"Special Fashion Issue." All the Push Pin artists joined to produce a history of costumes, using collaged vintage engravings to inject an absurd historical dimension. Tom Wolfe reported on alternative youth in Los Angeles in ʻThe Hair Boys.ʼ And performance artist Pat Oleszko’s futurist clown costume was featured among the other “Costume Party” guests. Robbins, newly appointed managing editor, wrote ʻHow Clothes Began.
Started by Push Pin Studios as a freeform publication sent to friends and clients in 1957, the experimental and groundbreaking Push Pin Graphic, quickly developed a dedicated following, eventually running for 23 years and 86 issues. Changing to a 32-page bimonthly in 1976, and continuing publication until 1980
Art directed and designed by Chwast, the featured articles and fiction edited by Ken Robbins supported the theme for each issue. Illustrations by Chwast, as well as the work of other award-winning illustrators represented by Push Pin, also appeared in every Graphic
