Links for 2006-08-28
tangentialism: Chinatown Ice Cream Dragon: There Can Be Only One
Chowhounder “Andrew” digs deeper and discovers that the Nolita shop is supposedly run by one of the five Chinese brothers that owned OCICF
Web Guitar Wizard Revealed at Last - New York Times
Alfonso Candra claimed to be the mysterious funtwo, but Jeong-Hyun Lim, right, is the real virtuoso.
The Devil Knows Nada - New York Times
The bald truth is that for 20 years, the direction of fashion has been inverted: it now stomps its way up from the street; from athletes and celebrities to designers.
Culture Club - New York Times
Area was a nightclub that was like art.
Buzz Kill - New York Times
The style industry loves a rebel, and short hair’s rogue history is part of the look’s appeal. It’s long been indicative of a liberated woman: in the 1920’s, American flappers — those most fashionable of young feminists — mainstreamed the bob,
The New York Times > Magazine > Slide Show > Slide Show: Brush With Greatness
The makeup artist Linda Cantello, who splits her time between New York and Paris, created some of the most iconic visages of the last two decades (think Gucci’s smoky eye and pale lip in the mid-1990’s).
1. ny_rocker | 9:56 am on August 28th, 2006
Though gone, the memory of Area will never lie in peace for those who experienced it. It completed the almost-impossible act of capturing hyper-activity. It is impossible to forget the few short years it was around. So much cooler than Studio 51, yet rarely referenced, was glad to see that article. Thanks.