Here is the latest in a series of examinations into urban legends related to fashion and whether they are true or false. FASHION URBAN LEGEND: Hugo Boss produced uniforms for the Nazis. Hugo Ferdinand Boss started his first clothing business in the early 1920s, when Boss was in his early 40s. By 1930, Boss was [...]

Here is the latest in a series of examinations into urban legends related to fashion and whether they are true or false. FASHION URBAN LEGEND: Coco Chanel had two legendary retorts to a marriage proposal by the Duke of Winchester and to a query by Poiret. If you went looking for the best example of [...]

Here is the latest in a series of examinations into urban legends related to fashion and whether they are true or false. FASHION URBAN LEGEND: Kenneth Cole came up with a rather…enterprising way of getting his product to the masses at Market Week when he began his company. Kenneth Cole was not yet 30 years [...]

Here is the latest in a series of examinations into urban legends related to architecture and whether they are true or false. ARCHITECTURE URBAN LEGEND: The campus at the University at Albany in New York was originally designed to be used in Arizona. The campus at the University at Albany in Albany, New York (one [...]

Here is the latest in a series of examinations into urban legends related to architecture and whether they are true or false. ARCHITECTURE URBAN LEGEND: Architects William Van Alen and H. Craig Severance engaged in a cloak and dagger race to see whose skyscraper would be the tallest in the world. H. Craig Severance and [...]

Here is the latest in a series of examinations into urban legends related to architecture and whether they are true or false. ARCHITECTURE URBAN LEGEND: The Vietnam Veterans Memorial was originally designed as a school project at Yale! In 1980, Maya Ying Lin was a senior at Yale University studying to be an architect when [...]

Here is the latest in a series of examinations into urban legends related to dancing and dancers and whether they are true or false. DANCING URBAN LEGEND: Cyd Charisse’s legs were insured for a million bucks each. Cyd Charisse (born Tula Elice Finklea) sadly passed away last year. The gorgeous dancer with the beautiful long [...]

Here is the latest in a series of examinations into urban legends related to dancing and dancers and whether they are true or false. DANCING URBAN LEGEND: Jim Thorpe was a ballroom champion dancer. Awhile back, I wrote about the fact that, unbeknown to most of his biographers for decades before it was discovered, Jim [...]

Here is the latest in a series of examinations into urban legends related to dancing and dancers and whether they are true or false. DANCING URBAN LEGEND: Fred Astaire’s will stipulates that he never be portrayed in a film. Fred Astaire is likely the most famous ballroom dancer of the 20th Century, although he was [...]

Here is the latest in a series of examinations into urban legends related to amusement parks and whether they are true or false. AMUSEMENT PARK URBAN LEGEND: Cinderella’s Castle at Disney World is designed to be able to be broken down in the event of a hurricane. Cinderella’s Castle is a major tourist attraction at [...]