The Modern Age

Everyone’s favorite America’s Next Top Model alumni, super model blogger Elyse Sewell, recently met up with her boyfriend Marty Crandall of The Shins on their tour stops in Seattle and Vancouver. In a blog entry this week, Elyse answers a reader’s question regarding this photo:

“But what happens if a Shin has to poop in the [...]

1. Watching the new VH1 “reality television” show, The Agency–which focuses on the lives of the agents that make up the high-end men’s and women’s board of the Wilhelmina modeling agency.
A good portion of the first episode is comprised of talking about a teenage model named Chloe with loads of “potential”…except for the fact that [...]

Lily Allen strikes again! It has just been announced that Lily will be designing a collection of “signature dresses and accessories” for British “high street” (aka– mass market) chain New Look. Her collection will hit stores in 312 of the stores in the UK, France, Dubai, and Belgium between Mar 9th.
To put this in context–I [...]

Still on your Proenza Schouler Target Go International high? Well get off it, missy–it’s time to start thinking about the next Go International offerings–this time designed by Patrick Robinson. Patrick Robin-who? You know, Patrick Robinson–the dude who used to design for Anne Klein and Perry Ellis.. uh.. you know, the guy who designs for Paco [...]

If you read Gawker’s weekly “Looking at the Look Book” assessment, you’ll know that New York magazine’s “Look Book” feature is one of those things that is designed to both entertain, amuse, and often times–disgust.
Take this week’s self-indulgent clotheshorse, Sam Parker–Spiderman Peter Parker’s younger sibling who is in charge of protecting the League of Totally [...]

If you (like me) are a fan of the Target “Go International” line, but if you (like me) were too lazy to run out to Target in Brooklyn and/or Opening Ceremony when the stuff first went on sale, you (like me) might have shopped for your wears on Target.com. If you type in “Proenza” in [...]

It’s no secret that Jack White loves the legendary Miss Loretta Lynn–so it shouldn’t be a surprise that Jacky boy is the proud owner of a tattoo-style tshirt with the name “LORETTA”
One day the proprietor of Curiology, the LA-based company that makes the shirts, rang up the White Stripes management office and dropped a [...]

I’m not sure why the Target site is being so coy about who the next designers are for their Go International collection, seeing as how the latest issue of Teen Vogue had a whole piece about how Proenza Schouler will be doing the honors.
Their wares will be available at Target stores and Opening Ceremony [...]

It’s kinda like a Russian doll of fug–just when you though you got to the last layer of ugly, there’s another one underneath it. Check it out on Vice’s web site.

This Christmas I got a really great laptop bag that I’ve been coveting for several months. If you weren’t so lucky with your holiday presents, here’s you chance to get a gift that you actually like.
On January 27th from 11:30-7pm, Crumpler stores are having a “Re-gifting” day–bring in your unused and unopened holiday presents from [...]