In response to fan fervor, Macy's is unveiling an exclusive new clothing line inspired by the Fox Television show Glee. Launching this weekend, the clothing will be comprised predominantly of T-shirts, fashion tops and hoodies aimed directly at young fans, or Gleeks.
With affordable prices that range from $19.99-$34.99 and availability at over 600 stores and online starting this Sunday, the
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Academy Award nominee and celebrated indie film director, Spike Jonze, is collaborating with Chicago-based record label, Chocolate Industries on the release of the soundtrack for his short film, I’m Here.
First viewed at Sundance 2010, “the film is a love story about two robots, played by actors Sienna Guillory and Andrew Garfield, co-existing alongside humanity in Los Angeles.”
The soundtrack is
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Italian director Luca Guadagnino's new film, I Am Love (Io Sono L'amore), is a visually stunning tale of wealthy textile industry family, the Recchis. With culinary close-ups, a score from Pulitzer Prize-winning composer John Adams and an inimitable wardrobe provided by Jil Sander and the house of Fendi, the film is a feast for the senses.
Reminiscent of classic cinema, when
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The latest fragrance news indicates that traditional beliefs and practices are being shaken up with new product launches and interesting celebrity tie-ins.
Mary J. Blige recently proved the traditional fragrance sampling model wrong. Blige debuted her scent, My Life, on
HSN on Saturday, July 31st, and sold more than 72,000 units in 24 hours - an HSN record - generating at least
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In the last year, several independent bookstores have opened their doors on the streets of New York. At the core of this bookshop renaissance is the conscientious consumer movement. Readers are seeking refuge from the once favored big box stores and looking for a more intimate and personalized shopping experience.
Eschewing dark and dusty for modern and airy: this new
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The sounds of surf rock have been in the indie air for a while, but never more so than now with artists like The Drums and Ariel Pink dropping songs that are firmly rooted in the genre’s classic format, not to mention sporting Brian Wilson bangs and 60s-style striped shirts and chinos.
In 2007 Panda Bear of Animal Collective released his
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In its latest effort to foster community development and enterprise, English community development pioneer Bootstrap Company has installed a roof top park on top of an historic print mill. Located in Dalston, a highly urban area in East London, the park will offer "a green space in an area of very few."
The Dalston Roof Park promotes sustainability and community engagement
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This past weekend, travelers at London's Gatwick Airport were treated to a 'Gatwick Glow' - a complimentary St. Tropez spray tan putting an end to passengers' pasty predicament.
The airport had conducted a poll that revealed that Brits would rather expose their cellulite or belly bulge than their pale skin. More than half( 56%) said that a tan
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For the first time, Sónar, Barcelona's premier experimental music and multimedia festival is coming to Chicago. Running from September 9th to 11th, and consisting of over thirty events, the festival will utilize unusual venues like the Frank Gehry designed Jay Pritzker Pavillion and the Chicago Cultural Center.
Founded in 1994, Sónar has become the world's pre-eminent audio and visual festival.
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Forgoing print, venerable Italian knitwear company Missoni commisioned artist Kenneth Anger to make a film for the brand's F/W 10 campaign. Following other recent artistic collaborations with Ryan McGinley and Juergen Teller, Creative Director Angela Missoni chose Anger for his "use of color and his ability to transform a film into a three-dimensional texture, a fabric of images in movement".
For Missoni,
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Retouching has grown into a heated issue as Jessica Simpson, Kim Kardashian and Joy Bryant join the growing list of beauties who have posed in magazines without the aid of Photoshop. Last year, French Elle made waves in the fashion industry with unretouched covers featuring makeup-less stars like Monica Bellucci, Eva Herzigova and Sophie Marceau. In an unexpected move, Britney
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Luxottica's new OPSM Eye Hub in Melbourne is setting the standard for an innovative retail concept. Designed by famed architects E2, the store occupies 15,000 square feet and is shaped like an eyeball.
At the OPSM Eye Hub, shopping is a customer centered experience. Chris Beer, CEO, Luxottica Asia Pacific, greater China and South Africa, calls the store the "first of
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The International City of Lace and Fashion in Calais, France is a museum that celebrates the history, production and application of lace. With a nod to Calais' rich legacy of lace manufacturing, the gallery space is housed in a restored Boulart lace and tulle factory. Architecture firm Moatti et Rivière enlarged the 1870s historic mill with a contemporary, delicately screen
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A major challenge facing the naturals market is finding a balance between using "natural" ingredients and creating products that are truly effective. Emerging products in the naturals market suggest that results are becoming as important as staying eco-friendly.
Most recently, the green chemistry group at the University of Leeds in the U.K. made waves with their natural hair dyes that
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Williamsburg's infamous free summer concert series, The Pool Parties returned last Sunday at the Williamsburg Waterfront with the most unique band performance yet. For the concert's fifth anniversary, bands (and labelmates) Deerhoof and Xiu Xiu played the entirety of Joy Division's 1979 seminal debut: Unknown Pleasures.
This year, Jelly, the creative promotional team behind the free concerts has partnered with
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