fashion
Exciting news for two alumni of the Pratt Institute [https://www.pratt.edu] –former BFA fashion students Nzinga Knight [http://signup.nzingaknight.com/?r=http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CB8QFjAA&url=
Beyoncé
Quote the internet: ERMAHGUD! BEYONCE’S GOT A NEW MOOZAK VIDYA! Beyonce’s new Coney Island-themed music video for her song “XO” dropped on Monday, causing my news alerts to go haywire with mentions of Coney Island. So, apparently, I can’t get back to bringing you the news until
1950's
Hep Cats (Source: 50sand60s via Twitter)Dig the scene. A couple of cool daddios parade down the boardwalk on Coney Island, smoking cigs and flashing tattoos, grooving on all the squares terrified over their rock n’ roll attitudes. Yes, that was an incredibly lame description but the picture above, provided
fashion
Jasmin Zorlu [https://www.etsy.com/shop/JasminZorlu] is soft-spoken and relatively new to Ditmas Park, but don’t let her seeming shyness fool you. Using exotic materials and merging futuristic shapes with classic looks from decades past, the milliner of Marlborough creates headwear completely unafraid to make a statement.
bobover yeshiva bnei zion
It’s all Buddy Holly’s fault (Source: vanessajakupi.buzznet.com)Rabbis in Borough Park have decided to ban hipster glasses at the Bobover Yeshiva B’Nei Zion, according to a Gothamist report [http://gothamist.com/2013/05/12/rabbis_really_dont_want_hasids_to_b.php]. Gothamist had Raghav
best dressed
Yeah, yeah, yeah. The web is exploding with Oscars red carpet talk today. Did you realize, though, that we have some serious fashionistas right here in our own backyard? The Prospect Park Zoo [http://www.prospectparkzoo.com/] is currently holding a best dressed competition between five of their most trend-worthy
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Some local businesses expand faster than others, and Luv My Vision Optique, the high-end eyewear vendor that opened at 1702 Sheepshead Bay Road in April [/luv-my-vision-optique-opens-at-1702-sheepshead-bay-road/], wasted no time: they opened a second location in Brighton Beach in September. We got our first glance of it last week when we
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Marina Levitis (Source: New York Magazine/ Dina Litovsky)Though Russian Dolls [/tag/russian-dolls/] was ripped from us at an all-too-early-time, the true spirit of Russia’s pageantry remains alive on the pages of New York Magazine. Recently, as part of their style series, New York Magazine profiled several Russian women
1702 sheepshead bay rd
Luv My Vision Optique is now located at 1702 Sheepshead Bay Road. Photo by Erica ShermanIn February we reported [/galit-couture-packs-up-and-moves-to-staten-island/] that Galit Couture, a bridal dress and evening wear designer that occupied the corner of 1702 Sheepshead Bay Road for more than a decade, “has packed up its frilly goods
bridal stores
Photo by Erica ShermanGalit Couture – a.k.a. Fashion Salon Galit – the bridal dress and evening wear designer at 1702 Sheepshead Bay Road, has packed up its frilly goods and high-tailed it over to Shat-On Staten Island. The store had been there for more than a decade, but now the