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Five Last-Minute DIY Styling Ideas for New Year’s

Doggie Bag: Under the Covers With Daisy, Obama Flips His Lid, and Tracey Ross ...

Weekend Sales: Pixie Market, Thistle & Clover, Oak, Built by Wend...

New York:Pixie Market Sale The Pixie Market boutique is celebrating Boxing Day with major discounts in-store and online. Starting Friday, December 26, find

by Lisa Dionisio

The Models, Designers, and Trends That Made the Grade in This Yea...

The models, designers, and trends that made the grade in this year of fashion.

Doggie Bag: Nylon Gets Ripped (Off), Schuman Lands DKNY,...

Is Brandon Flowers the "Best Dressed Musician of 2008"? No. (Spin) Oops. Looks like if Nylon ever needs some extra cash, they've found someone to sue. (Fas

by Gabriel Bell

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Doggie Bag: Love for Maddow, Salesfloor Clusterfucks, and Doletsk...

Merkins! They're what's now! (Trend de la Creme) All them crazy kids are gonna save retail. It's them or nothing. (PSFK) The best worst "salesfloor cluster

by Gabriel Bell

Doggie Bag: DKNY out of the Tents, Slimming Down Fashion Week, an...

The Bergdorf Christmas windows are getting some very mixed reviews. Personally, we give them a thumbs up. (Racked) The Selby mysteriously pulls down its Pe

by Gabriel Bell

Obedient Sons & Daughters Launches E-Commerce Site

You can now shop the quirky tailorings of Obedient Sons online! Pick up some of their refined threads for your loved ones this holiday and take advantage o

Pack up in style with our must-have travel accessories. By Christene Barberich & Marjon Carlos At this time of year, we're packing and unpacking our ba

The Death Aquatic: Um… Recycled Fish Jewelry?

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/odd_stuff/The_Death_Aquatic_Um_Recycled_Fish_Jewelry'; script>An interesting submission just popped into our inbox— subjec

by Gabriel Bell

Fashion No-Show: Carmen Marc Valvo Cuts His February Runway Prese...

Carmen Marc Valvo has nixed a proper défilé for Fashion Week. Having shown at Bryant Park for the past ten years, the recession has forced hi

Best of the Week: December 8-12

A gaggle of gifts, charms on the cheap, and fashion rags minus the clothes—your cheat sheet for the best of the week.

Doggie Bag: Kate’s Poppers, The F.I.T. Cartel, and Ditto in...

Legal or not, the Moss may be back on the drugs. (Daily Mail UK) On a similar note, two enterprising F.I.T. students are busted for trafficking coke just w

by Gabriel Bell

Doggie Bag: Leger Suffocates, Richie Rich Returns, and Closing th...

For still lifes, these Martin Vallin shoe shots are quite animated. (Trend Land) When Herve Leger makes you look this good, who needs to breathe? (Daily Ma

by Gabriel Bell

Doggie Bag: Dame Helen’s Sleeves, Love is Coming, and Windo...

Frida Kahlo was her own greatest piece of art. (Trend de la Creme) Love is a go! (The Cut) Rag & Bone creates a manly men's emporium. (Racked) Go Holid

by Gabriel Bell

We hunt down 30 more great gifts under $100. Yes, the countdown begins... Above, from left: Timex Vintage Indigo Watch, $50, available at Barneys New York;

Doggie Bag: Barack’s Tux, Hello Kitty Hospital, and Moss a ...

This ain't your father's Brooks Brothers. (Huffington Post) The RNC actually spent $180,000 on Sarah Palin's wardrobe, not $150,000. They forgot to count t

by Gabriel Bell

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Doggie Bag: Shopping With Astley, Brit to Meet Gunn, and AnnaR...

Woah. Felicity, is that you? (Huffington Post) Mark your calendars, the New York Fashion Week dates are set. (WWD) OMG! You can go shopping with Teen Vogue

by Gabriel Bell

Doggie Bag: Pretty Porn, Hutson’s Hesher, and Blue Steel Re...

Over the last 15 years, Miss Kate has done 26 covers of Vogue UK. Not bad for a skinny girl from Croydon. (Vogue UK) If you buy this $1.5 million Christmas

by Gabriel Bell

“Light Eating for Survival” Cookbook

I don't know what I love more, the artwork by Peter Max or the title. Seems apropos for the times, non...?...

Doggie Bag: Poor Peaches, Smith’s Tailors, and Tartan Tradi...

The snowflakes fall at Saks. (Fab Sugar) The Sartorialist likes 'em young. (Fashionista) Claudia Schiffer is forever young for YSL. (WWD) The Paul Smith cu

by Gabriel Bell