I was thinking of a more interesting title for this, but what more can be said than that a great man has died.  My love for fashion, especially the haute couture houses, came not through shopping, but through lots and lots of reading.  But for those interested in learning more about YSL, I suggest starting out with Slate's picture gallery which is dedicated to YSL today. xo Claire the ... Read More

 Released last May, photographer Virginia Lee Hunter documents America’s gypsies through photographs and interviews in her book “Carny: Americana on the Midway”.  Be sure to check out the opening reception and booksigning with Hunter on Thursday, July 10th at 6pm at Umbrage Gallery! Or if you can’t make it out you can go check out the exhibition from July 3rd through August 14th  for a trip down ... Read More

Now that it's Summer, it's time for all our favorite sunny day games and pastimes: kites, slip and slide, kickball games in the park, and...double dutch! Personally, I was never able to master the dual ropes, barely had enough rhythm for one in fact. But San Francisco's jezebels of jump rope, Double Dutchess, don't have that problem. Lisa B. wrote about these ladies in BUST a few years back. If you've never had the opportunity to catch them ... Read More

I happened upon this amazing short film by BLU today. On a perfect summer day like today it makes me want to run out of the office and make something beautiful. Watch this movie and be absolutely stunned...it is hard enough doing animation on pen and paper, but on a series of Buenos Aires' walls is a different story!you know you love me xoxo maytal the intern ... Read More

If the summer heat's got you going commando this season, don't leave your lonely lacies in a drawer. Send them to a Burmese embassy instead.The Panties for Peace campaign, revived this year in the wake of Cyclone Nargis, is calling for the ladies of the world to mail used underpants to their local Burmese embassies and speak out against the military regime's violation of human rights—against women in particular. The campaign was ... Read More