Summary
Beauregard Houston-Montgomery is a doll collector and author on the subjects of doll making and doll collecting.[1] He was formerly a contributing editor of the fashion periodical Details.[1][2] He is also a socialite[3] and photographer.[4] More recently Houston-Montgomery served as Associate Producer for Perfect Day Films, on documentaries by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, including About Face: Supermodels Then and Now, The Women's List, The Trans List, and Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am. Houston-Montgomery, never one to hide his androgyny, now refers to himself as Gender Queer, after conferring with Janet Mock, with whom he worked on The Trans List.
Doll collecting edit
Houston-Montgomery wrote extensively on different models of doll and was a contributing editor of Doll Reader.[5] He noted of competitor dolls of Barbie (pictured); Tressy and Dawn that they displayed a "glitzy lifestyle ... devoid of social responsibility, a precursor of the disco consciousness of the 1970s."[3] He commented on Mattel's belated adoption of Fashion dolls in the mid 1980s.[5] His book of his own photographs of dollhouses and tableaus, "Dollhouse Living", is considered a collector's item, as is his miniature Hanuman Books volume of essays and profiles title, "Pouf Pieces".
Entertainment edit
He interviewed Kim Novak for Interview magazine in December 1986[6] and has written features in Vanity Fair, Elle, Elle Decor, Harper's Bazaar, World of Interiors, HG, Vogue, Playgirl, The Advocate, and Torso.[7] He was a close friend of Andy Warhol.[3]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b M. G. Lord (1995). Forever Barbie: the unauthorized biography of a real doll. Avon Books. ISBN 978-0-380-72049-1. Retrieved November 12, 2012.
- ^ Here Publishing (November 9, 1999). The Advocate. Here Publishing. pp. 54–. ISSN 0001-8996. Retrieved November 12, 2012.
- ^ a b c New York Media, LLC (March 9, 1987). New York Magazine. New York Media, LLC. pp. 40–. ISSN 0028-7369. Retrieved November 12, 2012.
- ^ David Stenn (August 1, 1988). Clara Bow: runnin' wild. Doubleday. ISBN 978-0-385-24125-0. Retrieved November 13, 2012.
- ^ a b Toni Schlesinger (March 9, 2006). Five Flights Up and Other New York Apartment Stories. Princeton Architectural Press. pp. 18–. ISBN 978-1-56898-585-5. Retrieved November 13, 2012.
- ^ Patrick Mcgilligan (September 14, 2004). Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light. HarperCollins. pp. 811–. ISBN 978-0-06-098827-2. Retrieved November 13, 2012.
- ^ Vanity Fair. Condé Nast Publications. 1996. Retrieved November 13, 2012.
External links edit
- Beauregard Houston-Montgomery – The Collector – Trailer – on YouTube
- Houston-Montgomery, Wendy Goodman., Dollhouse Living, Fotofolio, 1 Oct 2000
- Houston-Montgomery, Beauregard., Designer Fashion Dolls, Hobby House PressInc, 1 Jun 1999.