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    Design and Architecture

    Simon Doonan on Aging Flamboyantly, Normcore and Comedic Architecture

    Your glasses should get bigger with age, normcore matters and architects are the “new comedians.” Those are among the reflections of Simon Doonan , creative ambassador-at-large for Barney’s New York, Slate columnist and author of several books including most recently Asylum: A Collage of Couture Reminiscences and Hysteria .

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    By Frances Anderton • Dec 23, 2014 • 1 min read

    Your glasses should get bigger with age, normcore matters and architects are the “new comedians.” Those are among the reflections of Simon Doonan, creative ambassador-at-large for Barney’s New York, Slate columnist and author of several books including most recently Asylum: A Collage of Couture Reminiscences and Hysteria.

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      Frances Anderton

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