Happiest Birthday, Dear Poutmore

You're 10, (though you hardly look it).

I've sadly neglected you in the past decade, writing in fits and starts; this little Poutmore that launched at El Gaucho back in the dot-com heyday on 9-9-99.

But that was just the online "official" launch of Poutmore - an online magazine dedicated to "What It Is". Unofficially, Poutmore existed as an "underground" 'zine during my high school years, cut and pasted in my bedroom, but never brought to fruition due to the lack of copier-access. Online, Poutmore tracked fashion, books and music, but soon fell by the wayside, thanks to actual dot-com career. In 2006, Poutmore was resuscitated as a very personal 'blogendeavor' - a spot to tout my favorite fashion finds and fashion history moments.

Today, on this auspicious anniversary, I promise to post at least once a week and create something worthy of following by others! More fashion history; check. More Design analysis; check. More industry insight; check. More of what I yearned to see growing up fashion-centric (in the pre-Internet era, no less!) - definitely. Are you with me? I do hope so. -CC