Texas’ most famous dress designer dreamed up the perfect evening gown for the average American woman—it’s frilly, it’s flashy, and it’s a $300 copy of a $15,000 Paris original. Three shark attacks on ...

Then-Feature Editor Nick Ienatsch found himself in a bit of a jam when he wrote this editorial in the September '87 issue. He was overdue on stories and pictures and had the art director after him for ...

This article originally appeared in the September 1987 issue of SPIN. In honor of the 50th anniversary of hip hop, we’re republishing it here. The room is filled with young, black rappers. I sniff ...