By: Sarah Hartshorne
On February 3rd the French Institute in New York City hosted the opening reception for Greg Laurens’s installation Counter Couture. Lauren’s piece consists of beautifully constructed men’s clothing, all made of paper. There are elaborately constructed suit jackets, onto which classic Hitchcock films are projected to create a feeling of surreal luxury.  According [...]

When violence is preferred…

This morning comes a horrific story of a triple homicide in supposedly one of the safest neighborhoods in New York City- the Upper West Side.

The details as according to the NY Post;

The holiday-season cheer of the trendy Upper West Side was shattered yesterday when a career criminal slaughtered three members of a family [...]

Achieving fame, notoriety and a hang over finally moves way downtown.

It’s come to our attention that the newest place to turn up and pretend you are someone other than yourself is called the Wooly. Yes we kid you not. According to Guest of a Guest who know all about having you blow a thousand bucks but [...]

America wants to shop till it hurts.

There’s something to be said for sitting in the cold wind to get front row tickets to your favorite concert show, but even we were quietly shocked when we perused the long queues on West 23rd and 6th ave last night as the mob dug in for those [...]

It’s your worst nightmare, but then again that’s why you always remain alert in the public transport system…
The facts as reported by the NY Post:
They were strangers on a D train when a hulking straphanger, allegedly incensed over a passenger that took a seat he wanted on a near empty subway car, senselessly stabbed another [...]

It’s not all that often you get to see a legend in action, but Roger Daltrey definitely fits that bill and he was most certainly in action on Friday night at the Nokia Theatre in Times Square. The crowd was buzzing and there was real anticipation from people thrilled to be watching one of the [...]

Reinventing fashion for the recession.

It seems the NY Times has come across a very interesting idea/trend of how to try and sell fashion to the world again. Simply, it involves convincing boys and girls that it’s okay, sexy, and even edgy to start wearing each other’s clothes. The payoff? More love from the opposite [...]

You have all seen her, mimicking a European heiress (except she is chewing bubble gum) fresh off of the jet from Vienna or Munich.  She is well traveled, wearing Christian Louboutin four inch pumps, carrying Louis Vuitton luggage, and possesses an above average positive self image with barely a high school degree to back it all [...]

Special Guest Contribution from Clayton Patterson.
Bloomberg loves us, wants to protect us, save us. He wants to make us financially secure. At least that is what he promised when he used his enormous wealth to flip the democratic process on its head, go against the will of the people, and to buy off City [...]

Who is Precious? Precious is Clareece P. Jones, a 16 year old, obese, illiterate, African American girl. She was raped by her father, abused by her mother, taught in substandard schools, and pregnant with her second child in a Lee Daniel’s move based on the book Push by poet Sapphire.
As I watched the story of this [...]