GREY
11/17/2006
The color is everywhere. Last night my roommate looked down at the bar and noticed that he and the four friends he was standing amongst all wore grey. My other roommate wore grey four times last week. Walking around yesterday I heard a girl mention that she was going to buy some grey jeans. Another friend who works at a bag-design store has noticed a sharp up-turn in ... Read More
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Member's Only: Back.
10/26/2006
***When you put it on something happens.***Overheard (at a concert):Female: That's the second Member's only jacket I've seen tonight, is someone trying to bring them back?Male: Really? Female: Who cares? They're a good jacket, right?Male: Not really they fall apart after one season.Female: Oh well, so do Converse and I like those.Overheard (at a bar):Male: "Remembe ... Read More
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On the Ladies this Fall:
10/13/2006
In what I think is actually a hang-over trend from last fall, meaning one that didn't really sell well but now will do excellently; expect not to miss seeing wild geometric prints, especially on dresses...its really the next logical step from strips and polka dots. After people have worn the simple they're going to remember the complicated.The all-over print will rei ... Read More
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Me So Balki
09/26/2006
Vests are the new sweaters.Those of you who have been keeping score already know that when it comes to men's fashion, the Vulture's powers of prophecy are almost without limit. We called the return of the thinly-brimmed straw fedora, the Wallaby, the custom bespoke dandy suit, and, most recently, the motorcycle as accessory.Now Autumn is here and it's time for the ves ... Read More
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Howdy, Hipster!
08/28/2006
As far as hipster fashion goes, this summer is the season of weird. The fellows are dressing like crew captains, wearing topsiders and leather boat shoes without socks. The ladies, as always, are using the weather as an excuse to traipse around in various states of quasi-nudity and carefully arranged disarray.But strangest of all is the sudden and mysterious rise of t ... Read More
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Stephon Marbury Turns Sneaker Logic on Its Head
08/25/2006
Cheap is the new expensive.The winning luxury branding formula hasn't changed since the time of Caesar: If you want your robes to be worn by the royalty, make them fancy, make them limited edition, and most of all, make them ridiculously expensive. This strategy has been deployed with great success from the Saville Row tailors who trimmed Oscar Wilde's cuffs to the cu ... Read More
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The Allure of the $2,000 Custom Suit
08/04/2006
Judging from what we've seen in the streets and tapas bars of Philadelphia, today's men's suit takes after Hefty trash bags. Underneath the bulges of its shiny black exterior, it is designed to hold and conceal as much garbage as possible. Our eyes are grateful, then, that a handful of New York boutiques are reviving the bespoke suit--custom suits that actually give f ... Read More
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White on White Is the New Stripes
06/22/2006
Lawrence of Arabia knew it. So do those Eagles fans on Oregon Avenue. When it comes to weddings, suit-and-tie combos, and most of all sneakers, white-on-white speaks of a classiness, cleanliness, and virginal newness that no other combination of color can hope to evoke.As any Foot Locker employee and they'll tell you that Philly is a bastion of the white-on-white snea ... Read More
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INTERVIEW WITH ART IN THE AGE OF MECHANICAL REPRODUCTION
06/08/2006
>On The Power of the Shirt: You Too Can Be Tupac Shakur For A Day>Why Britney Spears Has Excellent T-Shirt Taste>How to Dodge the Wrong Design Trends, Surf the Right Ones, and Be Smart Enough to Know the DifferenceT-shirts have been something more than t-shirts for at least ten years now. Like sneakers, they have migrated from being an object of utility to inspi ... Read More
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Sneakers Are So 2006
05/18/2006
Sneakers are toast. Over. Done for. They've been too cool for too long. Now the party is over. The running shell game of "limited" editions and premium colorways will keep the sneaker con running for another couple of years, tops. Come 2008, you'll still see sneakers here and there, on the feet of old ladies and actual athletes. But the days of grown men dressing as t ... Read More
