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Chicago’s Wicker Park Has A Hot New Shopping Strip

Best of the Week: August 25 – August 29

Call of the Wild: Rogues Gallery’s Dark Fall Collection

Nicole Schlomann

Power Players: The Daily News’ Top 50 Style Masters

Far be it from us to second guess anyone (let alone the very credible Mark Ellwood), but we've got a reservation about the Daily News' "Fashion's 50 Most P

by Gabriel Bell

Mirror, Mirror: Dapper Street Style Doppelgangers

There's no doubt street style sites capture some serious individual style. While the kids photographed may not be out to follow, or even start, the next bi

by Kelley Hoffman

Endless Summer: A Look Ahead at United Bamboo S/S ’09 Menswear

Without a doubt, United Bamboo is our favorite fashion label named after a nefarious multinational Pacific-Rim crime cartel. Triad allusions or no, the bra

by Gabriel Bell

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Best of the Week: August 18 – August 22

It's been a busy week of stores, whores, and more. Check out the best of it. Dead End Street Style: The Sortorialist Goes Where The Sartorialist Cannot Tab

by Gabriel Bell

Doggie Bag: Fashion Trash, Botox Clutch, Horyn Returns

Michael Bastian, Cynthia Rowley, and Bono design high-concept trash cans for, what we assume must be, some very high-concept trash. (Black Book) That sudde

by Gabriel Bell

L.A. Fashion Week Loses Its Sugardaddy?

All those be-dazzled denim lines and belly-baring models might not have the impact of a Proenza show, but L.A. Fashion Week has been known to host some cre

Doggie Bag: Love Your Hair, Coco on the Tube, and Peaches Comes t...

Pamela Love needs a hat for her amazing, unmanageable hair. Word to Ms. Love: We prefer it flyin' free. (NYMag) Coco Chanel's rags-to-riches life story has

by Gabriel Bell

Doggie Bag: Pricey Purple, West’s Pastelle Debuts, and Inte...

For the low, low price of $25,000 you too can be one of the 10 owners of the super-exclusive "Purple Portfolio," by Purple Magazine. "My Name is Sucker," n

by Gabriel Bell

Copenhagen, Copenhagen Fashion Week commercial editor at TANK Magazine —Copenhagen Street Style...

Copenhagen, Copenhagen Fashion Week assistant buyer at H&M —Copenhagen Street Style...

The Beat Goes On: New York’s 88BoaDrum’s Performance ...

As a encore to last year's 77BoaDrum legendary success, the Nike-sponsored 88BoaDrum at the Williamsburg Waterfront upped the game on 8/08/08 with 88 drumm

by Kelley Hoffman

Brand New Dazed: Dazed Digital Relaunches

At the top of our RSS reader for the last two years, DazedDigital, the online arm of the ever-hip Brit magazine Dazed and Confused, has given their site a

Jesse Hudnutt & Edward Yeonek

New York City, Opening Ceremony Olympic Party Jesse: Manager Opening Ceremony Edward Yeonek: Fashion production —Sarah Cates...

Paul McCobb Wine Rack

So beautiful and perfect, it just doesn't seem possible I can function another week without this......

The model/muse dispenses style smarts and details about her new LowLuv and RVCA designs. By Erin Donnelly, Portraits by Todd Selby and Dan Martensen Erin l

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New York City, SoHo —Lianna Tarantin...

The Way Back Machine: WWD’s First Pub, Our First Post

This week, one of WWD's young editorial assistants dove headfirst into their archives and surfaced with the inaugural copy of the newspaper (then a mere in

by Gabriel Bell

New York City, Chelsea What do you do? I'm a student at NYU and I work at Earnest Sewn. What are you doing this weekend? I'm working at a kids camp in the

Sales of the Day: Honey in the Rough, Elizabeth and James/La Rok,...

New York Honey in the Rough Honey in the Rough is beating the heat and dropping prices on all sale merchandise. Now through the end of August, pick up newl

by Lisa Dionisio

Alejandro Garcia

New York City, West Village Actor/Model Where are you headed? I'm going to an audition for a Budweiser commercial—in this outfit! —Lianna Tarantin...