RUPAUL "BACK TO MY ROOTS" (1993)

RuPaul dared to outdo herself with this song, which is almost catchier than her first single, "Supermodel (You Better Work)." MTV banned "Back to My Roots" from the airwaves, saying in a formal statement that the video did not live up to the network's standards—despite the song's genuineness and seemingly fun multiculturalism. More remarkably, though, is Ru's powerful ability to not alienate any other audience while singing about black identity.

SISCHY, BRANT LEAVE INTERVIEW

It's the end of an era at Interview magazine, where editor-in-chief Ingrid Sischy and publisher Sandra Brant recently called it quits. Sischy, who was editor for 18 years, is handing over the creative reigns of Interview, Art in America, and The Magazine Antiques to Glenn O'Brien and French Vogue's Fabien Baron, alleviating any worries that Warhol's legendary magazine would follow in the footsteps of Jane.

FUGGER JESSICA ACKNOWLEDGES MY EXISTENCE

POWER SHOULDERS

Power dressing of the 1980s—it was bound to resurface. By the early 1990s, fashion journalists and cultural critics looked back on the heyday of the power shoulder to give it a gendered meaning: women entering the white-collar work force had to contend with their male coworkers. But the use of a wide shoulder only serves in fashion to make the waist look small in comparison, creating a classically feminine silhouette. Such a silhouette has been coming back into style for the past few seasons—from Dolce & Gabbana's metal corset-cum-chastity belt of last spring to Balenciaga's sculptural dresses for next season. And now the power shoulder has been redesigned, the beta version is sleeker than ever.

IZAK

In the book Stylist, French Vogue editor Carine Roitfeld says "All that matters to me when you look at a page is, 'Do you want to be that girl?'". But isn't it more impressive when an illustrator can trump the photographer?