Cabino Sneaker Petition Leaps Past 10,000
04/25/2006
Back in January we interviewed Al Cabino, one of a handful of stylish young men from Montreal, Canada who have been gradually taking over the world over the last five or so years.Cabino, you'll recall, is the guy petitioning Nike to reissue Marty McFly's high-tech sneakers (or "kicks," as he likes to call them) from Back to the Future II. He's won himself a ridiculous ... Read More
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Adidas FonGate Gathers Steam
04/11/2006
Last week we brought you news of Barry McGee's quite possibly racist Ray Fong shoe, released by Adidas, bearing the image of a bucktoothed Asian man on the tongue. Since then, the controversy has been echoing across the blogosphere, offending keypushers as far away as Japan, Singapore, and Hong Kong. A New York State legislator has personally taken it upon himself to ... Read More
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Deeper Pockets Love Them Trench Coats
04/04/2006
Once worn only by pervy exhibitionists and mustard gassed world warriors, we're now seeing the trench coat draped over the better backs and shoulders that only a season ago were clad in fake leatherbombers and Members Only jackets. The fellows like it because it makes them believe they are detectives. The ladies like it because the belt option gives them inch-by-inch ... Read More
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Chewing On Herringbone
03/22/2006
We've observed something fishy adorning the caps and jackets of the smarter set—herringbone, that distinguished pattern of black and white twill forming a series of tight and lovely "WWWW" chevrons.It's sort of like the Burberry plaid or Louis Vuitton's distinguished alphabet soup, except it can be found for bargain prices in thrift store bargain bins and your grandfa ... Read More
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You Know Your Shoes Are Hot When...
03/17/2006
When you see them on some stranger's t-shirt? When it's mentioned on Gilmore Girls? When people start taking polaroids of their and posting them on the Internet in specialized discussion groups?Maybe.How about when design geeks—of their own accord!—start making custom Voltron-like DOLLS out of our product? And posting them online? And then everyone starts passing the ... Read More
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Good Scents: The Smell Report
02/23/2006
They won't admit it to the telephone pollsters, but your run of the mill hipster likes to smell nice. Better than nice. Science has shown that good smells help attract mates, mask the tendrils of tobacco smoke clinging to their beeswaxed locks, and provide constant whiffs of respite in their hours of afternoon agony surfing Craigslist on the sofa. Boss just yelled at ... Read More
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Girls & Feet: The Revenge of Underoos
02/20/2006
It's official: Footless tights are moving from New York to Middle America. The skinny jeans of the past few seasons are morphing into leggings and footless tights, which anyone who's been to Manhattan's Misshapes party in the last year could have told you. Now designers like 'ciso Rodriguez, Nanette Lepore, Donna Karan, Tracy Reese and Wolfgang Joop have gotten into t ... Read More
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Inside Operation McFly: The Vulture Interviews Al Cabino
01/30/2006
Since the late 1960s, the so-called "activists" have been all talk and no results. Their failure to have an impact on society is especially notable in the consumer realm, where Nike has discovered that your typical socially-conscious vegan will gladly buy Dunks straight off the sweatshop assembly line. Just make that they're limited edition Dunks signed by the same st ... Read More
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The 'Stache is Cashed
01/24/2006
The long, slow death of irony was much foretold in the dark ages of 2001, but what of the death of the ironic mustache? That took much longer to fall, but fall it has. Mustaches, popularized by pornographers Terry Richardson, Ron Jeremy, Dov Charney and their pornographer-wannabe hangers-on, have been spotted all over the streets of New York's Lower East Side for year ... Read More
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Why We Hanker For Hankerchiefs
01/11/2006
The Handkerchief. Not just for your grandaddy anymore. Now that the boho look has gone the way of electroclash, young ladies of fashion and means are sporting slimmer skirts and fewer beads 'round their swan-like necks. And their gentlemen callers have added a new item to their repertory, an improvement on those silly bandanas of the summer months: the hanky, tucked a ... Read More
