Okay, so say you’re a company that deals in material goodies. If you want to make a quick buck imitating designs already being sold, you obvs adhere to the Cardinal Rule of Rip-Offs, which goes like this:
When imitating a given designer, don’t name the copycat after its inspiration.
It appears Rag & Bone didn’t get the [...]

Mmkay, it’s been weeks since the launch of Commes des Garcons x The Beatles, so maybe this isn’t the most timely of reactions. Whatever. I’m not throwing in my nine cents now to bitch about Commes des PouPou’s elitist perversion of the best band ever. That would be stating the obvious. No, what concerns me [...]

So. The current weather conditions in NYC bear striking resemblance to a Chi-town winter. It’s so bad that I’m about to bust out a Turtle Fur, style be damned.
Anything Etsy-related is automatically exempted from my daily delete-obnoxious-PR-emails exercise; I’m usually bonkers for anything featured in its editor’s picks. That being said, if you’re theme o’ [...]

When I think about holiday shopping, the term “fun” generally doesn’t come to mind. I mean fine, religion mandates my celebrating Chanukah over Christmas, which – regardless of what your Jewish friends tell you – stinks like poo once you’re past the age of ten. Perhaps there are a few presents; there sure as shit [...]

Three years ago, Mommy gifted me with what would become my fave transitional coat: A Twill Twenty Two tweed zip-up jacket, trimmed in faux fur. The thing was kickass. STELLAR. Two years of continuous wear resulted in an unraveling exterior and a torn interior, but I wasn’t yet ready to give it up: I snipped [...]

What up dollfaces,
Before we commence with the material goody-related posting, a more detailed explanation for last week’s absence is in order. The initial purpose of the break was to work on other Cheap JAPtastic projects – projects of the stress-me-the-eff-out ilk.

Sometimes when I’m in busywork mode, I put the The Today Show on for background noise purposes – yes, I like my “news” happy and fluffy. I tend to hit the Off button at the start of The Fourth Hour (Kathie Lee’s a character, but the voice… OY).
A few weeks ago, fate intervened and I [...]