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04/11/08 ·

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Natalie Gets Her Freak On, Nic Elevates Himself and To Pop or Not To Pop

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Freak Folk: Always on the hunt for a deep, sensitive mate, Natalie 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. [Egotastic]

Napoleon Complex: Lil’, wee plutocrat Nic Sarkozy is kicking up a press dust storm in his fierce heels. [Shoeblogs]

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. [Radar]

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. [Editor 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. [Autoblog]

06/26/08 ·

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Shaq Rap, Man-Purses, and an Entourage

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Eric Murphy, You Lucky Bastard: It may have been the hottest television threesome ever, but in case you doubt us, here’s some pics of Emmanuelle Chirqui.[Men.Style]

Salary Man: Just in case you were wondering how much money you should be spending on how many suits, we have answers. [A Suitable Wardrobe]

Man-Bag: These newest renditions of the man purse are, well… purses. [NY Mag]

Black is Back: It seems the Italian fashion scene isn’t as sheltered as we thought; Poor Biggie. [The Moment]

Kazaam!: Shaq’s freestyle dis gets the big fella in trouble. [SportingNews]