Costume Institute to honor fallen fashion icon McQueen. Last week, the Met announced that next year’s Costume Institute-Anna Wintour’s annual platform and gala-will be recognizing the wild and daring work of the late Alexander McQueen, showcasing 100 of his prized … Read More
Debuts new Lanvin line by Alber Elbaz-a sneak peek. The signature girly ruffles, bows, and saturated colors are all there. However, the latest designer collaboration with the mega-store-which was debuted yesterday–will have budget-conscious fashionistas waiting until the merch hits stores … Read More
Classic and vintage Americana at Palmer Trading Company in SoHo. Camp mocs, hand-stitched belts, Woolrich parkas, plaid blankets, brass ashtrays, antique leather chairs, vintage Rolexes – a veritable roll call of covetable objects is now on offer at SoHo’s newest … Read More
Lakeview’s cool new men’s shop Isle of Man caters to all a stylish gent’s needs. “Retro” doesn’t begin to do justice to the coolest new shop in Chicago – hell, anywhere – we’ve seen in dog’s years. Isle of Man … Read More
Fashion Designer George McCracken His Spring-Summer 2011 Collection (pictured above and below) was a hit with the hipsters, as well as a blast of a time at the Thompson LES. Now the upcoming stylemaker is, well, walking on water. Everybody, … Read More
TriBeCa’s coolest hotel hosts two of our favorite fashion designers at the opening-soon Toro lounge. Asians are the new Jews in fashion, The New York Times proclaimed during fashion week, which we presume was meant to mean a massive compliment. … Read More
New Milliner Yestadt brims with great ideas. During Fashion Week the newish young hat design brand Yestadt showed off their fantastical headgear for women and men by perching them all over an elaborate, handmade wooden sculpture-cum-hat rack that nearly took … Read More
Cool-hunting, indeed! Check out this arsenal of designer-inspired artillery, made for fashion’s favorite Armory…or the Army. From the archives of photographer and digital artist Justin Melnick – just in time for Fashion Week. The Fashion Police finally have the perfect … Read More
The French GAP is coming to the Village. Oui, oui! Frankly, we were worried. A.P.C.-the go-to boutique for men and women stylistas looking for neat, slimming basics-seemed to be vanishing in Manhattan, with store closings and “consolidations.” Now we hear … Read More
Men, look sharp: Onassis is coming to SoHo. The economy may still be in the tank, but it’s not stopping high-end menswear boutiques from opening in downtown Manhattan. The newest, officially debuting next month, is Onassis, at the corner of … Read More
Charity ebay auction takes you back to the days of lost weekends and ‘wine and roses.’ From Draper-ies to coffee tables, ’60s dresses to kidney-shaped making-love seats, ebay has started a frenzy in the name of the L.A.-base City of … Read More
Tokyo takes New Yawk with one of our favorite’s line’s new autumnal offerings. Inspired by “asymmetry” and Tokyo vintage street fashion, OAK goes as layered as a paper tree trunk with its new outerwear collection. Shearling, cashmere (boiled, even), and … Read More
Put the lid on your garbage cans tightly! The Roaring ’20s staple-men’s raccoon coats–is creeping up to a runway near you. Well, perhaps. We like to prognosticate these things before they hit. But with the Global Warnings in play all … Read More
Any Old Iron rocks with Cool Brittania. Newish store alert!: The wonderfully-named Any Old Iron, on Orchard Street, at Stanton, in the Lower East Side of Manhattan. If you want to look like a disheveled gentleman of the manor who … Read More
