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YOOX San Fransisco US$334

The Noah’s Isle Tee By LRG US$27

521 Wellengan Mid by Rudolf Dassler for Puma US$150

If you’re a man who prefers to color coordinate, mix patterns and have a nice clean feel, this is your look.

Vultures are slowly picking over the remains at Marithe + Francois Girbaud‘s Wooster Street Boutique, which is scheduled to close on the 15th. Everything is 70-90% off, except for outerwear, which management has decided to ship back to France. At 70% off, expect to pay about $550 for knits like the one below:

Marithe + Francois Girbaud‎ – 47 Wooster St between Broome & Grand – 212-625-0066‎ – Map

Ad Campaign Joop
Season Spring Summer 2009
Models Sean O’pry |VNY| and Natasha Poly
Photography by Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin
Styling Joe McKenna
Website www.joop.com
First images from the new Joop spring summer campaign by Inez and Vinoodh, featuring Sean Opry.

Roberto “Excess is Success” Cavalli has produced an iridescent snakeskin-finish credit card set for release for March 2009. The iridescent card comes with its privileges: special sales at Cavalli, invites to fashion shows and perhaps cardmembers will gain access to Cavalli’s new club in Florence, or clubs soon to open in Dubai and Milan.

Barkley L. Hendricks: Birth of the Cool, the first career retrospective of the renowned American artist. Hendricks (b. 1945) is best known for his life-size portraits of people of color from the urban northeast in the 1960s and 70s. His bold portrayals of attitude and style capture a moment of fashion following the civil rights movement.

The Studio Museum in Harlem November 12, 2008 – March 15, 2009.

Shipton & Heneage gentlemen’s slippers, a favorite of Pharrell Williams are hand embroidered and bench-made in England. With retail shops in London & Paris, Shipton & Heneage also offers world wide mail orders. US$185-$250 www.shipton.com

Balducci’s the famed Greenwich Village gourmet shop has just introduced a new line of private label caviar in three basic varieties: Wild, Farmed International, and Domestic. Not having tried it I can’t confirm the taste, but Balducci’s typically adheres to pretty high standards. US$9.99-$1,500. www.balduccis.com

Vogue, Editor-at-Large, André Leon Talley is now available in ringtone format. You can download ringtones of André Leon Talley giving career advice over at CityFile. I love the ring tones. I downloaded mines this morning.

Christian Lacroix Men’s clothes now available in the United States. Mr. Lacroix menswear is less flamboyant than his Women’s wear and very wearable for today’s trend seeking man. The collections silhouettes are slim cuts with peak lapels, and clean detailing, but with his signature prints with his jackets’ lining, which comes adorned with sixties-style psychedelic patterns and/or victorian drawings, which are also repeated in the collection. Despite the Christian Lacroix name and the quality, the lines price tag is very reasonable. US$1,000.

Christian Lacroix 36 E. 57th st, NYC 212-753-2569

Ask for my friend Hubert in sales.

LG‘s long-anticipated, 3G-capable watch phone, set for release this year—but just in Europe. With features like Voice commands, either with or without a Bluetooth headset; text-to-speech for reading text messages to you aloud; a music player, a built-in speaker, and stereo Bluetooth support. If you are in Europe, pickup one and send me a photo and small paragraph on why you like the watch. I will post via my Blog.