Fashion

01/19/2010

Erich Segal

1937 – 2010

Singlehandedly
Revived four-hankie weepers
As movie genre
— Lairbo
 
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Love means saying you're 
Sorry a lot, even if 
You're not sure what for
— Phil Valens

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Yellow Submarine
Doesn't begin to balance
Love Story's hokum
— Lairbo

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11/18/2009

Sy Syms

1926 – 2009

The Grim Reaper, an
Educated consumer,
Gets Sy off-the-rack
— Lairbo

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10/07/2009

Irving Penn

1917 – 2009

Subject matter did
Not matter so much to him
He was making art
— Lairbo

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Fame, fashion, fortune
Art without artifice
Always clean and clear
— Russell 1000

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10/19/2008

Mr. Blackwell

Mr B

1922 – 2008

Died (we only hope)
Wearing something that wouldn't
Have mortified him
— Lairbo
 

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08/01/2008

Yves Saint Laurent

YSL

1936 – 2008

Despite all he did
What we remember most are
Those giant glasses
— Lairbo


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01/05/1998

Sonny Bono

1935 – 1998

La de da de de
The beat goes on without him
La de da de da
— Lairbo

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02/16/1990

Keith Haring

1958 – 1990

Subway graffitist
To pop art icon; did he
Sell out or buy in?
— Russell 1000

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11/21/1980

Mae West

1893 – 1980

South of Heaven, West's
Chickadee may coo, "Come down
And see me sometime

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09/25/1960

Emily Post

1872 – 1960

Funeral haiku
Five decades after the fact?
How wretchedly gauche!
— Lairbo

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09/14/1927

Isadora Duncan

1877 – 1927

Brilliant dancer, but 
Lousy judge of lovers and 
Lengths of driving scarves
— Lairbo

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10/16/1793

Marie Antoinette

1755 – 1793

Until she had it
Handed to her, she had no
Head for politics
— Lairbo

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02/18/1564

Michelangelo Buonarroti

1475 – 1564

Tried the rest? Hire the 
Best! Art to order; any
Medium well done
— Lairbo

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