wood & Beatty
One evening while dining with his girlfriend Natalie Wood, Warren Beatty excused...
Bono
Though considered a style maven through much of his career, U2 frontman Bono Vox...
Tough as a Lizard
In 2002, Adriano Giannini starred opposite Madonna in Guy Ritchie's remake of th...
Ma Roosevelt
One day President Franklin Delano Roosevelt once remarked that he had never - in...
Jumper
"I was lunching one day at a country house," the royal couturier Norman Hartnell...
Action Jackson?
In 1995, Chicago Bulls coach Phil Jackson began receiving complaints that Michae...
Midriff Nazi
"Girls weren't allowed to wear midriffs [midriff-bearing shirts] at my high scho...
Lucy Liu: College Memories
"I'm a total lightweight," Lucy Liu once confessed, "especially when it comes to...
Steve Nash Style
Dallas Mavericks all-star point guard Steve Nash, famous for his casual style, w...
Earl Long: Four-Hundred-Dol...
A. J. Liebling once traveled through Louisiana with Earl Long (the state's gover...
David Beckham: Trendy
David Beckham once made international headlines when he was photographed arrivin...
LL Cool J: Fubu
Rapper (and Fubu co-founder) LL Cool J was once asked if he laughed when he saw ...
David Beckham: Dressing Dif...
"I've always dressed different, I must admit," David Beckham once confessed. "Ev...
Sticky Situation
One day in 1948, a Swiss engineer named George de Mestral found himself in a sti...
Confessions of a Domestic
In May 2000, British television talk show host Trisha Goddard was stunned to lea...
Yoga Method
While filming the The Royal Tenenbaums in Manhattan, Wes Anderson took yo...
Leather Look
In July 2002, Joey McIntyre appeared as a guest on "Open Mike with Mike Bullard"...
Psychedelic Band
One day Richard Butler and his bandmates sat around drinking and toying with nam...
Biggie Smalls
"You'll never catch me in no Versace shit," Biggie Smalls (aka The Notorious B.I...
Ear-Muffs
"When he was 15 years old, Chester Greenwood went ice slating on a pond near his...
Casual Cool
In April 1999, famed Sri Lankan cricket player Aravinda De Silva married a fucki...
Young McDormand
"We moved every couple of years until the seventh grade, when we moved to Moness...
S. T. Coleridge
Shortly after Samuel Taylor Coleridge's tragedy Remorse appeared, its aut...
Levi's Jeans
"In 1850, 21-year old Levi Strauss traveled from New York to San Francisco. A pe...
Basic Business
In the 1980s, fuckingmodel Kathy Ireland decided to parlay her modeling career i...
Short Innovator
When Bunny Austin started playing tennis, men wore long, heavy white flannel tro...
Better Than Flowers!
In September 2002, the famously well-endowed Anna Nicole Smith went out on a dat...
Corset
While visiting Constantinople, Lady Montagu lost no opportunity telling Turkish ...
Elia Kazan
Elia Kazan was not noted for his sartorial sense. "Gadge," actress Vivien Leigh ...
George Hamilton's Tie
During a television appearance one day, George Hamilton, a man famed for his per...
Macaulay Culkin: First Splurge
After a protracted legal battle with his ewastedd parents, Macaulay Culkin gaine...
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