Freaks, Geeks, Hipsters, Squares, Russians and Scarlett

Love For Sale: Scarlett puts herself up for auction
on eBay, meaning it’s only a matter of hours before our PayPal bill
dwarfs our student loans. [Gawker]
Hip To Be Square: The Roots of American
href="http://www.dnrnews.com/site/article.php?id=1493">Prep. [
href="http://www.mensflair.com/style-advice/the-roots-of-american-preppy.php">Men's
Flair]
“Most Females Lie More Cleverly and Successfully Than
Men”: Or at least that’s what they want you to think. [
href="http://www.nypost.com/seven/03022008/news/regionalnews/miss_leading_100063.htm">NYPost]
Wedding Bells?: Ladies and Gentlemen, Mr. and Mrs.
Marc Jacobs. [
href="http://nymag.com/daily/fashion/2008/03/is_marc_jacobs_engaged.html">NYMag]
Transition of Power: In his first appearance as
Russia’s new President-elect, Dmitry Medvedev greets the nation in a
turtleneck and jeans apparently from Sears. Weep for the Motherland.
[Reuters]
Trading Sideways: Geeks fighting to replacing
hipsters? Let’s settle this one at the playground during recess. [
href="http://scrawledinwax.com/2008/03/02/yeah-geeks-are-replacing-hipsters-but-why/">Scrawled
in Wax]
Bloggerati: Rising fashion blogger Kanye West is shut
out of Balenciaga, says he doesn’t really mind and declares that his
“first love is for fashion.” Jesus, it’s
href="http://gawker.com/news/fashionista/before-they-were-sorta-famous-fashionista-faran-krentcil-232484.php">Faran Krentcil all over again. [
href="http://thecelebritytruth.com/kanye-west-clarifies-fashion-show-comment/001081">The
Celebrity Truth]
To The Brim: Ain’t ya heard? The
href="http://artofmanliness.com/2008/03/01/bringing-back-the-hat/">Hat
Is
href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/02/nyregion/thecity/02hat.html?_r=2&ref=todayspaper&oref=slogin&oref=slogin">Back , y’all.
-G.B.
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