I immediately realized my mistake yesterday as I settled in a cab heading downtown after leaving the IILWY office to meet Josh for dinner. I'd left behind both my iPod and brand new (and rather pricey) headphones behind, which generally…
Continue Reading →The Wrigleyville neighborhood in Chicago will never be thought of as a shopping destination, at least not unless you're in the market for an Old Style, roasted peanuts, or a Hebrew National frank. There are a few spots here and…
Continue Reading →I just wanted to give a quick nod to this hilarious t-shirt that popped up recently at Threadless. There's not much to say about it that you can't decipher by reading the blatantly clear message that is the shirt. I…
Continue Reading →Aussie clothing company Young Lovers recently dropped a few more of their extremely limited edition shirts, and the designs for this set of tees pack just as much freshness as you'd expect from a company based in the land of…
Continue Reading →You know, you can always tell a true lady by the way she totes her necessities when traversing the Swiss Alps. Like my mother told me, there really is no better way to test ones dedication to beauty than to…
Continue Reading →Pete Maravich, Nate Tiny Archibald and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar wore Pro-Keds. In the days before Nike and Michael Jordan cornered the basketball shoe market and athletes were still allowed to have a personality, Pro-Keds were some of the most stylish athletic…
Continue Reading →Awhile ago, I wrote a rather scathing review of an interactive mirror being used by a well-known fashion designer to digitally dress potential customers in her latest collections. I thought it was really, really, lame...and I still do, but a…
Continue Reading →If one of Erica Weiner's mantras is "Make inexpensive jewelery that doesn't look cheap," the others must read something like "Make the most badassest jewelry on the planet," "Use my own personal basass status to increase the overall population of…
Continue Reading →Philippe Starck's collaboration with PUMA has taken another architecturally seductive turn with Naked Body, a series of streamlined, skin-tight, and selectively see-through men's and women's wear. The story behind the collection has something to do with evolution and distraught Super…
Continue Reading →The term "buyer's regret" is sort of similar, but what do you call it when you see something you like only to find out it's not made for you? Because I'm having a major, itchy case it after seeing Monsieur…
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