Links of the Week: Western Problems

Send to KindleTweet How to find things in your carryall, which hot French woman is on two issues of Vogue during the same month, and which retailers are joining the store-within-a-store trend. These are what one calls White or Western problems. It’s kind of like those moments when you are hungry but don’t know what [...]

Uniqlo Coming To Midtown?

Send to KindleTweet Uniqlo, or as some refer to it, The Gap of Japan, might be moving into Midtown. The Japanese retailer that currently runs one store in the U.S., on Broadway in SoHo, might be adding a second store around Fifth Avenue and 53rd Street, according to Crain’s New York. Among the most expensive [...]

Vogue Down Under…

Send to KindleTweet It doesn’t take long for a woman to realize that trip to Sydney, Australia, will mean too much time shopping and not enough exploring. Maybe it’s the proximity to China, where almost all clothes are made, that offers an intense selection of shopping given the size of the city. From cheap and [...]

Kate Moss Releases New Fragrance

Send to KindleTweet Supermodel and fashion icon Kate Moss launched her third fragrance this September, Vintage. Inspired by Moss’ love of vintage clothes and art, as well as perfumes from the 1920s and 1930s, the fragrance is classic yet refined with Moss’ contemporary twist. A sweet floral blend mixed with warm notes of tonka bean [...]

Retail & Celebrity Charity News March 30-April 5

Send to KindleTweet Nicole Richie Lands Show Deal Preggers celebrity Nicole Richie has inked a multi-product, multi-year deal with Rick and Brian Cytrynbaum, owners of Earnest Sewn, to make shoes. Richie’s House of Harlow 1960 brand will include 20 shoe styles in 2010, as well as bags, sunglasses, belts and other accessories. For the complete [...]

Fashion Behind The Glass Where Mainstream And Museum MeetWhat:Part two of two on art events focusing on fashion, from felt to the fabulous life.

Send to KindleTweet The DirtAn art form, a supremely consumer industry, and a scene where sinners often trumps saint—welcome to the fashion world. In an industry where appearance comes first, it’s easy for the superficial to overpower the artistic. However, fashion is like any other art form, with the widespread appreciation a long time in [...]

Storied Fashion Exhibits Where Mainstream And Museum MeetWhat:Part one of two on art events focusing on fashion, namely museum exhibits spotlighting both muses and designers.

Send to KindleTweet The Dirt: Fashion is to the art world what celebrity magazines are to publishing: the perceived fluff. However each one has merit in their work and their appeal to the masses. From October through March, a number of American museums are opening exhibits spotlighting the art of fashion, with a few accompanied [...]

Trader Joe’s, Mango and more

Send to KindleTweet The Whole Foods in Glastonbury, Conn. is reportedly the first supermarket to create most of its power onsite with a clean fuel cell system. The system combined a cooling, heating and power system that claims to cut its carbon footprint by generating 50% of the electricity and heat and almost all of [...]