Beauregard Houston-Montgomery Explained

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 . 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

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

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]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: M. G. Lord. Forever Barbie: the unauthorized biography of a real doll. November 12, 2012. 1995. Avon Books. 978-0-380-72049-1.
  2. Book: Here Publishing. The Advocate. November 12, 2012. November 9, 1999. Here Publishing. 54–. 0001-8996.
  3. Book: New York Media, LLC. New York Magazine. November 12, 2012. March 9, 1987. New York Media, LLC. 40–. 0028-7369.
  4. Book: David Stenn

    . David Stenn. David Stenn. Clara Bow: runnin' wild. November 13, 2012. August 1, 1988. Doubleday. 978-0-385-24125-0.

  5. Book: Toni Schlesinger. Toni Schlesinger. Five Flights Up and Other New York Apartment Stories. November 13, 2012. March 9, 2006. Princeton Architectural Press. 978-1-56898-585-5. 18–.
  6. Book: Patrick Mcgilligan. Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light. November 13, 2012. September 14, 2004. HarperCollins. 978-0-06-098827-2. 811–.
  7. Book: Vanity Fair. November 13, 2012. 1996. Condé Nast Publications.