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...Literal punching is not recommended, except when dealing with members of the Fly. Aim for the spot right between their upturned collar and their backwards visor...
Plus, the problem with the visor-snatching plan is that I haven’t gone anywhere where my gender needs to be an issue. Boys, women, girly men, fruit cups and diesel dykes can all write alumni thank-you letters without reference to their gender. So, in search of a less ambiguous test of my costume, I head to the steamy men’s locker room...
...iconic images. "Warhol is a universal language," Treacy says. "We've gone for the most obvious choices first." Picture a hat with Marilyn Monroe's face hanging above the wearer's; a Campbell's soup can purse, with a silver-spoon pull on the zipper; a dollar-bill visor. Of course, some of Warhol's famous images are simply too ghoulish for headdress...
...doing electric chairs," says Treacy. The limited-edition collection will debut in January in high-end designer stores like Maria Luisa in Paris, 10 Corso Como in Milan and Selfridges, Harvey Nichols and Harrods in London. Expect prices to run from j70 for a visor to j310 for a bag, and there are only 2,000 of each color. If that sounds pricey, consider how much a real Warhol would run you. Sotheby's is expecting between $4 million and $6 million for Lavender Marilyn (1) at its contemporary art auction in New York on Nov. 12. And Phillips...
...become investment bankers, and if we enter politics it is with visions of a teenaged Bill Clinton and his Rolodex of potentially useful contacts dancing in our heads. Our crusades are personal and concrete; we know the dangers of idealism, and how little Don Quixote’s pasteboard visor offers. Our early modern literary avatar is not Cervantes’ daydreaming knight but Marlowe’s Dr. Faustus, who, demon-beguiled, weighs profit against loss and trades his soul for fame and money...