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Fashion Week – the Video Game?

Posted on May 21, 2009 by admin
Got a crazy press release last night that I might not believed had it not come from IMG, which puts on NY Fashion Week: Get ready for Fashion Week Live, the video game, due out...
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Nike Air for Cole Haan

Posted on May 21, 2009 by admin
[caption id="attachment_1404" align="alignleft" width="200" caption="Genevieve Air Pump, normally $328, $196.80 today only"][/caption]An unofficial rule of boating? Never wear heels on a dock - or especially a boat. Not only does it look silly and scuff...
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Meatpacking District, 1pm on a Tuesday

Posted on May 20, 2009 by admin
Yesterday's weather made for tricky dressing: the sunshine was brilliant, but it was quite cool in the shade. In the Meatpacking District, women wore white jeans, boots with skirts, leggings, and scarves to warm up...
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Monkey Bar: Ketley Is Out, Forgione Is In

Posted on May 20, 2009 by admin
A small but important listing in today's Times: Looks like Graydon Carter has given the boot to the original chef of the Monkey Bar, Elliot Ketley. (You've got to hand it to Carter - he...
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Kate Moss Summer Collection at Topshop – Top Picks

Posted on May 20, 2009 by admin
A new batch of Kate Moss clothes comes out tomorrow at Topshop, and unless you have more tolerance for dressing room lines than I do, you might want to shop online. As the Topshop copy...
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Julie Powell: Food Bloggers Are Clannish, Slightly Evil People

Posted on May 19, 2009 by admin
Last night the Young Lions of the New York Public Library hosted a panel, "Eating at Home," featuring Amanda Hesser, Rocco DiSpirito, Marion Nestle, and Julie Powell, author of Julie & Julia: 365 Days, 524...
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‘inoteca Liquori

Posted on May 18, 2009 by admin
CLOSED It's not easy to get friends to go out to dinner these days. Even if everyone were feeling flush, the tricks that restaurants have pulled over the past seven or so years - for...
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Beautiful New B&W Window Display at Barneys

Posted on May 18, 2009 by admin
Simon Doonan is nothing if not a colorful character, which may be why this new, entirely black-and-white window display at Barneys is so intriguing. They curated black and white items from all over the store...
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Heavy Metal: Boulud Goes OTT Industrial

Posted on May 18, 2009 by admin
Eater has just released photos of the new Daniel Boulud restaurant DBGB Kitchen & Bar, to open on the Bowery in two weeks time. Apparently the place is "meant to evoke the restaurant supply stores...
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Outside Barneys, Lunchtime

Posted on May 15, 2009 by admin
Anna Wintour may be joining forces with Michael Bloomberg to create a customer initiative for New York, but the well-dressed crowd outside Barneys on Madison Avenue the other day suggested that some people are still...
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Preakness Drink: The Mint Tea Julep

Posted on May 14, 2009 by admin
Some people taste one of the many new iced teas filling up the cooler at Whole Foods and think, that's good. Others try the same tea and think, that's good, but it would be even better...
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Michelle Obama: 100 Days of Style

Posted on May 14, 2009 by admin
One of the best things about attending New York Fashion Week is that guilty little pleasure of a mag known as Fashion Week Daily. Imagine real-time fashion and gossip analysis a la US Weekly, but...
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'80s Fashion: Top 10 Most Influential Movies and TV

Posted on May 13, 2009 by admin
Word of a new "Gossip Girl" spinoff set in the '80s had us doing some research. There were a gazillion movies - especially teen movies - in the '80s, but which of them made a...
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Donatella Blogs!

Posted on May 11, 2009 by admin
Stop the fabulousity! Donatella Versace wrote her first blog post for the Huffington Post! Will this be one of a series? We can only hope. Will her thoughtful take on the recent White House Correspondents'...
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Vutera

Posted on May 11, 2009 by admin
CLOSED With all the secret, annoying, members-only nightspots opening recently, it's a relief to find a place that's hidden without being trendy or pretentious. Welcome to Vutera, the little spot in Williamsburg that opened beneath...
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