Vogue

November 1983

Department of Consumer and Applied Science

New York: Condé Nast

Super model Brooke Shields in resort wear ‘enjoys more fashion’; Quentin Bell discusses the sexual preferences of Vita Sackville West; and Anne Rice reviews David Bowie’s harsh yet vulnerable androgyny and the end of gender. A piece on Kathryn Whitmire, mayor of Houston, proves a woman can win power even in Texas where ‘…a woman was supposed to be only clever enough to hide her intelligence’. Such meaty articles from the 1980s are interspersed with full page glossy advertising, selling a mix of fur coats, perfume, credit cards, and cigarettes.
(Unfortunately permission was not granted to use the cover image of this issue)