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The Semi-Professional: Natalie Portman pops up in Elle UK. [SwipeLife]
Band of Outsiders Returns: Scott Sternberg weighs in with a line of retro polo shirts. [Valet]
Going Long: Starting the fight against too-long pants. [Put This On]
Seamanship: Learning to tie knots in your earbuds like a professional. [Gizmodo]
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Live Clothed Girls: Natalie Portman is swearing off nude scenes. We knew this day would come… [Blackbook]
A God Among Men: New rule: All considerations of modern masculinity should end with a John Holmes quote. (We’re looking at you, Chabon.) Check this one out, if only for the quote. [This Recording]
The Man Behind the Hair: Rod Blagojevich is out of his goddamn mind. [Esquire]
Billy Two: Billy Reid opens up with Mister Mort, and drops a few details on his upcoming Stetson collab. [T Magazine]
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The Pompadour Rises Again: This is as threatening as Natalie Portman has ever looked, including when she was waving a pistol around. [Fashion Gone Rogue]
Just in Time for Movember: An in-depth interview with John Oates and some other guy. [A.V. Club]
Japan Wins Again: Behold the strangely transfixing trailer for a game called My Boyfriend is the President. [Gizmodo]
Take This Broken Menswear and Learn to Fly: Valet sits down with the mastermind behind our second favorite Northwestern boutique, Blackbird. [Valet]
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Dolled Up: Natalie Portman is actually just hanging out with Jake Gyllenhaal in a magazine. [Fashion Copious]
When He Says Jump…: A talk with the best stunt choreographer in the business. [Movieline]
The Ties that Bind: Mark McNairy and ACL continue to impress. [A Continuous Lean]
The End is Nigh: Your depressing media dispatch of the day. [Gawker]
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Perfume ads have been teetering on the brink of self-parody since the famous black-and-white spots of the mid-80s, but things may have reached a new level. This still is from an ad for a new perfume called Greed, which does not exist. Or, more specifically, it’s from an ad for an ad for Greed, directed by Roman Polanski and starring Natalie Portman and Michelle Williams, which will be hitting the internet next week.
The shaved head was enough of a 90s staple that it had a Seinfeld episode dedicated to it (“The Little Jerry”, for the curious), but it may be time for something else. The folks at GQ believe they’ve found it in “The Power Donut,” a look championed by the deftly macho Ed Harris and lovably bumbling Gerald Ford. The slideshow makes a pretty good case for letting your follicles make a last stand.
It’s definitely time for a change, but we can’t help but think wistfully of the 90s icons to rock the cueball: Andre Agassi, Michael Jordan, and even Natalie Portman. It was so good for so long! But by the time Moby came along, we knew it was on the way out.
Long Live Dolemite: Ladies and Gentlemen, Dolemite is dead. [Gawker]
Econ 101: Natalie Portman and Rashida Jones respond to the economic downturn. [Funny or Die]
Tokyo Drift A Continuous Lean is going to Tokyo! [A Continuous Lean]
Man Talk: A video guide to “Man Style,” including silk underwear, air horns and gratuitous makeup. We’re still not sure this is a joke.
[BoingBoing]
*Photographed by our fearless lensman, Patrick McMullan.*
We’ve never been huge fans of Moby’s music, but we have to admit we like his style. For a little bald guy with glasses he does himself pretty well. Sartorially he may not be much to write home about, but he manages to exude the right kind of insouciant electro-rock star cool in a way that’s essentially inimitable: just you try walking around like this and see how far you get if you don’t believe us.
Jessica Biel Carrying Justin Timberlake’s Lovespawn:
Surprisingly, we approve. [
Duffer Droid: The worst part about a Robo Caddy? No
course tips. The best part about a Robo Caddy? No cash tips. [
Natalie Portman Regrets Sex Scene: We, however, do
not. [MTV]
Best Foot Forward: Armani creates Chelsea’s off-pitch
suits for the Champions League final. We’re not really sure what that
means, being American and all, but it sounds good. [
UK]
Dressing the Part: Underneath this whole Mac vs. PC
business lies an entirely different conflict: Steven Alan vs. Band of
Outsiders. [A
Continuous Lean]
Fresh Meat: These gory Eva Herzigova shots by Mario Testino have us hot, hungry and a little bit scared. [The
Photography Link]
Curb Your Dog: Some horrid pooch went and peed on our beloved Natalie Portman while she was traipsing about the part with Freak-Folk
boytoy Devendra Banhart. Gentlemen that we are, we already have a contract out on the hairy mutt (and the dog as well). [NYPost]
Drawers Raise a Stink: The latest banned ads in Europe aren’t by Tom Ford, but rather the product of Hanes’
anti-racism, anti-subtleness marketing department. [DNR]
Car-Port Chic: Ksubi, Maison
Martin Margiela and Adam
Kimmel create couture car covers for Intersection Magazine. [Intersection]
Designs from the Pokey: Germans are buying up prisoner-made clothes. The prisoners, predictably, not so much. [CNN]
Street Talk: Izzy points us in the direction of Times fashion photog Bill Cunningham’s new audio slideshow.
[Manolo
for the Men]
Freak Folk: Always on the hunt for a
Portman is reportedly nuzzling up to Cripple Crow crooner Devandra
Banhart. Yeah, we don’t know how we feel about this one either. We
mean, he is wearing a woman’s jacket. [
Napoleon Complex: Lil’, wee plutocrat Nic Sarkozy is
kicking up a press dust storm in his fierce heels. [
What Would Moz Do?: Dress like Morrissey and you’re
set for life. [Style
Salvage]
Spit and Polish: The geopolitics of the shoeshine.
[NYT via On
The Fly]
Throwing Sparks: Sharp dockside looks from Philip
Sparks. [Philipsparks
via Notcouture]
Blinded by the White: N.B. to African-American
society partygoers – some photogs may require you use nametags. [
Environmental Hang Up: Going green starts at your dry
cleaner. [Fox23]
Out of Africa: A brief history of the safari jacket.
[Mercury
News]
New Journalism: The Wall Street Journal is
set to launch a new luxury magazine to compete with the
Times’ glossy insert, T. Yes, yes – you’re right -
they’re calling it WSJ. [
and Publisher]
Luxury Hacks: Next time you’re in Moscow, flag down a
Maybach. [Autopark]
Home, Jeeves: In other auto news, The
Chauffeur magazine has named its “Car of the Year.” The
Chauffeur magazine? We should really get our guy a subscription
for his birthday. [
American ApparelShe Was a Young American: Come for the impassioned
defense of American Apparel mastermind Dov Charney. Stay for the
sexpolitative photography. [
Fancy a Game of Footy?: Solid unisex, yes unisex,
kicks from Jonathan Saunders and Goa. [
Report]
Francophila: French women – now more sexual than
ever. C’est Magnifique! [
Changing Seasons: In Spring, a young man’s fancy
lightly turns to thoughts of seersucker. [
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. [
Caught Red Handed:
Colin Farrell tried to steal someone else’s model girlfriend because,
hey, why not? [
Courtly Love: Our favorite low-tops ever go back to
their roots. [
Moby Dick: If you’re a weasley-looking,
self-righteous vegan of limited musical ability and even more
limited muscle mass who manages to bed Natalie Portman, please try to
be a gentleman about it. [
N’Stink: Ever wonder what all that stuff in Justin
Timberlake’s hair smells like? It’s Givenchy. [Catwalk
Queen]
“The Bubbles Tickle My Nose”: Behold! The chick drink
of tomorrow![
Who Knew?: In a city of queues and lines, perhaps the
strangest is outside of Abercrombie & Fitch. [
Offensive Foul: Crocs, the ideal merchandising tie-in
for the today’s uptempo, run-and-gun NBA. [
My Beautiful Launderette: Design is only a rinse cycle away. [Kitsune Noir]
“Does Tom Ford Hate The Straights?”: Sorry, Gawker, we were a
bit distracted by these pics here. What were you saying? [Gawker]
“Marc Jacobs Plagiarized My Dad’s Scarf”: Just
imagine how pissed he’ll be when the knockoffs start showing up on
Canal Street. [The
Local, Sweden]
**Vegan Pancakes**: The divine Ms. Portman begins her conquest of the vegan footwear industry. [Racked]
**Magnum Opus**: Vivienne Westwood’s Opus makes it to stores, clocking in at 200 pages, 90 photographs, and $2700. [TimesOnline]
**Take You Higher**: The fashion world’s ankles just got a little colder. [Brandish]
**The Flow**: A flowchart to answer all your sartorial conundrums. Or more specifically, to keep you away from striped shirts. [Arabian Monkey]
**Rounders**: Refinery29’s Fashion Week roundup. Highlights include flannel, leather pants and gold. It’s going to be a long spring. [Refinery29]
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