New Year, New SkinPosted January 16, 2009In beauty speak, tossing organic, scientific, and pharmaceutical grade around in the same sentence is the same as saying […]
Eternal OptimistsThree new owner-operated men’s boutiques test the waters, despite the economy.
Sales TrainingWhat to pick up at the season’s top clearances and how to emerge with your sanity intact.
From the RunwayThe fall 2008 collections introduced an array of noteworthy trends, from the wearable to the fantastic. Here, a look at what you could be wearin […]
Pumped!Heels you’ll be happy to keep on all night.
Court Opens on Mulberry StreetCourt just opened in Nolita with a full stable of designers whom shoppers may wish they’d known about sooner.
But Will the Ladies Like It?The latest crop of men’s fragrances promise machismo, exoticism, and, of course, sex. Do they deliver? The guys at 123 Burger Shot Beer take som […]
Target Opens Four Bullseye Bodegas in ManhattanTarget’s calling its new pop-up stores “bodegas,” although there’s not a Slim Jim in sight. Instead, for four days starting September 12, the st […]
The Expanding Store UniverseBrowsers, take your marks: Fresh sources for dresses, jackets, chocolate, luggage, diamonds…
Big FakersHuge costume jewelry is on the march. Delicate chains and tiny gems have been batted aside by beefy assemblages of glass, plastic, and metal. Th […]
Lash OutPosted July 31, 2008
The idea of anything vibrating near our eye sockets is scary to say the least. However, Lancôme is launching a new battery […]
Scent-sationalPosted July 18, 2008In my dream beauty world, everyone would approach making a fragrance like perfumer Neil Morris. Scents are personal; they sh […]
Heal ThyselfLinda Rodin researched and experimented for two years until she found a concoction of essential oils that left her skin soft.
Soap It UpPosted June 13, 2008Imagine a group of women in a Rockland County warehouse drinking wine, chatting, and hand-pouring soaps. That’s what happene […]
Spades of ShadesThe quintessentially cool summer accessory,
including a few styles for guys (
Some Marriages WorkSome don’t. The high-low designer-retailer partnership isn’t always fruitful.
Stuff for Your ScruffThis week, the men’s apothecary Alford & Hoff debuts a $32 tube of “Performance” shaving cream at Bergdorf Goodman. That’s a lot to pay for a fa […]
Color Me GoodPosted March 28, 2008If the mere thought of wearing heavy foundation in warmer weather makes your skin break out, or if you just like subtle cov […]
Bluemercury Opens on BroadwayThe Upper West Side is only slowly beginning to fill with specialty retail, but apothecary newcomer Bluemercury is upping the ante.
Roll With ItPosted March 21, 2008In most cases, the launch of a travel fragrance is highly uneventful. But a stylish beauty item from Pucci almost always de […]
From the RunwayThe spring 2008 collections included revamped classics, pretty perennials, and some wonderfully unusual choices in between. For a look at what y […]
Pencil It InLeave it to Shu Uemura to come up with the Tri-Color Eye Pencil that is right on trend and brilliantly packaged.
A New SqueezeThe new Juicy Tubes World Tour with Christopher Kane is a collection of nine new shades, each decorated with a different illustration from the d […]
TSE Opens on Wooster StreetDesigner Tess Giberson is at the helm and TSE has relocated to Soho, a move meant to signal the brand’s evolution.
All I Want Is Foundation That MatchesToo light. Too red. Nothing at all. Playing at the beauty counter is depressing when your skin color is out of the range.
Ring It InMarc Jacobs’ Daisy solid perfume ring is a youthful, fresh floral scent housed in an adorable cocktail bauble.
Lock SaverPosted Jan. 25, 2008Mordechai Alvow of Pashah has spent years developing the oils in his Yarok (meaning green in Hebrew) treatment that will bri […]
inca Opens on Lexington AvenueFor designer Stephanie Hirsch and partner Stacy Josloff, bikinis and cover-ups are year-round essentials.
The Churches of the Divine SneakerSome people buy kicks because they’re comfortable. Others amass them because they’re exquisite, rare, socially significant—and comfortable. Here […]
Tinted LovePosted Jan. 4, 2008As a die-hard beauty junkie, and a woman of color, I’m often excluded from the world I love. A trip to a department store for […]
ADAM Opens on Hudson StreetThe first new ADAM store has warm lounge areas, mid-century furniture (for sale), and a small garden.
A Brief SurveyMen’s underwear has evolved far beyond the simple boxers-versus-tighty-whiteys duality. Briefs now claim to be high-tech, ecofriendly, supportiv […]
Teased and ConfusedRobert Plant’s 59-year-old hair
doesn’t look all that different from his
19-year-old hair.
Neon: A Brief HistoryA few scientists run an electric current through a sealed glass tube, and the next thing you know, the Pepsi-Cola sign is lighting up the East R […]
With Seconds to SpareIf procrastination is your usual strategy, here
are three neighborhoods—all subway minihubs—mapped out for last-minute efficiency.
Billionaire Boys Club and Ice Cream Opens in SohoPharrell Williams has teamed up with Nigo (the designer behind A Bathing Ape) to showcase his fashion in the first Billionaire Boys Club and Ice […]
