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We Smoked Weed With Total Slacker at the Olive Garden in Times Square

"Are you excited to be here?" I ask. "I'm, like, fucking cumming in my pants," replies Tucker. It is 8:45pm on a Sunday evening, and I am waiting in a fake Tuscan piazza with the members of Total Slacker (Tucker Rountree, Emily Oppenheimer, Dave Tassy and Zoe Brecher) -- a Brooklyn band who specia ... More >>

Live: Azealia Banks Enchants Under The Mermaid Ball's Sea Of Balloons And Tickertape

Azealia Banks's Mermaid Ball w/Maluca, Wckids, Tigga Calore, House of Ladosha & Jack Mizrahi Bowery Ballroom Sunday, June 3 Better than: Summer Jam. Azealia Banks has become one of many New York musicians flavoring their music with borrowed vogue culture—particularly from her birth year, 199 ... More >>

Live: Jay-Z Takes Over Carnegie Hall

Jay-Z Carnegie Hall Monday, February 6 Better than: Slacking off. The age-old question about how one might get to Carnegie Hall rattled in my brain as I headed uptown last night, en route to Jay-Z's first of two performances at the hallowed Midtown space. "Practice" is the cheeky answer that peo ... More >>

12 Supporting Characters From Music Videos Who You Can Use As Quick (And Cheap) Inspiration For Halloween Costumes

Picturesque Americana or pop-cultural moment waiting to be ripped off? It's your call! ​Halloween is coming! In case you're someone who doesn't have the time or money—or patience—to head out to the costume shop and figure out what alter ego you're going to take on during this weeke ... More >>

SlutWalk Rally Against Sexual Violence Draws Huge Crowd of Feminists

Rebecca Nathanson​Yesterday, as Occupy Wall Street prepared for a late afternoon protest that would result in mass arrests on the Brooklyn Bridge, over a thousand people gathered in Union Square for a few hours of marching and rallying at SlutWalk NYC. The event drew a diverse crowd of mostly- ... More >>

Topman Joins the Offensive T-Shirt Club With Woman-Hating Line

​How offensive can a piece of cotton with some writing across it be? Let us count the ways. It can carry the message that girls are stupid. That looks are more important than anything. Or that math is hard. Or, it can carry the message that men think women are basically dogs and...have numerou ... More >>

Forever 21's 'Allergic to Algebra' Shirt Joins Pantheon Of Sexist Discount Clothing

There's a new sexist t-shirt for young girls in town, this one courtesy of fast-fashion mega-chain Forever 21. The store is offering a shirt that will accomplish two things: wear out within two weeks and also send a message to your daughter that because she's female, she's not very smart. ​ ... More >>

Is Zappos Ripping Off This Naked Lady?

Simone's photo​Erica Simone is a French photographer who recently published a Not Exactly Safe for Work photo collection called Nue York: Self-Portraits of a Bare Urban Citizen, in which she does average daily New York City things totally nude -- jogging, riding the subway, riding a motorcycle ... More >>

Today's Three Signs That The Concept Of "Punk" Has Reached An Awkward Age

These riches could be yours. ​ 1. The CBGB brand is up for auction. Not all that surprising a development given the financial woes suffered by the company that used to hold the trademark had. But still a little sad? Especially because of the high odds that Forever 21 or Urban Outfitters wins o ... More >>

WTForever21 Blogger Resumes Site After Dispute With Forever 21

​Earlier this month we wrote of Rachel Kane, the blogger behind Forever 21 satire site WTForever21.com, which, being a satire site, makes fun of Forever 21. Forever 21, being without a sense of humor in general or particular, did not like this, and threatened her with a cease and desist and po ... More >>

WTForever21 Blogger Will Fight Forever 21

​On Monday we wrote of the plight of blogger Rachel Kane, who runs a Forever 21 satire site called WTForever21. Forever 21 does not like this, not one bit, and got in touch with a cease and desist, telling her to shut her site down, or else. While at first she felt she might have to bend to th ... More >>

Forever 21 Sues Blogger for Making Fun of Them, Tries to Shut Her Site Down

​Today in uncool corporate news, we have the case of humorless fashion retailer Forever 21, a store that has, for the record, been sued various times for copyright infringement. Despite being rather public Christians (their bags have "John 3:16" written at the bottom), they seem to be not part ... More >>

Shopping with Kelly Framel, the Blogger Behind The Glamourai

She shops Brooklyn, rejects suitor

Michael Musto's Year in Review

Social and economic turmoil? Don't ask. At least we had Lady Gaga to tell us what to do.

Best Of NYC: What $150 Can Get You in NYC

We're in it for the long haul

Not Even Katie Holmes and Josh Duhamel Can Save True Love in The Romantics

Science Says Wearing Knockoffs Makes You a Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Person

​Remember the episode of Sex and the City (one of the soulless ones where the gang all heads to L.A.) in which Samantha acquires a fake Fendi handbag from the back of a car and an array of Very Bad Things Ensue, including getting kicked out of the Playboy mansion for claiming a Playmate's hand ... More >>

Study: Ovulating Ladies, Possessed by Their Demon Hormones, Must Be Sexy

The "sexy romper": Perfect for ovulating!​Well, isn't this interesting? According to new research at the University of Minnesota's Carlson School of Management, women who are ovulating "unconsciously choose clothes and other items that enhance their appearance." They don't do this to snag men, ... More >>

Kanye West vs. Budget Kanye West: A Tweet-Off

​Yesterday we wrote about Kanye West's new Twitter. As Zach points out in SOTC's Week in Review, it's now been joined by the Budget Kanye West account (@budgetkanyewest). Budget Kanye tweets about deals he finds at Wal-Mart and reminds us that kitchen shears are a ripoff if you already have sc ... More >>

Forever 21 Launches Maternity Line, Basically Forcing Teens to Get Pregnant

​Forever 21, purveyor of cheaply made, brightly colored teen-wear, has launched a maternity line. It's only in five states, three of which have some of the highest teen pregnancy rates in the country. In a store that's aimed at the teen and tween demographic, it's likely that this is a specifi ... More >>

The Voice Fashion Crew Weighs in on Lourdes' New Juniors Line

​As if the Material Girl's eldest spawn wasn't busy enough with her new enrollment at LaGuardia High and her ever-changing parental visitations with her real poppa, step-poppa, and baby Jesus, little Lola, ahem, Lourdes, is also debuting a Juniors clothing line via Macy's on August 3. On Wedne ... More >>

RIP V-Train; Riders Don't Miss You...Yet

​Today is a sad day for V-train regulars, or so one would think. As of June 27, the M-train will replace the V-train for a new Queens-Manhattan-Brooklyn-Queens line. We went in expecting tears, but it turns out, most subway riders today were pretty apathetic -- though fond -- of the V-train. Y ... More >>

Mayor Bloomberg Visits Forever 21, Makes a Fashion Funny

via DNAinfo​Mike Bloomberg ventured into the new, frighteningly massive Forever 21 in Times Square (you can't miss it; it's 90,000 square feet of fashion now occupying the space of the former Virgin Megastore) this afternoon, and, while surrounded by amazingly cheap, surprisingly decent knocko ... More >>

Are Brooklyn Fashion Designers Being Ripped Off by Urban Outfitters?

Images via Racked.Click to enlarge.​If you've never been, Urban Outfitters is basically like The Gap, but for hipsters (or people who want "that look"). And if you've never been, the Brooklyn Flea Market is a wonderful place for local designers to show off their wares! It is also, via The Broo ... More >>

Project Runway: Scary Clowns, Scarier Stripes

​And so it has come to this. After a season of sequins and spangles and bitchery--oh my!--the last challenge before Project Runway's Bryant Park finale has to be epic, a worthy encapsulation of these ragtag dreamers' weary journey to the white tents and glory beyond. It must be in deference t ... More >>

EN VOGUE

Take your vintage wear to the next level

David Fenton's Revolutionary Photos of Tom Hayden and Bill Ayers, With Caesar Dressing on the Side

Snapshots of the long, long trip from Chicago '68 to Chicago '08

Fall Preview: My Bloody Valentine Reunite, Tour, Liquify Eardrums

Prepping for Fashion Week 2008

The usual heels, but knock off the complaining

On the Genius of ZO2

Brooklyn trio is fucking with you, possibly

What Can You Buy When You're Broke?

A recession-proof guide with free answers for those who aren't afflicted by vulgar wealth

The New Folk Paradigm

Yael Naim and Ingrid Michaelson--Buy Any Jeans Necessary

Post-Oscars, the Dress Knock-Off Crowd Gets Busy

. . and the debate over copies crops up again

Fashion Week Recap: Toilet Paper Huge at Sean John

Stuck on the Runways as Fashion Week Takes Off

Diary of a mad housedress

Time Is Money

Looking for that upper-crust watch on the Lower East Side

Brooklyn Residents Chant 'Save Our Neighborhood, Yo'

Yaeger to Anthropologie: Get Real

Sui Generis?

Anna Sui, others sue Forever 21: How original are you?

The VMAs: A Running Diary

Cheap Trick

If Angelina Jolie can wear a $26 evening gown, why can't you?

Coney Island's Last Ride? The Bulldozer!

Behind the scenes, a scary game of chicken between the city and a developer who dreams of high-rise condos that won't amuse you

The Bored and the Beautiful

The Pierces are enjoying themselves a little more than their biggest hit would suggest

Ready to Divorce—or Marry—'Voice' Over Sex Column

Married, Not Dead

A wedding ring shouldn't mean the end of a happy sex life—though it usually does.

A Tale of Two Cities

Shopping on 14th Street, from Union Square to the meatpacking district

Shecky's vs. Girlshop

New shop from bar guide Shecky's cuts in on the young-designers scene

Earmuffs in August: Department Stores on the Brink

The Cheap Detective Takes on Forever 21 and Strawberry

Forever 21, and Other Nightmares