Creeping vulgarity at the Gallop - Parting Thoughts - social behavior - Editorial
THERE'S NO QUESTION ABOUT IT--refinement is out and vulgarity is in. Long gone are the Victorian days, when piano legs were skirted so as not to offend ......(Continue Reading)

Operator No. 9: April 16, 2001
License to Print Money The pairing of wireless high-speed Internet provider Metricom with Ricoh's RDC-i700 industrial-strength digital camera, on the face of it, looks like just another rocking high-...(Continue Reading)

Aging Stylishly: Bikinis turn 60 and continue to trumpet that less
NEW YORK -- It figures: The bikini was created by men. It happened 60 years ago in -- again, no surprise here -- France. But it's women, going ......(Continue Reading)

Body rings raise piercing questions for adults
Watching the parade of passing people at the mall food court is a great way to fill a half-hour. Before long, you'll see a face you know or one you ......(Continue Reading)

REAL LIFE: ARE WE HAVING FUN YET?; These days a girl isn't enjoying
PIERCING The Place My flat with Duncan Dallas and Angela Nanni from the London Piercing Studio, NW1 (020 7482 4200). The Process Duncan and ......(Continue Reading)

PIERCE PRESSURE
Zara Phillips reportedly shocked the Royal Family when she returned home for the holidays with a metal stud through her tongue. VICKY LISSAMAN reports ......(Continue Reading)

Real People: Self-confessed rave aesthete Simon Reynolds remembers 10
For that majority of the British population with no direct experience of rave culture, E stands for "danger". It evokes images of teenagers robbed of their lives; kids suffering from heatstroke th...(Continue Reading)

Dear Sue
Girlfriend ashamed of her podgy body QMy girlfriend is obsessed with her weight, I wouldn't consider her as fat, but she has become a bit podgy ......(Continue Reading)

Perfect mixture for a henna night
We're all going native in the urban jungle. With tattoos, eyebrow studs, nose rings and lip jewellery downtown Moseley looks more like a Masai village ......(Continue Reading)

A peculiar feeling in my stomach
Call me passe; call me a fashion victim. People have. Call me a masochist, but I have just willingly had a small ring of stainless-steel inserted through ......(Continue Reading)