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Doggie Bag: Meisel Mourns, Hipsters Kill, Crying Fake Tears

Cutting Over to the West Side: Freeman’s Barbershop Opens in The West ...

Doggie Bag: Target Goes! International, Vanity’s Fair, Our Satanic Majesty

Vintage Giorgio Sant’Angelo Swimsuit

I'm always coming across vintage SA stuff along my thrifting routes… ...

Nikita Shoshesky and Alexa Adam

New York City, Assembly/Chronicles of Never Party —Lianna Tarantin...

Beatriz Melendez

New York City, Assembly/Chronicles of Never Party —Lianna Tarantin...

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Hard Casual: Nicholas K Spring/Summer 2009

Tuesday, Nicholas K presented a fastener-friendly collection of casual looks with a hard edge. Outerwear is definitely the designer 's strong suit, as the

by Jason Wilson

Sneakers on the Straße: Le Gang’s All Here

Just off of Kastanienallee, the main drag in Berlin's up-and-coming Prenzlauer Berg neighborhood, lies new, sterile-looking streetwear-concept-store-galler

by Sydney Pfaff

The Kiss Off—Brace This new Brooklyn band lists Echo and the Bunnymen and David Bowie among their influences and you can tell. There's plenty of drama an

A Happy Marriage: Viktor & Rolf to Wed Renzo Rosso

Someone told us once: "You can marry more money in a minute than you can make in a lifetime." An interesting piece of advice, one that designers Viktor Hor

Cyclopes on the Street: Peeping Margiela Wraparound Shades

Star Trek's Geordi La Forge, X-men's Cyclops, my grandmother while driving—as Susannah Frankel wrote recently in the Independent, "Everyone who's anyone

by Kelley Hoffman

New York, SoHo Age: 19 What do you do? I work at Opening Ceremony, I D.J., and I'm a student at Hunter College. Whoa, busy bee. And what are your summer pl

Carrying the Torch: Opening Ceremony Honors the Olympics

Ah, the thrill of victory…the agony of defeat…the joy of retail! As readers of this blog will no doubt be aware, the Olympics are almost upon us. Sound

by Gabriel Bell

Medicinal Styles: Ayurvedic Jeans Today, Pharmaceutical Hoodies ...

Feeling a little flat after a two-margarita lunch and a six-caipirinha dinner? Well, the owners of Make Your Own Jeans (a jeans manufacturer, naturally) su

by Gabriel Bell

French Lessons: Bastille Day Fun for All

Vive la France! Vive la Nation! Que faîtes-vous pour aujourd'hui? That's right, Bastille Day rolled up on you again and you didn't plan anything. C'est do

Weekend Sales: July 11 – July 13

For regular sales updates, sign up for our mailer here. New York Honey in the Rough Sale Honey in the Rough's summer sale begins today, July 11, with speci

by Lisa Dionisio

Burning Bridges: Fashion Indie and Coutorture Fight an Uncivil War

Ask General William Tecumseh Sherman or Jakob Lodwick, and they'll tell you, "Blog war is all hell." Well steel your stomachs, because comment fueled blood

Chanelements: Lagerfeld Solves the Housing Crisis

Image from the motion picture Lagerfeld Confidential directed by Rodolphe Marconi.Where better to kick up your Chanel-clad tootsies, rest your $18,000 Chan

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Game On: Vintage Scores for Sportos!

Maybe it's all the cute shorts we've been seeing or the nonstop coverage of the Tour de France, but we're feeling a little physical these days. Alas, not e

by Christene Barberich

Shoe Box: Common Projects Comes to Den

Every time Den—the bite-sized concept shop of Odin's Eddy Chai and Paul Birardi—reopens as a new label's pop-up flagship, it seems sweeter than the las

by Annie Dolmatch

National Anthems: Our 4th of July Muxtape

Ok, beloved readers, we are shutting off the A/C, logging off the iMacs, and getting the fuck out of Dodge. To tide you over until we return Monday, we've

by Gabriel Bell

In the Clear: 8 Frames With See-Through Style

A little while ago, we sang the praises of a certain clear eyeglass frames from Selima Optique for J. Crew. And wouldn't you know it, all of a sudden we're

by Piera Gelardi

Morning Java: Witty Fashion, High Hemp, and Bound Feet

Gawker seems actually a little surprised that organza, fuchsia clam diggers, and bizarre fem looks dominate the men's runways this season. Welcome to the s

by Gabriel Bell