Mara Hoffman Spring/Summer 2012: The age of Inca.
The line for Mara Hoffman’s collection snakes around the corner, spilling down the length of the corridor at the tents. Guests glisten in the humidity, fanning themselves with the look list from the previous show, looking pale from lack...
Vladimir Restoin Roitfeld, Andy Valmorbida, in collaboration with Giorgio Armani and Phillips de Pury & Co present Richard Hambleton:...
A who's who of society, fashion and the art world turned out this past Friday night for Richard Hambleton's retrospective at uptown Phillips de Pury. In fact so consumed was the venue with movie stars, fashion stars, top models...
Dentist pulls out the wrong tooth, throws it away, then decides to sew it right back
I have a sore spot soft spot for dental horror stories; time and time again, I find myself across a table from someone, trading tales of trench mouth or root canals, wisdom teeth or adolescent mouth gear. Too bad I never...
Spartacus hunk Andy Whitfield loses battle with cancer at age 39.
The things that not even super heroes can conquer....
At the age of 39 Aussie actor and heart throb, Andy Whitfield the Latimes reports has succumbed to his battle with non-Hodgkin Lymphoma in Sydney, Australia. Known for his commanding presence...
Christian Siriano Spring Summer 2012- Exquisite blood orange crepe and more.
Young Project Runway star, Christian Siriano—whose success followed the death of his notably ‘favorite’ designer, Alexander McQueen—has struck it big, lately. Hosting his 2012 spring collection at Eyebeam, in Chelsea this past Saturday—Siriano continued his trends of frills, outlandishness...
The Prettiest Girl in the Room: Frank Benson’s Human Statue (Jessie) at Taxer & Spengermann
With Fashion Week, Fashion’s Night Out and the first openings of the September Chelsea gallery shows, it seemed near impossible that an exhibition of a singular sculpture could hold its own in the visual overload happening on the streets. ...
NY Fashion week faux pas and gossip- Day 2/3.
Yes fellow Vagabonds, it’s that time again, the time for us Scallywags here to spill all the delicious dirt heard and seen at the tents. You asked and here we have it… read on if you dare.
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Deceased mentally retarded teenager lived with over 200 animals in squalid conditions.
Have you ever visited someone and wondered to yourself how they manage to accommodate a treasure trove of pets? Yet if a pet is man's way of seeking and attaining unconditional love then we are wanton to accept an...
A Lowlife’s Night Out, Rubbing Shoulders With Upper East Side Dames and Designers
Spending Fashion Night Out in the Upper East Side is a far cry from the days when Andy Warhol worked and lived in the area. The block of Madison Avenue between 58th and 59thStreet hosted three gala parties, red velvet...
Miss Colombia reprimanded for appearing without her panties.
Why bother with a g string when you can just flaunt it outright?
It seems Columbia's entrant to the Miss Universe pageant, 22 year old Catalina Robayo has a thing for dressing sparse. How sparse? Apparently she's been seen attending...
Lindsay Lohan has paparazzo thrown out of fashion tents.
America's favorite media whore scored a big win over a paparazzo at yesterday's Cynthia Rowley fashion show.
Reports the NY Post, Lohan was set to take her seat just before Rowley's show was set to commence when a paparazzo leapt...
Journalist in Nigeria accused of stealing manhood of banker, narrowly escapes lynching.
In Nigeria, locals take penis theft very very seriously....
AllAfrica.com reports that Saminu Ibahim, a journalist working for The National Life newspaper in Zamfara State, went to the Skye Bank to withdraw his salary for the month of August. That’s when...
Candela Spring/Summer 2012: The delicate struggle between structure and self-expression
The Caribbean-inspired notes echo from the room. The guests, an eclectic mix of fashionistas adorned in dark colors and oversized vintage jewelry, nod their heads to the enticing drum beat, anxiously awaiting the guarded doors to open for the...
Supima Spring/Summer 2012 bringing it on home.
The Supima design competition held yearly by Supima cotton brings new talent from prominent design schools to Mercedes Benz fashion week. Not only do all designers in the show receive a large amount of recognition, the winner gets $25,000...
Surface to Air: Parisian boutique opens in NYC, good girl gone bad, sort of…
Wednesday night saw a heady display of downtown cool as Euro's, hipsters, trust funders, fashionistas and a token few from the media world descended onto the opening night launch party for uber chic Parisian label: Surface to Air. If...
