Weekly Links: Hip Swimwear, Big Boxes in BKLYN, & Music Porn

Send to KindleTweet Just in time for Xmas in St. Barts, because naturally we can all afford it, Oakley is set to release a swimwear collection in November, WWD reports. Have yet another friend or family member expecting? This time at least the shopping will be fun. No more blasted Babies R Us rainforest themed [...]

Target To Bring Back Popular GO Dresses

Send to KindleTweet Everyone’s favorite mass retailer, that giant red bulls eye adorned mecca, is bringing back a selection of the most popular dresses from their GO International Designer Collective. To celebrate the five year anniversary of the ingenious designer-for-the-masses development, Minneapolis-based Target is bringing back almost three dozen dresses from a handful of designers, [...]

Beverage Trend: Spicy Cocktails

Send to KindleTweet Last year elderberry cocktails were all the rage. Apparently, this is the season of spicy drinks. Every other restaurant I visited in the last few weeks had a chili or jalapeno cocktail on the menu. The upscale Thai restaurant housed in downtown Manhattan’s 60 Thompson hotel, Kittichai, was my first introduction to [...]

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 [...]

Zac Posen For Target: A Perplexing Collection

Send to KindleTweet It is with great displeasure that I reveal the best of the looks from Zac Posen’s collection for—yes, who else, Minneapolis-based retail giant Target. I usually have a blah feeling about some piece in all of the GO collections but Posen’s line is just plain confusing. For one, it is disappointing because [...]

Fairway To Add Another Manhattan Location

Send to KindleTweet Supermarket company Fairway is reportedly negotiating a lease to open another location in Manhattan, in the Upper East Side. According to Crain’s New York, Fairway Market could go into the former Circuit City and Barnes & Nobles location on East 86th Street between Second and Third Avenues. Others that reportedly bid for [...]

An American Beauty

Send to KindleTweet Spotted: Expo East Name: Clare Simone Age: 28 Hometown: Rochester Hills, Michigan Current ‘hood: Manhattan First language: English Other Languages: None Job: “Catalyst of Cool Outreach for Sweet Riot” Ethnicity: German, Norwegian & Lebanese Religion: Christian Favorite Nut: Walnut On Your iPod Now: Arcade Fire, Billie Holiday Favorite Movie: Cinema Paradiso In [...]

The Beautiful Product Of A Melting Pot

Send to KindleTweet Spotted: The Center, West Village Name: Eric Age: 25 Hometown: Washington D.C./Baltimore Current ‘hood: Manhattan First language: English Other languages: N/A Job: Recording Artist –pop/alternative. Ethnicity: Mixed race. My father is black and Syrian and my mother is black and Native American. Religion: I chant, Buddhism. Favorite Nut: Almond On Your iPod Now: [...]

More Than Meets The Eye

Send to KindleTweet Spotted: Audi Nkiru party Name: Inessa Age: 23 Hometown: Germany Current ‘hood: New York First language: Russian Other languages: English, German, Ukranian Job: Artist, singer/songwriter Ethnicity: Russian Religion: Jewish Favorite Cuisine: Asian On Your iPod Now: Lenny Kravitz, Musiq Soulchild Favorite Movies: Gran Torino In your makeup bag: Cosmetics from the European brand, [...]

Retail & Celebrity Charity News Week of November 16

Send to KindleTweet Sony Encourages Television Recycling To encourage the recycling of electronic products, Sony Style has launched its ‘Green Glove’ service, which offers consumers the option of having their old televisions hauled away and recycled when purchasing a new 32-inch diagonal or larger Sony BRAVIA LCD television. The service is part of the Sony [...]

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