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Miss Piggy, Hot Firefighters, And Kim Kardashian All In One Night

Scenes from capitalism's big annual fashion celebration

Five Die in Connecticut Home Fire

A Christmas tragedy struck Stamford, Conn. early yesterday morning, three children and their two grandparents died in a fire that overtook a Victorian house, the New York Times reported. The owner of the house -- advertising executive Madonna Badger -- escaped from the flames that killed her childr ... More >>

Fashion's Night Out: As Seen Through My iPhone (at Patricia Field's, Ace Hotel, Helmut Lang, Saks, Pachute)

Social media in full effect at Saks​Bedlam broke out in the streets of Manhattan Thursday night for the 3rd annual Fashion's Night Out. Even though we sort of knew what to expect, the evening turned out to be a clusterfuck--in a good way. We're still grappling with the events that took place ... More >>

You Better Work: 21 Music-Heavy Fashion's Night Out Events

Nicki Minaj performs at Yves Saint Laurent tonight. ​Let's be honest: Shopping isn't really the main attraction of Fashion's Night Out. Who has time to sift through sales racks when there are so many parties to go to? Some events—Drake's DJ set at Versace, Neon Indian's invite-only gig a ... More >>

Fashion's Night Out Preview: Must-Go Spots

​Back in 2009 when Fashion's Night Out launched, Anna Wintour, the brainchild behind the event, aimed to celebrate the fashion industry and its consumers with an all-night party at shops and department stores throughout the city, in an attempt to spruce up retail sales in the wake of the marke ... More >>

The Steal Walks Away With It

Rachel Shteir tracks the history of shoplifting

Lindsay Lohan Sentenced to Jail; New York to Allow Conjugal Visits for Gay Inmates

​Lindsay Lohan was sentenced to 100 days in jail yesterday for violating her drunk driving probation. She was held in custody for five hours before being sprung out of jail on a $75,000 bail (no indication of any Dog the Bounty Hunter involvement). LiLo is free for now while her lawyer appeals the ... More >>

A User's Guide To Fashion's Night Out

If you ask Michelle Trachtenberg politely maybe she'll reprise this. Well, it's that time of year again: Friday's Fashion's Night Out brings a whole slew of free ways for you to stalk your favorite celebs, stare at pretty things you will pretend to consider to buy, and get some swag and music appr ... More >>

Perfumer Offers "Brooklyn," Other Civic Scents

"Take a whiff of your favorite neighborhood!" offers Bond No. 9. We're not sure that's wise. Bond's boosterish pitch is for fragrances, candles, and skin creams with a local angle -- e.g. Bryant Park Body Silk, New Haarlem Scented Candle (New Haarlem? That must be the part with the expensive reaa ... More >>

Tuesday's Headlines: Supreme Court blows away Bloomie's gun lawsuit

[HARKAVY is now blogging at The Smart Asset]Your Tuesday New York headlines...Supreme Court sides with gunmakers by not hearing NY suit that claimed makers were liable for flood of illicit firearms.Daily News: Carrión's house renovation done by architect who needed the borough president's approval ... More >>

Friday's Headlines: Piven Won't Be Punished for Fishy Story

HARKAVY is now blogging at The Smart AssetYour Friday New York headlines...Fishy outcome: Actors' union buys Jeremy Piven's sob story, won't penalize him for ditching play over 'mercury poisoning.'U.S. to buy up to 40 percent stake in Citigroup, just keeping it private, in desperate move to keep it ... More >>

Fashion Week: Kanye Commands the S.S. Phillip Lim

Of all the invitations we've received to Fashion Week, the one for 3.1 Phillip Lim in the Tent (with a capital T) at Bryant Park is the prettiest. Red thread has actually been sewn into the paper to make a swirling "PL" design suitable for framing. Many designers e-mailed invitations this year to ... More >>

Saks, Neiman Marcus, Microsoft Lay Off Workers

Haven't panicked yet? WWD reports that Saks Inc. -- the people who run the prestigious Saks Fifth Avenue -- is laying off 1,100 people, nine percent of their workforce, suspending its 401K contributions, and cutting back inventory. When Saks cuts back inventory, that's a bad sign. So are layoffs by ... More >>

Lynn Yaeger's Final, Indispensable Shopping Advice for 2008

If anyone gave you a gift card this Christmas, leave work immediately -- tell the boss you have rabies! Herpes! Anything -- get yourself to that shop and use the card immediately. Even if you have to buy something at random -- underpants, M&Ms -- you must rid yourself of that plastic thing at once. ... More >>

Sarah Jessica Parker Gives Me a Guided Tour of the Met. Sort Of.

I'm at the Met, and I'm all ears (except for this other stuff about Gossip Girl)

Holiday Storefronts: A Window Shopper's Guide

The season's big-store displays include the artful and artless, plus Mike the Snowflake

Isn't Obama a Doll?

Yes and no. But there are lots of small consolations.

Lynn Yaeger Makes a Reasonable Request

Sarah Palin, Welcome to New York! -- Lynn Yaeger

Olafur Eliasson's Waterfalls and Statues of Limitations

A kinda grand tour of the city's new, giant public art. And speaking of dips, look in the East River.

Calvin Klein's $3,500 Sweater

Go ahead and melt your jewelry to pay for it

Through a Glass Darkly

Smug penguins and bitchy snowflakes: An opinionated tour of the season's department store windows

Speaking Volumes Without Saying a Word

Fifty years of "ideal" beauty in fiberglass

You Know You Want It

Gifts for addicts and fanatics

Heads Are Back!

A look at this season's fakest New Yorkers

Earmuffs in August: Department Stores on the Brink

Aggressively Adorned

The search for this season's hottest (and largest) jewelry

Early-Early Spring at Zara, H&M, and Joyce Leslie

Milan and Paris, From a Distance

A whirlwind tour of the European collections

NY Mirror

Attention Delegates and (Peaceful) Protesters: It's Fashion and Retail Day!

Blooming and Wilting

A new Bloomingdale's takes up residence in Canal Jean's former digs

Attention Bargain Shoppers!

Eight Rules to Shop By

NY Mirror

Anti-Shock

Porn and Republicans on the Runways

Letters

System of a Down

The Department Store January Sales

Reducto ad Absurdum

The Uptown Markdown Scene

People in Glass Houses

Holiday Windows in a Sad Season

Material Witness

Seeking Respite in a Catastrophe

NY Mirror

NY Mirror

NY Mirror

On Being Blue

NY Mirror

Hunger Artist

The Timely Resurrection of David Wojnarowicz

A Buyer's Market

Through a Glass Darkly

Windows ’98

Taking the Fifth

Theme Stores Eat Manhattan

Party Faithfuls

photos by Nina Roberts