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I told myself that I was done buying sneakers. I think I may have to make an exception for these Y-3 hi-tops in suede and calfskin.
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Valentinew

Spring/Summer 2011 just became much sexier thanks to Valentino. The sometimes over-priced and overly-flashy line has pared down for a sophisticated and tailored lust worthy collection.
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Fashionisto

50 men from the last 100 years are chosen, for their style, impact and swagger.
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"Each icon is featured in a double page spread with glossy full-color photogarphs and Werle's acute observations, anecdotes, and historical insight. While you may not have personally felt the sartorial influence of Boy George or Bootsy Collins, Werle makes a compelling case for their inclusion. She divides the book into sections according to the various styles or fashion phylum represented: The Gentlemen, The Rebels, The Dandies, The Rock Stars, The Classics, The Fashion Designers, the Beautiful People, The Bands and The Extraterrestrials."

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Oki-Ni Sale

Along with so many brands that we covet, Rick Owens and Jil Sander are on sale.
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Sole Art

The genius of Brian Atwood.
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Winter Eclipse

An incredible event occurred on December 21. The full moon was obscured by a total lunar eclipse during the Winter Solstice.

Geoff Chester of the U.S. Naval Observatory inspected a list of eclipses going back 2000 years for NASA.
"Since Year 1, I can only find one previous instance of an eclipse matching the same calendar date as the solstice, and that is 1638 DEC 21."

Nick Cave is AMAZING

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The Nick Cave exhibit at the Norton Gallery has on view some of the artist's phenomenal soundsuits. With haute couture craftsmanship and an incredible artistic vision, these suits are truly a multi-sensory experience. Trained as a dancer with Alvin Ailey and being the director of graduate fashion for School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Nick Cave brings his diverse background and applies it with amazing results.

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Electric Blue

I love the retro feel of this limited edition Tsovet watch. With buttery soft Napa leather and the electric blue numbers, the 25 editions will go quickly.
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Yo Puedo Comprar

Some foreign languages just became a little easier to understand. This amazing app actually uses your iPhone to translate in real time. You must look at this and download the free app - INCREDIBLE.

H&M S/S 2011

H&M continues to bring those simple and sophisticated looks at a price that makes you want to shop. Here are the Menswear and Womenswear lookbooks for Spring/Summer 2011.

Become A Collector

20x200 is a brilliant idea with a simple mission - providing limited edition prints at realistic (i.e. affordable) prices while making them available via the internet. Art for everyone.
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"I paint people's ideal bookshelves: your favorite books, books that changed your life, books that made you who you are.

Picking your ideal books is not an easy task (try it!), and the results are always enlightening. I think of this project as an intimate form of portraiture; a way to illustrate who the subject is on the inside instead of out.

I love that a book is something created very personally and then mass-produced in order to affect many other people very personally. I paint them to turn them back into something very personal and intimate. In the age of the Kindle, it's very satisfying.

I've recently been painting the books of various creative thinkers, and this is a shelf from that series. It contains books selected by Robert Verdi: designer, fashion icon and stylist to the stars."

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By Way Of Constantinople

Chanel's Pre-Fall 2010/2011 Paris-Byzantine show is literally dripping in opulence. Karl Lagerfeld harkens back to the lavish Istanbul influence that Coco first used for her costume jewelry line.

Joyeux Noël

"On December 1st, 2010 the 15th anniversary of the association 'Les Sapins de Noël des Créateurs' was celebrated at L’Espace Vendôme. The event takes place each year in France where fashion designers, architects and artists create their versions of Christmas Trees to be auctioned off for charity."
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So Magical

Kanye Does Rhianna

Interview Magazine lets Kanye West get the dish on Rhianna, her past, her career and the fact that this superstar is just getting started.
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PradaPrivate

Personalizing has been surging through the luxury market and now Prada is catching on with their PradaPrivate sunglasses collection. Like monograming, the arms can be customized with a choice of two numbers, letters or symbols. Available in a choice of colors and charaters, the glasses are exclusive to Sunglass Hut and Prada boutiques worldwide.
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Tattooed LV

"Louis Vuitton introduces the first step of the video diptyque dedicated to the men’s Spring/Summer 2011 collections. This season is embodied by the artist and tatooist and artist Scott Campbell, who collaborated on the runway collection presented in June 2010 in Paris. In this first opus, Louis Vuitton invites you to follow Scott Campbell in his New York creative universe before leaving to a mysterious destination to be revealed very soon…”

Short Double

This fantastic cold weather layer is brought to you by Raf Simons. The double breasted midnight blue jacket is inspired by a peacoat and features a great short silhouette and magnetic snap closures.
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2-For-1

The reversible Hermès tote in Clemence calfskin.
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WWD 100 Years - The Book

100 years and 100 designers - this books showcases the major fashion designers and their influences.
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BioPhoto

The winning photographs from the 2010 Olympus BioScapes contest.
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Gootique

Google created a search spot for finding fashion items such as fishnet stockings without getting results like crabs.
"A year and half ago, our team (which at the time was part of Like.com) started to wonder if we could create a better experience for people to shop online. We jokingly called ourselves the computer nerds and fashion nerds (and a few of us were both). So, we set out to create a new way to browse, discover and shop for soft goods online."
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Mr. Ford Returns

The ridiculously talented designer Tom Ford makes his triumphant return to womenswear after six years.
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Spin

Gorgeous update on a simple classic - sterling silver spinning tops from Reddish.
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Perfectly Timed

Uniform Wares has done it again. They have taken their pared down aesthetic and added a gorgeous and accurate chronograph.
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World Style

"Munich-based Simone Werle scours the web for the most fashion forward bloggers, and gives them a print medium. Dozens of blog writers are profiled, from every corner of the world, from flashy Los Angeles, to humble Birmingham, Alabama. Each is given a few pages to showcase their own personal style, and talk a bit about themselves."
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Alber Talks Shop

Alber Elbaz sits down and talks Lanvin, love and the democracy of design for this video interview to promote the Lanvin ♥ H&M collection. Also interviewed are Natasha Poly, Margareta van den Bosch, Hannelore Knuts, and Mike Figgis. The collection looks to be one of the most hotly anticipated H&M collaborations in seasons. Lanvin ♥ H&M hits North American shelves on November 20th, with wide release on November 23rd.



And, the video lookbook.

On Time For Bergdorf

"Nixon and legendary New York retailer, Bergdorf Goodman, have joined forces to release a highly limited edition timepiece on-sale now. The Nixon x Bergdorf Goodman Mellor is available in either all black or brown/gunmetal and features a Swiss automatic movement with 25 jewels, a domed sapphire crystal, a genuine croc band and a custom-engraved caseback. The Nixon x Bergdorf Goodman Mellor retails for $995 USD and is only available at Bergdorf Goodman in New York City."

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How To Be...

“How To Be a Man: A Guide To Style and Behavior For The Modern Gentleman is the culmination of O’Brien’s thirty years of accumulated style and etiquette wisdom, distilled through his gimlet eye and droll prose. With over forty chapters on style and fashion (and the difference), on dandies and dudes, grooming and decorating, on how to dress age-appropriately and how to age gracefully, this guide is the new essential read for men of all ages.”
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Ralph Lauren Experience

"In celebration of 10 years of digital innovation, RalphLauren.com presented the ultimate fusion of art, fashion & technology in a visual feast for the 5 senses."
Advanced video mapping technology, art, fashion, music and fragrance combined to give the New York and London flagship store audiences a groundbreaking 4D experience.

Intricate Iris

The truly inspired and fantastically intricate work of Iris van Herpen.
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WWD 100

WWD celebrates 100 years of style, parties, photographs, artists, celebrities, designers and fashion.
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Beluga

The art of designing a "super yacht" has changed dramatically over the last few years. Here is the 'Best Concept Design' in the Monaco Yacht Show 2010.

Shoes For A Saint

Each year John Lobb creates a shoe in honor of Saint Crispian, the patron saint of cobblers. This year's shoe is an exquisite double monkstrap made from a single piece of Misty Calf and conceived by Hermès designer Philippe Mouquet.
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H&M/Lanvin For Men

Some images have finally been released for the men's fashion collaboration between H&M and Lanvin.
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Six Scents - Series Three

"Co-founders, Joseph Quartana and Kaya Sorhaindo, launched Six Scents Parfums with Series One in 2008. Each year, the Six Scents Parfums fragrance initiative brings the experience of creativity with a conscience to the world through a collection of six unisex scents. Created by a distinct group of designers and perfumers, these limited edition fragrances are designed to represent a global range of contemporary views on creativity and culture. Through the designers’ concepts and the perfumers’ knowledge of fine fragrance, two artistic disciplines come together to create new perfume compositions and multi-sensory experiences..."
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Be Kind

An incredibly telling work of art from David Wojnarowicz. This piece was created 20 years ago and still, scarily, has so much relevance to the unfortunate happenings in today's culture.
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Fashion Illustrated

"Put together over the course of 30 years by Joelle Chariau of Galerie Bartsch & Chariau, this splendid collection of some of the most remarkable fashion illustration of the last hundred years is being shown for the first time this winter at London’s Design Museum. Opening on the 3rd November and running through until March next year, this unique exhibition features original works from the collections of Chanel, Dior, Comme des Garçons, Viktor & Rolf, and McQueen to name but a few..."
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YouYube & Guggenheim

"In the last two decades, there has been a paradigm shift in visual culture. The moving image has been fully absorbed into critical contemporary-art practices, and now we are witnessing the power of the Internet to catalyze and disseminate new forms of digital media, including online video. With video now available for anyone to produce and watch, almost anytime and anywhere—be it on cell phones, digital cameras, computers, or tablets—it has become the medium of choice for many aspiring artists. YouTube Play will recognize the current effect of new technologies on creativity by showcasing exceptional talent working in the ever-expanding realm of digital media. It is the goal of YouTube Play to reach the widest possible audience, inviting each and every individual with access to the Internet to submit a video for consideration."

From 23,000 submissions, the Guggenheim Museum culled the 25 finalists which have become the first for the "YouTube Play, a Biennial of Creative Video." A collection of artists who have pushed the video medium into popular culture.

The Jury:

One of today’s most prolific performance artists, Laurie Anderson is renowned as a musician, inventor, and filmmaker. Her performance practice is diverse, ranging from riveting monologues to sophisticated multimedia events that combine and harmonize visual and aural elements. At once experimental and entertaining, Anderson’s work resists categorization, as the novel-inspired performance Songs and Stories for Moby Dick (1999–2000) illustrates. The impact of Anderson’s creative work has been acknowledged by NASA, which named her its first artist-in-residence in 2004. A traveling retrospective of Anderson’s visual work, The Record of the Time: Sound in the Work of Laurie Anderson, was organized by the Musée d’Art Contemporain de Lyon in 2003. Recently Anderson released the album Homeland (her first in ten years) and premiered the new performance work Delusion at the Vancouver 2010 Cultural Olympiad.

Laurie Anderson

Animal Collective, featuring Deakin (Josh Dibb), Geologist (Brian Weitz), and Panda Bear (Noah Lennox)

Hailing from Baltimore, Animal Collective is a decade-old group of musicians composed of childhood friends Avey Tare (Dave Portner), Panda Bear (Noah Lennox), Geologist (Brian Weitz), and Deakin (Josh Dibb). Known for their experimental sound and mysterious, psychedelic, and sometimes disorienting live performances, the band has produced eight studio records, one live record, and a variety of critically acclaimed side projects while touring extensively nationally and internationally.

Darren Aronofsky

Born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, director Darren Aronofsky won the Director’s Award at the 1998 Sundance Film Festival and an Independent Spirit Award for Best First Screenplay for his first feature, π. In 2000 Aronofsky premiered Requiem for a Dream at the Cannes International Film Festival. The film was named to more than 150 Top Ten lists, including those of the New York Times, Rolling Stone, Entertainment Weekly, and the American Film Institute. His third feature, The Fountain, a science-fiction romance that he wrote and directed, starred Hugh Jackman and Rachel Weisz. Aronofsky’s most recent film, The Wrestler, premiered in 2008 at the Venice International Film Festival, where it won the Golden Lion, making it only the third American film in history to win this prize. Among his honors, the American Film Institute has awarded Aronofsky the prestigious Franklin J. Schaffner Alumni Medal, and the Stockholm Film Festival presented him the Golden Horse Visionary Award. His next release, Black Swan, is a horror film set in the world of ballet that stars Natalie Portman and Mila Kunis, forthcoming in late fall 2010.

Douglas Gordon

Scottish-born artist Douglas Gordon utilizes a variety of mediums, including installation, video, and photography, to investigate memory and time. For his landmark video 24 Hour Psycho (1993), he slowed Alfred Hitchcock’s 1960 film to last an entire day; the tension of this famous thriller was heightened by the mesmerizing, protracted action. In 2006, Gordon collaborated with artist Philippe Parreno on Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait, a film that presents the movements of French soccer star Zinedine Zidane in real time over the course of a single match to create a complex study of portraiture and mediated spectacle. Exhibited globally, Gordon's work has been the subject of considerable critical attention. Gordon received the 1996 Turner Prize, the Duemila Prize for best young artist at the 1997 Venice Biennale, and the 1998 Hugo Boss Prize. In 2008 he received the Roswitha Haftmann Prize and served as an International Juror at the 65th Venice International Film Festival.

Ryan McGinley

Ryan McGinley is a photographer whose work celebrates raw youth, with all its connotations of revolt, hedonism, and subversion. Subjects have ranged from fans of the musician Morrissey (in the series Irregular Regulars, 2004–07), to nude young men and women playing and living in nature (I Know Where the Summer Goes, 2007–08) or captured in intimate studio portraiture (Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere, 2010). In 2003, at the age of twenty-five, McGinley became the youngest artist to have a solo show at the Whitney Museum of American Art. McGinley has been the recipient of two important photographic prizes, the ICP Infinity Award for best young photographer from the International Center of Photography in 2007 and American Photo magazine’s Photographer of the Year award in 2003. In addition to projects in which he documents his own friends and community, McGinley has created editorial portfolios for such publications as Index, Esquire, and the New York Times Magazine, for which he has photographed athletes at the 2004 summer and 2010 winter Olympic games, 2007 Oscar nominees, and the singer M.I.A.

Marilyn Minter

Artist Marilyn Minter merges high art with commercial imagery throughout her practice, which includes painting, video, and photography. Minter’s work frequently focuses on the female body, creating hyperrealistic artworks that offset sensuality with lurid colors. Her second video work, Green Pink Caviar (2009), has been screened in locations around the world, including Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles, Times Square in New York, Madonna’s 2009 European tour, and, at present, the lobby of the Museum of Modern Art, New York. The manipulation of glamour and desire, recurrent themes for Minter, converged in her appropriation of Pamela Anderson’s iconic pin-up image in a 2007 series of photographic portraits. Minter has exhibited internationally, with notable solo shows organized by the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (2005); Center for Contemporary Art, Cincinnati (2009); and La Conservera, Centro de Arte Contemporáneo, Murcia, Spain (2009).

Takashi Murakami

World-renowned Japanese artist Takashi Murakami blurs the boundaries between East and West, past and present, in his paintings, sculptures, and videos. Influenced by such varied traditions as Japanese manga, anime, and classical nihonga painting and Western Pop art, Murakami has developed a unique practice that situates the artist at the cusp of high art and mass culture. In his work as a curator, Murakami has organized such seminal exhibitions of contemporary Japanese art and culture as Superflat (2000) and Little Boy: The Art of Japan’s Exploding Subcultures (2005). As an entrepreneur, he promotes emerging artists through his art production and management company Kaikai Kiki Co. Having exhibited widely throughout the world, Murakami is currently preparing for an exhibition at the Château de Versailles in September 2010.

Shirin Neshat

Shirin Neshat is an Iranian-born artist/filmmaker living in New York. Neshat’s early photographic works, including the Unveiling (1993) and Women of Allah (1993–97) series, explored notions of gender in relation to Islamic fundamentalism and militancy. Her subsequent video works departed from overtly political content or critique in favor of more poetic imagery and narratives. Neshat recently directed her first feature-length film, Women without Men, which received the Silver Lion Award at the 66th Venice International Film Festival in 2009. Neshat has been the subject of numerous solo exhibitions at galleries and museums internationally, including the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, the Serpentine Gallery in London, Hamburger Bahnhof in Berlin, the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, and the Musee d’Art Contemporain de Montreal.

Stefan Sagmeister

Stefan Sagmeister is one of today’s most innovative and influential graphic designers. His conception and application of graphic design goes above and beyond traditional notions of the practice, taking it to the realm of performative, conceptual, and installation-based art. Sagmeister is most widely known for his album cover artwork for bands like the Rolling Stones, Talking Heads, and Lou Reed, and for books like Mariko Mori’s Wave UFO for the Kunsthaus Bregenz, which function as sculptural objects.

Apichatpong Weerasethakul

Working in both feature-length and short forms, Apichatpong Weerasethakul plays with various narrative devices and nonlinear structures in his profoundly expressive, lyrical films, which are produced in his native Thailand. Exploring memory, political oppression, and spiritual quests, the works blend naturalism with stylized, dreamlike sequences. Weerasethakul’s Syndromes and a Century was the first Thai film to be selected for the Venice International Film Festival, where it premiered in 2006 at the 63rd festival. Recent screenings and exhibitions of his films and installations include Phantoms of Nabua, Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, Ohio; Moderne de la Ville de Paris/ARC (2009); and at Life on Mars, 55th Carnegie International, Pittsburgh (2008–09), at which he was awarded the inaugural Fine Prize. His feature films have won several prizes from the Cannes International Film Festival, including the Prix Un Certain Regard (2003), the Prix du Jury (2004), and for his most recent film, Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives, the prestigious Palme d’Or (2010).

Nancy Spector, Jury Chair

Art In Its Environment

As the majority shareholder of PPR, the luxury-goods company with brands like Gucci, Balenciaga and Bottega Veneta, François Pinault has a vast fortune to command. He also has impeccable taste and one of the largest collections of contemporary art, estimated at $1.4 billion. Rizzoli has now released a book showcasing this amazing collection and the two private museums so stunningly realized by famed architect Tadao Ando.
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"The acclaimed renovation of two of Venice’s most revered landmarks by the master architect for François Pinault’s unmatched contemporary art collection. Long acknowledged as a master builder of art spaces, Tadao Ando faced a new constructional challenge with the renovation of two of Venice’s iconic buildings—and succeeded brilliantly. Approached by French magnate François Pinault to renovate two disparate but equally high-profile and challenging Venetian structures to house his peerless collection of contemporary art—the Palazzo Grassi and the Punta della Dogana—Ando deftly employed his signature process to produce two elegant interiors from highly complicated historic sites. At the Palazzo Grassi, prominently located on the Grand Canal, Ando’s quiet but expert renovation of the eighteenth-century rooms harmonizes contemporary art with historical Venetian spaces. At the Punta della Dogana, the Venetian Republic’s original customs warehouse, the large-scale space was subtly subdivided into refined rooms for installation art. The overall effect of the two different renovations is a harmony of old and new, of history and innovation—a result that can only be from the hands of Tadao Ando."

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Caffine On The Side

There are dozens of coffee bars in New York, but none have the style, chaotic simplicity and aura to draw you in like the new D'Espresso. This sexy little coffee/sandwich shop is visually turned on its side by library book printed tiles on the walls and floor & pendant lamps being suspended from the side wall.
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"Vogue Paris has just released, the first exclusive image of the collaboration between Lanvin and the Swedish brand H&M. We’ll be watching the show online, next November 2nd on HM.com. A preview image of the advertising campaign by David Sims. Large green flowers and pink, dark sunglasses, long necklaces, asymmetries and draped in the first image that suggests the mood of the collection by Alber Elbaz. In stores, 23 November."

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Clean Machine

I try and be careful where I place my cellphone, but there is no denying that it is probably collecting more than just apps and text messages. For peace-of-mind and just being generally health conscious, there is the Violight UV Cellphone Sanatizer.
"This health-saving device uses germicidal UV light to destroy up to 99.9% of all surface bacteria hanging out on your handset, without any warranty-voiding solutions, sprays, or wipes."
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I'm Feeling Lucky

Just some of the fantastic items available in the November Hermès Vintage auction from Artcurial.
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10⁰

"After years of bootlegs on Youtube, Herman Miller lends a helping hand with a new official website for the 'Power of Ten' film. 'Powers of Ten is a 1968 American documentary short film written and directed by Ray Eames and her husband, Charles Eames, rereleased in 1977. The film depicts the relative scale of the Universe in factors of ten (see also logarithmic scale and order of magnitude). The film is an adaptation of the 1957 book Cosmic View by Kees Boeke, and more recently is the basis of a new book version. Both adaptations, film and book, follow the form of the Boeke original, adding color and photography to the black and white drawings employed by Boeke in his seminal work.'”

Flight Ready

A brilliant idea for today's traveler, 3floz.com, is a site that carries many brands in convenient and TSA approved 3oz. containers.
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Color Me Swatch

Swatch steps back into the fashion world and asks fashion editors, bloggers and trend setters to style the Swatch New Gent collection of watches. Go in-depth with a look at all the submissions. Click thru to the official YouTube channel for the Swatch Fashion Challenge videos.

Super Classic Chanel

Chanel's Outstanding Pieces Collection for Fall/Winter 2010-2011
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In Time

Taken from the pages of a Malcolm Gladwell book, this is just a snapshot into the creative minds coming out of NY.

INFLUENCERS TRAILER from R+I creative on Vimeo.

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Fo Shizzle

For those of you who want to get jiggy and be the first on your gated block to know what "Hockey players pagin' me to practice on my wrist" means, then this is the book for you. "Understanding Rap..." is an inclusive book that dilutes and deciphers some of the harder to grasp rap lyrics and gives them a more tangible meaning - available at Abrams Books.

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Military Might

Always on trend and forever classic, Common Projects delivers on the military theme with this stylish ankle boot.

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OMG CdG

The stunning creations from Commes des Garçons are now available from their online shop. Remember that this GdC, so the online store is not just a store but a carefully curated collection of collaborations and artwork.
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iMoleskin

The stylish Moleskin notebooks make a design collaboration with the iPad and iPhone - I'm waiting for the notebook compatible with the iPhone 4.
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The World Of Tomorrow

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50 Years of His & Hers

The Neiman Marcus Christmas Book has arrived - celebrating 50 years the the famed his & hers fantasy gifts.
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La Masque

Maybe it's because Halloween is around the corner or maybe hiding your emotions and keeping yourself a secret is the new black. Regardless, here is another fashion editorial featuring masks. This gorgeous spread is shot by Mert & Marcus and style by Carine Roitfeld for Vogue Paris.
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