Deep in the huge, glossy pages of "W" magazine, a solitary fat gay kid on the Houston Ship Channel learned how to pronounce "Mainbocher," read of the humanity of Perry Ellis, & came to appreciate the man behind his mother's favorite cologne, Norell.

Happy 50th Anniversary, "W"!

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