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The article is a lengthy but great read, so sit down for it when you have a few minutes. Think of Frank Sinatra’s floating clubhouse in Ocean’s 11, of Tony Curtis controlling traffic in Boeing Boeing, of Rock Hudson’s projections of traditional machismo in Pillow Talk. We’re talking about sophisticated digs, pretty toys, the sleek sovereign kingdoms depicted in Playboy’s design coverage of the 1950s and ’60s and in quite a few Hollywood films of the same era. The term has been horribly degraded over the years, so let’s be clear: A pigsty aspiring to the aesthetic of an unmopped sports bar does not qualify as a bachelor pad, nor do the vast majority of apartments inhabited by roommates, which lack the solitary bachelor’s freedom of environmental control. Thus, the bachelor pad-a midcentury institution and modernist trope, a machine for living large. For much of the early 20th century, the female presence in the home dominated while it was a man's responsibility to become the breadwinner. In this space, he was able to decorate his apartment with style to fit his tastes.
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A bachelor pad is a very specific concept. During the 1950s and 60s, the bachelor pad was considered one of the ultimate possessions for a young career-minded man. Just because a single man inhabits an apartment doesn’t make it a bachelor pad. It includes the following observation, certainly known to all of us here, but a worthwhile clarification for anyone who might stumble across his column, or this site. Last month Troy Patterson, author of the Slate column The Gentleman Scholar, wrote an article on the history of the bachelor pad.
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