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Steven Alan's Insider Sample Sale Advice
Here, designer Steven Alan discusses the inspirations behind his fall/winter line (Diego Rivera) and offers tips for those who are willing to stand online his bi-annual sample sale (hint, go on Friday mornings!).…
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Jason Wu's a Cat Person
Apparently, mere hours after Jason Wu's collection for Target launched online, it completely sold out! Mr. Mickey, lucky boy that he is, got to attend a VIP shopping event for the diffusion line, where he…
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Fashimals: Fashion World Luminaries and Their Animal Counterparts
Someone with very impressive Photoshop skills and a familiarity with the style subtleties of fashion world luminaries has created a Tumblr site devoted to... well... Fashimals. Enjoy. We want a pet owl Alber Elbaz!! Daphne…
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You, My Mother: Experimental Opera Comes to La Mama
Two-Headed Calf, the always innovative and exciting Obie Award winning performance group, co-founded by composer Brendan Connelly and director Brooke O'Harra, delivers a two-part chamber opera this time out, You, My Mother, focused on the…
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Jay-Z and Kanye West's "Ni**as in Paris" Is Our Music Video of the Day
While this video for Jay-Z and Kanye West's song "Ni**as in Paris" features a warning that it may "trigger seizures for people with photosensitive epilepsy," other than the flashing lights, there is little particularly…
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Rose Byrne Explains to Mr. Mickey Why Bridesmaids Fans Often Don't Recognize Her.
Mr. Mickey caught up with actress Rose Byrne -- breakout star of last summer's Bridesmaids, and who's in town shooting season five of the beloved legal drama Damages -- at Tuesday night's Sandro Bleecker Street…
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The Morning Funnies: Banksy in New Orleans + Shit Girls Say to Dolce & Gabanna Male Models
1. Banksy's Simpsons spoof spotted in New Orleans. [via Laughing Squid] 2. Here's Jim Carrey wearing a fake mustache being fake-arrested -- supposedly for an upcoming episode of 30 Rock. [via JustJared]3. Michael Showalter said…
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Tips for Today: tUnE-YaRds + Macaulay Culkin's iPad + Walter Martin and Paloma Munoz
tUnE-YaRds at Lincoln CenterThe weird and wonderful tUnE-YaRds, the musical project of one Merrill Garbus, which recently topped the Village Voice's annual Pazz and Jop list (and also became the subject of a Chuck Klosterman…
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Khloe Kardashian Takes Photo With 'Real Dad' + Puppets' Court Day = Eight Items or Less
1. Oh.my.god. Watch Lil' Bear the Grizzly Bear Cub and Tala the Wolf Cub rough-house. [The Daily What]2. Brooklyn duo Sleigh Bells will be crossing the bridge to Manhattan for their SNL debut next Saturday,…
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Downton Abbey's Unlikely Celebrity Fans
While it seems like everyone around you is beginning their sentences with, "Lady Edith and her meddling..." and "Mistuh Bates' shadowy past..." well, they are not alone. Here's an odd assortment of 10 celebrities who…
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10 Fresh Fashion Week Faces to Watch
Fashion Week is back ya'll, and of course, we can't wait to see what the vets (Marc! Diane! Proenza!) are going to show. But this season, these ten up-and-comers are what really have us excited.…
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Portlandia Recap! Episode Five: "Cops Redesign"
In "Cops Redesign," last week's episode of Portlandia, Fred and Carrie went to great lengths to remind viewers that despite the fact that they're starring on a sketch-comedy show, at heart, they're actually huge music…
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The Morning Funnies: Obama Shoots a Marshmallow Gun + Billy Eichner at the Super Bowl
1. Watch this amazing video of President Obama testing out a marshmallow gun.2. A blog devoted to confused/racist people wondering why there isn't a White History Month. [via HuffPo]3. This isn't like, lough-out-loud hilarious, but…
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Winona and Fiona Are White Girl Problems' Raisons d'être
Over the weekend, the deeply hilarious and addicting Twitter feed-turned cultural phenomenon White Girl Problems (run by Tanner Cohen, his brother David Oliver Cohen and Lara Schoenhals under the pseudonym "Babe Walker") held a release…
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"If You Want to See a Dude F*ck a Plant, This Show's For You:" AndrewAndrew Insta-Review Botanica
If you've had your fill of tame/lame Broadway shows, are a fan of Sci-Fi, and happen to have dendrophilia, this show is perfect for you. Take two sequestered scientists who start taking hallucinogenic drugs, a very…
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Tips for Today: Duro Olowu + Bill Callahan + Gary Oldman
Duro Olowu's "Material" Opens at Salon 94Nigerian-born, London-based designer Duro Olowu, known for his vibrant, eclectic, mismatched prints, has curated an exhibit and pop-up shop featuring pieces from his spring 2012 collection, alongside a selection…
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Metallica Music Fest + Scrumptious Food and Fashion = Eight Items or Less
1. PAPER's Carlo McCormick will be moderating a conversation tonight at New York's Klemens Gasser & Tanja Grunert with artists/activists Zefrey Throwell, Clark Winter and Sam Gould on the topic Ocularpation: Wall Street and other…
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St. Vincent's "Cheerleader" Is Our Music Video of the Day
St. Vincent's woozy, languorous lyrics in "Cheerleader" accompany a cool (but kinda startling!) video of the songstress as a gigantic piece of art. The track is off of the singer's Strange Mercy album, which was…
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Top 10 Specialized Bars to Hit Up in NYC
New York is the poster-child for highly specialized boutique businesses. Whether serving only gluten-free baked goods or variations of just mac 'n' cheese, our city takes the sugar-free, local, organic (cup) cake. More and more…
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Sundance Video Interviews Galore -- Check out Ice-T, Paul Giamatti, Aaron Paul and More
What do William H. Macy, Aaron Paul, Ice-T, Lou Diamond Phillips, Paul Giamatti, Marina Abramovic, Ira Sachs and China Machado all have in common? Sundance! Check out these interviews by Nicolas Jenkins with some…
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