Tag: Fashion
The first annual men’s fashion week has been happening in New York and today it comes to a close (its official title is New York Fashion Week: Men’s, but that’s a silly name that no one should actually say). For the past week, the world’s most fashionable dudes have descended upon Manhattan’s Hudson Square neighborhood […]
When you think of sneaker culture, you may think of guys who love rap music lined up outside of a Foot Locker waiting for the latest Air Jordan reissue to drop. You’d be right, of course, but those guys didn’t just pop up out of nowhere when Spike Lee said “It’s gotta be the shoes.” […]
You’ll have to walk past Club Kid killer Michael Alig’s creepy paintings to get to Australian food artist Ishara Jayakody’s art at the Select Art Fair, but it’s worth it if you’ve never seen a bagel suit before. A bagel suit is exactly what it sounds like: A suit made out of bagels. The dope […]
Eman Rimawi puts in work. The 30-year-old Brooklynite lost her legs due to a rare blood clotting disorder last year, which for most people would be a debilitating setback. But within a few months, Rimawi was hard at work designing a clothing line for amputees, determined to create something helpful and beautiful for her newfound […]
Just after New York got over the illness that is Fashion Week, Paris caught the designer bug — and it’s thriving. If you’re in the mood to refresh your wardrobe, look no further than Paris’s showcase for inspiration. Face masks, jeweled birds, black string-like face masks, and furry boots are likely the very practical accessories […]
In January, the founder of French clothing label A.P.C. did something very dumb while showcasing his latest collection. When a group of models came out wearing camel coats and Timberlands, Jean Touitou held up a sign that read: “Last Ni##@$ IN PARIS.” As you can imagine, this didn’t go over well. Neither did his his […]
The morning after truthsayer Kanye West pointed out that Beyonce got robbed at the Grammy’s on Sunday, he walked passed a man wearing Nike Command Forces in JFK and saw the perfect promotional opportunity for his new sneaker line. Referring to the Adidas Yeezy 750 Boosts on his own feet, West asked the man, “If […]
Fashion photographer Andre Perry, 32, has shot campaigns for Reebok, Brooklyn Circus and Nordstrom, but fashion caused him some problems recently when his two-finger gold ring was mistaken for brass knuckles by undercover members of the NYPD. They arrested Perry and charged him with “two counts of criminal possession of a weapon, one for having the ring […]
Noted fashion photographer Bill Cunningham once said, “Fashion is the armor to survive the reality of everyday life.” It seems the designer Anouk Wipprecht has taken that quote literally with her Robotic Spider Dress. Wipprecht created the dress to “ward off threatening social behavior,” by waiving it’s arachnid appendages at anyone who approaches. The designer tells the Creator’s Project, […]
Nothing says outrage at the creeping surveillance state like an adorable terrier wearing human clothes with leaked NSA documents printed on them. Big Data Pawn Shop, an art project/clothing label wants you to be able to make a fashion STATEMENT with the documents that Edward Snowden risked his life to smuggle out of NSA headquarters. If […]
