In the later months of 1874, the great French poet, St?phane Mallarm?, undertook a highly idiosyncratic project—the publication of a fashion magazine (La Derni?re Mode) that he almost single-handedly wrote and edited. Using a variety of feminine and masculine pseudonyms to theorize about the concept of fashion and to report and advise on women’s clothing, popular vacation destinations, home furnishings and entertainment, Mallarm? created a spectacularly ...
