December 2009
Marvelous Macarons: Trend/Treat/Treasure
The it-dessert of the moment? A delectable, crispy, colorful cookie with a gooey melt-in-your-mouth center known as the macaron (MAC-A-RON, or, if you secretly wish you were French:MAC-A-HRAWH). These guys are getting so popular, that even Starbucks is going to start selling them (although, after you’ve read this post and become a veritable macaron snob, you may […]
Merry Christmas! Here’s Not a Nook.
Longer than The Lord of the Rings, more dramatic than The Odyssey, and more ridiculous than a two-day marathon of America’s Next Top Model, the saga of “The Nook” continues. While Nook initially got great press from the Tech world – word is that the device is superior to Sony’s eReader and even Amazon’s Kindle […]
Yelp (GASP) Rejects Google
Allow me to present a hypothetical: The jock of your high school takes interest in that mildly popular chick in glee club who likes to give her opinion on absolutely everything. They flirt openly – in front of, like, every one – and their coupledom seems imminent. Then, suddenly, unexpectedly, unthinkably - glee chick abandons jock – and all the popularity and power […]
Liz Claiborne Yanks E-Commerce
While most fashion labels are turning to e-commerce to boost slumping store sales, Liz Claiborne is going 180 degrees the opposite direction and killing their site’s e-commerce functionality. The move is attributed to a partnership with QVC.com, which will presumably become the sole online shopping destination for the brand. Returns for previous e-commerce orders will […]
YSL’s Archive Provides Eco Inspiration
A Facebook invite came chirping at our window this morning courtesy of Yves Saint Laurent. For a fraction of the label’s normal price, New Vintage II is an environmentally-conscious project conceived by creative director Stefano Pilati to reintroduce popular styles from previous seasons, using left-over fabrics from the YSL archives. The ultra-chic recycled goods are […]
Dior Welcomes You Backstage
With less than 2 weeks to the start of another decade, a look back at the past ten years of fashion moments courtesy of Hintmag.com was alarmingly edifying: the “moments” feel less monumental to us than they are the norms. Pop culture spectacles like Lady Gaga and Beth Ditto did much to fast forward our […]
The Future of Magazines Looks Awesome
It seems that any article or blog post mentioning the future of magazines is one big Debbie Downer. Yes, yes, we know – the print industry is dying, dead, maybe even dead as a door nail – but is there no sliver of optimism in this doomsday cloud? Well, we found a little something that […]
Drink Me Tags: ‘Cause It’s 5pm Somewhere
It’s a holiday tradition. You’ve spent the last two hours trying on every dress in your closet, figuring out which heels go with said dress, realizing you really want to wear the jewelery that goes much better with your other dress, change three more times, decide you don’t have time to change again, begin to […]
Must Haves: Twelve Days of Red Heels
We think this lineup of red-hot high heels for the Twelve Days of Christmas are absolute stunners. Our favorite, the BCBG Dante pumps (pictured) in oxblood red, comes from day one. A perfect holiday party shoe, the jeweled, peep-toe platforms also come in black and a versatile dark silver that doesn’t overdo the shine (our […]