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Vintage Sunday Times Magazine October 2nd 1988
Last of the honey hunters – Suspended over a precipice in the forests of Nepal, the legendary honey hunters have risked their lives for 12,000 years in the search for liquid gold. Eric Valli and Diane Summers found them just in time to record their final sortie
Cover story: Issey Miyake outside and in – Miyake’s clothes, not for the fainthearted, take fashion to its outer limits. Now a book of photographs by Irving Penn celebrates the genius of the man who may be the world’s greatest clothes designer
Bang, crash, wallop? – lt’s now a year since the Great Crash caused panic and pandemonium around the world, and things seem to have settled down…But have they really? Or is even greater financial catastrophe just around the corner?
Lady at a loose end – Between her divorce from Laurence Olivier in 1961 and her death in 1967 Vivien Leigh survived on the love of her friends. A new biography includes previously unpublished photographs by her confidant John Merivale
Skiing: Cabin class – Once-humble Alpine chalets have been elevated to the heights of luxury. And for the ski glitterati they are simply obligatory
Fashion: Tricot treats – The folkloric look is back with bells on. Edina Ronay’s knits are right on cue
108 pages. This issue is very good throughout. There is an advert cut out from the centre pages. All main features are unaffected.
