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Colombia Part II: Cartagena

Posted on January 16, 2015 by Marcy Swingle
The cab from the airport raced past kids playing soccer on packed dirt fields, families crowded onto the beach, and agua fresca vendors peddling down the highway. After two flights from the tiny island of...
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Colombia Part I: Providencia

Posted on January 13, 2015 by Marcy Swingle
Imagine a Caribbean paradise that's blissfully free of American tourists. What it does have are beautiful beaches, gorgeous architecture, excellent food and a fascinating history, all in an environment that feels entirely safe. This is...
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CFDA Fashion Incubator

Posted on June 3, 2014 by Marcy Swingle
The Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) may be best known for crowning established, successful American designers as at last night's CFDA Awards, but they also help out a select few emerging designers along...
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Red Gravy

Posted on April 8, 2014 by Marcy Swingle
Saul Bolton's casual Italian restaurant sits on a stretch of Atlantic Avenue that used to feel desolate not so long ago, when the border between Cobble Hill, Brooklyn Heights and the wilds of Red Hook...
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Charlotte Free at Chanel FW2014

Posted on March 17, 2014 by Marcy Swingle
Model Charlotte Free bundled up in green - including a moss green Chanel bag - after walking the Chanel show in Paris. She has really cool, individualistic personal style that reminds me of the grunge...
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Kate Davidson Hudson at BCBG

Posted on February 7, 2014 by Marcy Swingle
One of the most beautiful women on the fashion week circuit, Kate Davidson Hudson is also making waves with her site the Editorialist, the accessories-based ecommerce shop now launching a free print magazine. Needless to...
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Take the Survey: Sustainability in Fashion

Posted on October 21, 2013 by Marcy Swingle
[caption id="attachment_13492" align="aligncenter" width="700"] Photo courtesy of A Clean Future[/caption] What goes into your fashion shopping choices: simply looks, price and quality, or something more? OK, you are probably not as much of a pack...
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Lafayette

Posted on May 10, 2013 by Marcy Swingle
For the last ten years, one man has dominated the French restaurant scene for downtown New Yorkers: Keith McNally. It's hard to imagine the Meatpacking District without Pastis or SoHo without Balthazaar, two highly stylized...
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Runner & Stone

Posted on March 28, 2013 by Marcy Swingle
A baker from Per Se and Bouchon Bakery sets up shop in a restaurant-and-bakery in the underserved neighborhood of Gowanus, and the first question the table next to us asks at dinner the other night...
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Instareport: boohoo.com Launch Party

Posted on March 22, 2013 by Marcy Swingle
boohoo.com is one of the biggest online shopping sites in the UK with fun, trendy looks inspired by the runway. Now they're shipping to the U.S. To celebrate, the site hosted a party last night...
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Neta

Posted on March 21, 2013 by Marcy Swingle
There are a couple places near my apartment where I would eat once a week if money were no object. One is Blue Hill, another is Neta, the sliver of a sushi restaurant opened on...
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Street Style: An Entirely New Phenomenon

Posted on March 14, 2013 by Marcy Swingle
Anyone who's been to a major fashion show recently - or anyone who's read Suzy Menkes' essay The Circus of Fashion or Tuesday's article from NY Mag's the Cut, How Street Style Became a Hate-Watching Sport...
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Mile End Sandwich

Posted on January 29, 2013 by Marcy Swingle
Poutine: it's the drunk food of Canada, the doner kebab of Montreal late-night eats. The real thing, a mess of squeaky cheese curds slathered with mystery gravy over thick fries, should not necessarily be exalted,...
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Seeing Spots, Outside Moschino

Posted on December 17, 2012 by Marcy Swingle
If you haven't noticed, polka dots have been everywhere this fall/winter 2012, a trend that was spearheaded by Marc Jacobs with his F/W 2011 collection. Loved this metallic polka dot dress outside the Moschino show...
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Miu Miu Mirror Paillette Dress, Outside Prada

Posted on December 4, 2012 by Marcy Swingle
On 57th Street and Fifth Avenue in New York, the shop windows are sparkling right now with rhinestone embellished shoes (Miu Miu) and mirrored backdrops for mirrored dresses (Naeem Khan at Bergdorf Goodman). This Miu...
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