From street fashionista duo What Katie Wore to London foodies (now residing in Hong Kong) Tom Eats Jen Cooks, blogging duos are carving a new form of real-life, online lifestyle envy.
Solitary innovators do exist, though duos have certainly had more influence on the world than history recognises.
DUOS may have produced some of the world's favourite pop music (Simon and Garfunkel, the Everly Brothers, the White Stripes) but they are not always in fashion.
Together Goffin and King began writing songs for Aldon Music in the confines of a cubicle near the Brill Building on Broadway; they quickly became one of the most successful songwriter duos in the industry.
There he teamed with Alfredo di Stefano to form one of the most dangerous scoring duos in the world.
Cook's tall, lean frame and droll, deadpan delivery of even the most absurd dialogue made him a perfect foil for the short, energetic Moore, and the two created a series of comic duos, notably the inane working-class philosophers Pete 'n' Dud, on their long-running television program, "Not Only..
While later working across from the Brill Building the Manhattan music hub that housed such fellow pop duos as Howard Greenfield and Neil Sedaka the two wrote some of the most memorable songs of the decade, among them "The Loco-Motion" (1962) for Little Eva, "Up on the Roof" (1962) for the Drifters, and "(You Make Me Feel like) A Natural Woman" (1967) for Aretha Franklin.
Later in the 17th century works for one instrument and continuo appeared also and were called variously solo sonatas, duos, or sonate a due.
Schilling was traded to the Diamondbacks in 2000, and the following year he teamed with left-hander Randy Johnson to form one of the most imposing pitching duos in baseball.
Championed by Vernon and Irene Castle (with their manager Elisabeth Marbury), these professional duos were promoted through photographs, films, and their endorsement of sheet music and recordings.
