This week’s sexiest wearable accessory goes to leather queen Monika Chiang. Wear it solo for your man at home, or toss some jeans on over it and wow everyone, like your Milla Jovovich or something. Monika Chiang’s leather apparel—including its … Read More
David Lynch’s limited-edition Dom Perignon bottles hit your premium local liquor stores: Two twin peaks you might want to cache away for a dark-and-stormy night watching ‘Blue Velvet.’ Goes down…smooth… About the design—and his favorite things–we interviewed the inimitable Mr. … Read More
Christian Louboutin opens its first men’s shoe boutique in Meatpacking District. Click-clack. It’s exactly what we need right now, no, in this jobless economy: Christian Louboutin, the ingenious French designer of the four-figure-priced iconic red-bottomed stilettos, made famous by the … Read More
Lifestyle ‘mall’ has earned its keep. Craig Ferguson jumps in the swirling fountains there in his opening sequence, and everyone now goes there. Everyone. It’s somehow not pretentious, and we love that it backs up the 1920s Fairfax Market, where … Read More
Bellhops turn hair-hoppers at Thompson Hotel’s well-groomed London aerie Belgraves, with new ‘Big Night Out’ and ‘style & stay’ projects. It began last week when famed stylist Errol Douglas set his scissors upon four bellboys and –girls at the Belgraves … Read More
Journalist Jared Paul Stern heads to the land of the Nor’easter and opens a heritage shop called Cape Porpoise Outfitters to give Double RRL a run for its money. Ayuh… Our sartorial and astute colleague Jared Paul Stern has followed … Read More
Our can-live-without-it-but-why-do-that accessory of the week (as we approach Memorial Day and firefly dining)? The portable picnic table! This wooden table with built-in seats collapses into a briefcase carry. It weighs only 22 pounds but can hold a lean family. … Read More
Summer’s a-coming: Lose the polo, and the sleeves, and make being a beach boy look like a breeze. If you want to stand out in the crowd of suits at the upcoming spring and summer parties, one sure way is … Read More
The go-go Versace days are over—long live Miami’s new and more sophisticated (but still sexy-fun) reign. Here, a sun-shower run-through of the new and tried-and-true in the arts, music, retail, hotel, and culinary worlds of the city that truly doesn’t … Read More
Just the thing for the holiday party season, Bub! OK, you don’t own a top hat. It doesn’t mean you don’t need this awesome top hat bucket, hand-stitched and made with bridle leather. Lock & Co. Hatters, founded in London … Read More
Laugh if you like: SpiritHoods are purdy darned cute. You may risk being thought of as one of those Fluffies fetishists, but what do you care? SpiritHoods–naturally catching on where else but L.A.–are actually kind of awesome on the right … Read More
…or a Theory. Thompson Hotels, Los Angeles and NYC, offers retail respite. Because their simple, classic, clean lines mirror our own hotels’ decor, designer brand Theory has aligned Thompson Hotels with the Hotel Roosevelt and Thompson Beverly Hills, as well … Read More
The belted bikini bottom, say yes, Martini & Rossi, yes. Three years ago, ASHA Couture did something wickedly-smart: they lifted that 007 look of the bikini bottom with the fat ’60s belt, and it was a smash. Now ASHA has … Read More
