Playboy Under Wraps, Emo Wars and Going on The Pill

“George Clooney”

03/27/08

Playboy Under Wraps, Emo Wars and Going on The Pill

White Wash: The massive DKNY advertising mural turned
Soho icon at Manhattan’s Houston and Broadway is, like all the other
signs of the neighborhood’s 80s heyday, not long for this world. [ href="http://www.wwd.com/fashionscoops/article/123774?page=1">WWD]

NFL Lock Out: Football may ban excessive hair use,
putting an end to those Thors and rastas of the gridiron. [ href="http://www.styledash.com/2008/03/27/nfl-may-force-players-to-cut-their-hair/">Styledash]

Chaste Bunnies: The Philippine version of Playboy
will be a fully-clothed, demure affair with, “maybe one nipple,” here
and there. No fun. [Canadian Press]

Forever in Blue Jeans: Mike “Muffin Top” Albo
searches for recession-proof denim. [ href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/27/fashion/27CRITIC.html?_r=1&ref=fashion&oref=sloginv">NYTimes]

Panic at The Mexico: Emo kids are facing systematic
beat downs south of the border and uniting to defend their rights and
feathered hair. March on, wasted youth. March on. [ href="http://www.thedailyswarm.com/headlines/mob-emo-bashings-sweep-mexicotelevis-vjs-rants-inspire-violence/">The
Daily Swarm]

Forged Signature: Refusing to let a little thing like
legal permission hold it back, an Italian clothes maker bravely
strikes out on its own to create the George Clooney collection. [ href="http://www.wwd.com/issue/article/123773">WWD]

The Holy Grail: Bring on the male birth-control pill.
[Altpenis]

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03/25/08

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Clooney’s No Clothier, Lapin’s Playboy and Tibetan Team Colors

Je Le Lis Pour Les Articles: Naughty, naughty Amy
Odell loves French Playboy almost as much as we do. [ href="http://nymag.com/daily/fashion/2008/03/french_playboy_turns_us_onto_f.html">NYMag]

Whew, That Was Close: For one horrid moment we
thought George Clooney was about to join the celebrity-clothing-line
craze. Thank God for hoaxes and hearsay. [ href="http://www.wwd.com/issue/article/123698?src=newsletter">WWD]

Flip Floppers: Desperately fashionable Men.Style
reverses its position on mocks – looses several key superdelegates.
[Men.Style]

Against The Grain: Sit down with out-of-the-box
outerwear makers Wood Wood. [ href="http://www.thepopmanifesto.com/issue04/issue04.html">The Pop
Manifesto]

Dapper Don: Mr. Mort shows the Ivy League how it’s
done. [A
Continuous Lean]

Free Tibet: A strangely eloquent protest you can wear
to the gym. [V
Magazine]

Advantage, You: If nothing else, at least you can
beat Andy Roddick at Wii. We’re sure the girls will be impressed. [ href="http://www.vanityfair.com/ontheweb/blogs/daily/2008/03/mii-and-andy-ro.html#more">Vanityfair.com]

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03/07/08

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Cro-Magnon Chic, Bisexual Shoes and An American Girl

American Apparel

She Was a Young American: Come for the impassioned
defense of American Apparel mastermind Dov Charney. Stay for the
sexpolitative photography. [ href="http://radaronline.com/features/2008/03/american_apparel_defense_of_dov_charney_01.php">Radar]

Fancy a Game of Footy?: Solid unisex, yes unisex,
kicks from Jonathan Saunders and Goa. [ href="http://www.jcreport.com/intelligence/accessories/060308/british-kicks">JC
Report]

Francophila: French women – now more sexual than
ever. C’est Magnifique! [ href="http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1720316,00.html?xid=rss-topstories">Time]

Changing Seasons: In Spring, a young man’s fancy
lightly turns to thoughts of seersucker. [ href="http://asuitablewardrobe.dynend.com/2008/03/seersucker-accompaniments.html">A
Suitable Wardrobe]

Our Girl Friday: It’s been a long workweek. Don’t you
think you deserve two minutes of Rachel Bilson being impossibly cute?
[Nylon]

Sex Change: The TMagazine site has switched
over from women’s fashions and a shot of Natalie Portman to a George
Clooney pic and menswear stores, which is pretty much an even trade.
[The Moment]

Unintelligent Design: A sartorial history of the
cinematic caveman. [ href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20080307.THOUSANDSIDE07/TPStory/TPEntertainment/Movies/">The Globe and Mail]

Caught Red Handed: href="http://www.getkempt.com/linkout/kanye-blogs-tom-poses-and-colin-get-pikey.php">Pikey
Colin Farrell tried to steal someone else’s model girlfriend because,
hey, why not? [ href="http://www.nypost.com/seven/03072008/gossip/pagesix/swing_and_miss_100799.htm">NYPost]

Courtly Love: Our favorite low-tops ever go back to
their roots. [ href="http://www.hypebeast.com/2008/03/adidas-stan-smith-vintage-tournament-edition">Hypebeast]

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02/25/08

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Little Gold Men and Aliens in Your Drawers

Leading Man: Sure, Daniel Day-Plainview may have href="http://idrinkyourmilkshake.com/">drunk George Clooney’s
milkshake last night, but with his shawl-collar tux and styled arm
candy, Dr. Ross walked away with our award. [ href="http://www.observer.com/2008/george-clooney-next-rachel-zoe">Observer]

Fit to Be Tied: Speaking of the Oscars, a few
attendees, including Scientology’s unofficial co-pilot Ms. John
Travolta, can’t manage a bow on their own. For shame. [Manolo
for Men]

Sparkle, Sparkle: Dear Diablo Cody, remember that
those snarky, insipid style critics have a job to do and tearing you
apart is just part of it. It’s nothing personal. As far as we’re
concerned, you’ll always be the second or third hottest former
stripper to win for best script. [ href="http://beautyfashionlife.wordpress.com/2008/02/25/all-types-of-wrong-diablo-cody/">Beauty
Fashion Life]

Hand Me Down: Adrian Grenier says vintage style is
good for Mother Earth. Damned hippie. [ href="http://www.hoopla.ws/blog/2008/02/25/adrian-grenier-says-vintage-is-green/">Hoopla]

Watch out for Klingons: Ted Baker goes zoom! zap!
bleep! bleep! in your underwear. [Retro to
Go]

The White Pages: Social injustice, the class system
and America’s yawning racial divide arrived bundled with P.C. Richards
circulars this Sunday. [ href="http://www.psfk.com/2008/02/ny-times-fash-mag-96-white.html">PSFK]

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01/24/08

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Narciso Dumps Men, Tommy Dumps Stock and Tony Dumps Jess

**”Help Us, George”**: If A-list Hollywood can’t end your 40-year civil war, no one can. [AP]

**FutureSex**: It may never amount to love, but at least a robot won’t ask you to shave your stubble. [Sun Herald]

**Bull Market**: No fool he, Tommy Hilfiger holds back on his IPO due to the falling Dow. We, meanwhile, watch Apple tumble. [Bloomberg]

**Red Carpet Disaster**: Ok, we _totally_ didn’t know this “Cojo” guy was a dude. [Forbes]

**Unmanned**: Narciso Rodriguez, who’s had a strong showing for the guys over the last few seasons, pulls his upcoming men’s collection without comment. [FWD]

**The Square Mile**: London’s men keep it sharp. [Vogue UK]

**Kiki’s Capsule**: Kirsten Dunst trains her little, blue sights on a signature fashion line. [The First Post]

**Highway Fascist**: Roll like Il Duce for around $2,000,000. [BBC]

**Deep In The Heart of Texas**: The Daily News writes, “Tony Romo punts Jessica Simpson.” Given his position, we would have called it, “intentional grounding.” [NYDN]

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