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Bright Spring Bags at Piperlime

Posted on April 1, 2009 by admin
Refinery 29 has a good post today on bright spring bags--which reminded us, there are a lot of bright bags for $200 or less on Piperlime, a site that we've heretofore ignored but that seems...
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Opening in PM Space: Griffin

Posted on April 1, 2009 by admin
After the total bust that was last night's NYLON party at the Thompson LES - where one solitary dude worked a door mobbed with people then declared the party closed at 9:45 - Nomes and...
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Scuderia

Posted on March 27, 2009 by admin
CLOSED How much do you love Da Silvano? A lot? Really, really a lot? If so, you're in luck, because the enterprising restauranteur Silvano Marchetto has effectively colonized Sixth Avenue between Houston and Bleecker: first...
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Minetta Tavern

Posted on March 13, 2009 by admin
Finally! Minetta Tavern is open. Yes, that one, the place that's been around for 72 years.Amid all the buzz about Keith McNally's new venture, there was always one thing that wasn't clear. Why had he...
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The John Dory

Posted on March 10, 2009 by admin
CLOSED The problem with seafood is that it's become another word for "diet." Just as diners have their "diet plate" section with the cottage cheese and fruit plate, nearly every restaurant now offsets decadent meat...
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Tindersticks

Posted on March 9, 2009 by admin
Saw UK band Tindersticks this weekend, compliments of D., at the Brooklyn Masonic Temple in Fort Greene, which is a great place to see a show. It has the intimacy of a high school auditorium,...
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Marc Jacobs FS09

Posted on March 8, 2009 by admin
Nowhere was the radical change in NY Fashion Week more apparent than at the Marc Jacobs show. Where last season Posh and JLo walked the red carpet hand in hand amid a crush of paparazzi,...
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Object Lesson: IKEA Cowhide Rug

Posted on March 2, 2009 by admin
OK, it's not exactly necessary to use the hides of animals as rugs, especially now that we've discovered things like wool. (Demetri Martin has a great bit about bearskin rugs. Not only do we put...
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Apiary

Posted on March 1, 2009 by admin
Often it's the new restaurant right around the corner that you get to last. That'll be where you just stop in after a movie or a night out with friends, right? Wrong. The highly stylized...
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Fashion Week SS09: Oscar de la Renta

Posted on October 20, 2008 by admin
A designer who dresses everyone from first ladies to megawatt stars, Oscar de la Renta draws a who's-who list from fashion, New York society, and Hollywood to his shows on Park Avenue. The expensive suit...
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Fashion Week SS09: Marc by Marc Jacobs

Posted on October 14, 2008 by admin
There were lots of playful daytime looks among the ranks of people attending the Marc by Marc Jacobs show.Black and white cape and a modified cloche hat.Her colorful necklaces were echoed by similar looks on...
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The Neiman Marcus Christmas Book Is Here!

Posted on October 11, 2008 by admin
Let's see, what happened this week? The Dow lost about 1,500 points, The New York Sun and Cosmo Girl both folded, Iceland teetered on the verge of bankruptcy . . . and Neiman Marcus launched...
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Fashion Week SS09: Marc Jacobs

Posted on October 6, 2008 by admin
Once populated mainly by artsy, rumpled Parsons students, the Marc Jacobs show is now a celebrity magnet where SUV's pull up and dispense perfectly styled glamazons. The Parsons students are still there, but fewer and...
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Fashion Week SS09: Ports 1961

Posted on October 1, 2008 by admin
And, after a Time-Warner-Cable-induced delay, we return.It's not truly Fashion Week unless you go to at least one pod people show--you know, the kind where the outfits are so out there that the models look...
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Fashion Week SS09: Tracy Reese

Posted on September 17, 2008 by admin
In transitional months like May and September, when you don't know what to wear, a good bet is black and white. That seemed to be the thinking this weekend as dozens of show goers dressed...
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