Gabrielle Mullem interviews Jewelry designer Jill Platner and explores her glittery little love bugs.
Alpana Bawa, the designer (not the flowery rice powder renderings of Hindu goddessses on Bengali floors), comes out of India and lands in Soho with a few heavenly creations of her own. By Sean L'Smith.
Specs
Jeffrey R. Sipe gives us a bespectacled history lesson. Do your glasses say, “fuck you” or “fuck me?”
One glam model, six swim suits, and a bunch of fishmongers. UD stirs up the chowder at the Fulton Street Fish Market with a spicy fashion shoot.
Fish Tales
Top Twenty Fishy Excuses for Wiggling Out of Work this Summer. Big UD whoppers, I mean some “Real Slippery Ones” to run by the boss.
Gabrielle Mullem decodes the Boys who Bomb - from aesthetic to politics what makes 'em tic?
The New Republic
Bart Boehlert and Thomas Oatman contemplate Cowboy threads, Cary Grant, and Tokyo digs.
Bart Boehlert talks to milliner extraordinaire Lola Ehrlich.
New Year, new start. Holly Riech gives tips for your urban renovation. Plus UD's out of town spa pick, contest included. Win a free weekend away.
Interview: Pamela Dennis
Bart Boehlert catches designer Pamela Dennis on the way up.
Always in style, Bart Boehlert spends an afternoon with menswear designers Richard Bengtsson and Edward Pavlick of “Richard Edwards.”
Stylish Gift Books
We love big, beautiful books full of gorgeous photos. They look swell lying around on coffee tables, but if you can part with them they make great gifts. Editors' picks (coming in December).
Bart Boehlert spends an evening exploring the bicoastal grace and beauty of Tyler/Trafficante and Edward, too.
X Games
Margarette Dykstra on what puts the “X” in X Games.
Hey, we're not making that old joke about dogs and their owners looking alike. But these doggie/human pairs did seem to show a certain shared panache when caught by the lens of photographer Maria Vullo.
Urban Dog Runs
This isn't about eating too much people food. Here are the places to get a good sniff of the bitch next door.
Bart Boehlert speaks with the designer that makes the clothes all the top models love to wear...
Loungin' in LA
Here's Kastle again talking about the lounge scene on the left coast... see, UD's not just a New York thing!
Extreme Girls on Concrete
Extreme grrrl, Margarette Dykstra shows us some of the most edgy bladers in the urban extreme scene.
Bart Boehlert interviews hep-cool handbag designer, Kate Spade.
Ties
Lang Phipps wears one. Do you?
Noise
Music to some, insanity to others... Peter Selgin is one of our least tolerant writers and you can guess how he feels about it.
Empty out those closets boys and make room for the fierce designs of John Bartlett. Bart Boehlert gives us his report.
Duffin' & Doggin'
Have the winter doldrums set in? Feeling like a pack of lard after the holidays? Don't fret, let Margarett Dykstra tell you about two of the hottest new sports crazes.
Car Clubs are springing up all over the country, particularly in southern California. Kastle gets the scoop on this new, old fad. Next on Ricki... Cars and the People Who Love Them.
Designer: James Purcell
He takes that little old black dress to a whole new level. By Bart Boehlert.
Independent Feature Film Market
So you want to make a movie, or, you want to distribute the film you've hocked all your possesions to finish. Denise Dowling finds out all the ins and outs of being independent.
Bart Boehlert talks to designer Han Feng and she offers some stylish do's and don'ts.
Why I Hate Coffee Bars
Peter Selgin oozes opinion on the recent influx of tres hip coffee bars. He RRREALLY doesn't like them.
A Ventriloquist Convention
Denise Dowling takes in a convention where the dummys take center stage.
You just get on and ride, right? Amelia Dallis takes the no road on “her first pony.”
The Ultimate Rivalry
Ultimate Frisbee is a killer sport and Denise Dowling takes us down and out of breath.
Confessions of a Flea Market Junkie
All it takes is a good eye and a desire to haggle. Gabrielle Shannon shows us she has what it takes.
Designer: Robert Freda
The Fall line is laid bare by Bart Boehlert who discovers a 28 year-old with a history.
There was a time in history when these things weren't embarassing. Here's a group of folks pretending that's still the case. Denise Dowling dons the polyester and dusts off her macrame suspenders.
Lounge Bars
Curl up on the velvet and steel sofa, pretend your reading Nietzsche and see who you can impress. The eighties are over and have been replaced with a hipness a touch too relaxed. Amelia Dallis shares the secret of cool.
Designer: Cynthia Rowley
Bart Boehlert talks high fashion and roof-top trampolines with hyper-designer Rowley.
Karen Tina Harrison considers the ressurection of cigar culture.
Pinball Wizards
Denise Dowling takes in the 1995 International Professional and Amateur Pinball Association tournament.
Fashion: The Colorful World of Gene Meyer
Bart Boehlert checks out Gene Meyer's new menswear line.
Cara Coniglio scans the scene for style and resolutions which are sure to be broken!
A Pocket Full of Posies. (A Living Article)
Gabrielle Shannon interviews Betty Lobel about her extraordinary growing sculptures. David Byman brings the piece to life...literally.
Cara Coniglio scours the city streets for the perfect holiday outfit. Ho! Ho! Ho!