The Crisis at 'Architectural Digest' is Spewing All Over Its Cover @12:30 PM
The December Architectural Digest hit mailboxes yesterday. Hey, wow, is it ever covered in words! And a new urgency. These words, they promise us such delights as… a look inside the homes of Magic Johnson and Malcolm McDowell and Carole King? This was not a thing I ever thought I might want! Architectural Digest's ad pages were down 58% over last year, so clearly they are compelled to try something new. Or is it? We took a look back the magazine's December issues, and its increasingly strenuous cover packaging over the past 20 years. READ MORE 24
'Gourmet' Should Have Figured Out A Michael Jackson Angle @11:25 AM
"Standing outside his bedroom was a wax figure of a queen's Household Cavalry guard. The bedroom itself was dark and quite plain, in tones of beige and brown, and, to be honest, a bit depressing. Adjacent to the bed was a huge, red, thronelike chair ornately trimmed in gilt. Above the mahogany four-poster was a painting of a blond Jesus."
—November's Architectural Digest features a tribute to the late Michael Jackson. Everything about this confuses me. 3
