We could easily go without ever again hearing about someone’s style ethos being a mix of high and low with some vintage tossed in. But the fact remains—that is the most basic formula for a stylish ensemble. It certainly holds true for the cute looks that Linlee Allen scouted on the streets of South Beach [...]

Friday morning attracted an impressive assortment of fashion identities at the Raleigh hotel in Miami as Vogue Italia’s Franca Sozzani hosted a breakfast to unveil—wait for it—a duck. Not just any duck, however. This one, a giant resin sculpture (pictured at left) measuring in around one meter, is British contemporary artist Stuart Semple’s ode to [...]

Though there is something to be said for haphazardly finding oneself in the right place at the right time at Art Basel Miami Beach, as evidenced by the past few days, there’s an ever increasing and overwhelming number of things to see, eat, and buy. To get the most out of one’s arty South Beach [...]

As our Blasblogger so astutely pointed out yesterday, the distance between Miami Beach and Bryant Park has grown nearly imperceptible. So we’ve asked Linlee Allen to document the sunny, sandy, arty style scene. Here’s the first installment of what she found.
1. Name: Yvonne Quirmbach
Occupation: Gallerist
Wearing: Ann Demeulemeester pants, Martin Margiela shirt, vintage bag, Lanvin ballet [...]

We’re the first to admit Los Angeles isn’t exactly the clubbing capital of America. That may be about to change, thanks to a recently opened hot spot named Club Bardot. “It’s Hollywood without the generic Hollywood crap,” declares co-director Jason Scoppa, who with former Green Door colleague Alexi Yulish have teamed up with owner John [...]

“It’s about wearing one of our shirts with a pair of jeans and loose hair and having the grace of Jane Birkin,” says Paris-based stylist Alix Thomsen, the female force behind Thomsen, a new unisex line of shirts. “The prints are classic but at the same time they’re joyful and poetic, you know?” Oui, oui. [...]

“In the beginning photography helped me to socialize,” confessed Annie Leibovitz last night in Los Angeles, narrating her way through a 60-minute slideshow presentation of her latest book, titled At Work, which went on sale this week. The 240-page volume is a career retrospective of sorts, including her discovery of the métier (with a Minolta [...]

“Nobody captures beauty like Matthew Rolston,” cooed Christina Aguilera, earlier this week, in Beverly Hills as she toasted the launch of the photographer’s new book, beautyLIGHT. Guests including Rose McGowan and Cameron Silver agreed, along with gallerist David Fahey and Martha Stewart (who proved to be quite the shutterbug herself whilst capturing the ambience of [...]

Paper magazine set up their second annual pop-up store over the weekend on Sunset Boulevard in West Hollywood. (That’s right across the street from the Hustler store, for those of you who need a familiar landmark.) The jam-packed event boasted over 30 vendors, including the likes of Rodarte, Jeremy Scott, and Katy Rodriguez and had [...]

Fancy spending Christmas with Steven Meisel? For a cool $750, your prayers can be answered this festive season—via jigsaw puzzle format, that is. Destined to be headlining gift lists of the fashion-fluent over the coming weeks is a limited-edition puzzle (manufactured by Editions Ricordi) imprinted with one of the famed photographer’s most popular works from [...]