Rat Press Re-dressed

from Shelf-Awareness Rat Press: Hollywood Director Moonlights as Publisher By day Brett Ratner is a Hollywood producer, director and photographer. At night, he moonlights as the publisher of Rat Press. “It’s a one-man operation,” he said. “I do...

Top Hat of Couture

from the NY Observer The Sultan of Stains By Spencer Morgan John Mahdessian prefers not to be called a dry cleaner. “That’s a fuckin’ insult,” he said, between pulls off a Marlboro Light on a recently Sunday morning. “That’s like calling a world-renowned surgeon a...

Apropos Props To The Americans

from the Los Angeles Times American art gets a higher profile in U.S. museums TIM STREET-PORTER, THE HUNTINGTON LIBRARY The Huntington Library’s early 20th century gallery features works of the Arts and Crafts movement. The Huntington, the Met and museums in...