Summer is counting down its last days, which generally means a mad scramble to pack the weekends with activities you haven't quite gotten around to yet. If these activities are the type that requires a fashion statement -- like hitting…
Continue Reading →New York's Brian Crumley, a fifth-generation Texan, Gen Art favorite, and increasingly-hyped accessory designer, has taken on something a little heavier than jewelry in his latest collection. Peace Under Fire: Aggressive Symbols of Peace features metal worked into twisted (or…
Continue Reading →Anything that allows me to regress to childhood gets an a-plus in my book. A few of my favorites are playing tag, watching old cartoons and most recently artwork by Susan Ghahremani. Known for simple, patchwork looking illustrations, she creates…
Continue Reading →Sometimes (well, a LOT of the time) we can't help but be completely flattered over the kind of people we can count as our readers. Case in point: Ben Light, a New York web developer with a sneaky side job,…
Continue Reading →A reader hoping to help Heather spice up her new digs directed our attention to trove, a New York company specializing in some of the most visually arresting wallpaper I've ever seen. If my lease were any more lenient, I'd…
Continue Reading →Jack Spade has had it up to here with the hoodlums plaguing the streets of New York, and has responded like any self-respecting man of fashion (ahem... gone and designed another wallet). Not just any wallet, obviously; this twill masterpiece…
Continue Reading →Wants For Sale is NYC Garbage, viral-trash-selling genius (and friend) Justin Gignac's newest project. Everybody wants something, and Justin and his girlfriend Christine are no exception. Armed with a handful of canvases, paints, and some pretty damn-good illustration skill, they…
Continue Reading →A.C. Newman of The New Pornographers! Feist! Jim James of My Morning Jacket! Sarah Vowel! Demetri Martin! I like these people! I like their musical and comedic styling! They're all going to be on one stage! The stage of the…
Continue Reading →Just a quick update in the Spear-travel-world, I know many readers appreciate knowing my whereabouts. I still have a handful of reviews coming from Bali and Java to write. I landed back on the east coast for the last week…
Continue Reading →Growing up in northern Connecticut, one of the rituals of my summer vacations was watching my New York-born mom go to the local nursery and try again and again to succeed in growing flowers on our front lawn. Everyone else…
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