1988 Conde Nast Article: Banana Republic Coup

“I think of myself as a traveler in the same way other people think of themselves as Democrats or Republicans or vegetarians.” Mel Ziegler once said. Just one of many wonderful quotes in this fascinating article from a 1988 issue of Conde Nast. Published immediately after the Zieglers left Banana Republic, it’s a look at what went down, written at a time when things were most raw. It profiles Mel Ziegler and focuses on the rise and fall of Trips magazine.

“What rock and roll is to the Sixties, travel is to the Eighties.”