Spectacle: On the Street with Bill Cunningham
Posted by Avril in Art, fashion, Film, spectacle on 11. May, 2011 | 0 Comments
He’s both easy and impossible to miss amid the bustle of New York City. Between criss-crossing pedestrians and lane-changing taxis, you first see the flash of blue. And then comes the click. Follow the sound to the source and there he is: a fuzzy-haired old man, Nikon in hand, scanning the streets with his gaze. [...]
Skinny guys are out, deems Fashion
Posted by Anupa in Curiosities, fashion on 18. Oct, 2010 | 0 Comments
Finally, the fashion industry is coming around to what I’ve been saying for years: skinny guys suck!* According to this story in the New York Times, the scrawny hipster is out and burly, manly men are back in. This is probably more in line with the other size-related fashion spin of the season, “Boobs are [...]
Morning Dump: Gossip goes out with a whisper, Eight page article finds Palin is a politician, 9/11 Birthdays, Tiffr founders find TIFF testy
Posted by theashcan in Morning Dump on 04. Sep, 2010 | 0 Comments
Although I tend to know way too much about celebrities as a result of LIVING ON THE INTERNET, I can assure you there’s nothing I hate more than reading gossip rags. That said, apparently I really love reading ABOUT gossip rags. For a great look at New York’s “golden gossip era” and how it lost [...]
Floating: The other side of 20-somethings
Posted by Anupa in modern relationships, Pop Culture on 27. Aug, 2010 | 2 Comments
Party and bullshit: just a day in the life Naively, I read through that NYT piece about my socio-cultural generation and our seemingly preternatural ability to avoid ‘real life’ responsibility and huffed a sigh of relief (and forwarded it on to a few friends). Yes, I thought. Finally, my suffering is legit. But, my much [...]
Coping with age, ever so ungracefully
Posted by jessekg in Curiosities, Uncategorized on 20. Aug, 2010 | 6 Comments
Oddly enough, when I google “old why guy with pipe”, I also got a pic of Stephen Harper, and one of Paris Hilton. Photo via Ah, New York Times, bastion of investigative journalism, defender of human rights, the fourth estate, pillar of a free society, spotter of trends, taster of foods, and of course, constantly [...]
