Surface to Air has spent years honing its Gallic cool (and rock star collaborations with the likes of Justice, Kings of Leon, Kim Gordon, and Kid Cudi), selling to boutiques worldwide and opening its own flagships in Paris and Brazil. The brand finally lands a home of its own in New York with its first [...]

In fashion, what is essential is visible to the eye. However, fashion’s dentist—Bernard Touati—believes the opposite is true. (Root canals, we guess, are pretty essential to take care of). T profiled the French dentist who will “see Diane von Furstenberg on Yom Kippur if the film director Danièle Thompson asks him to, and Madonna can [...]

They’re back, darling! U.K. fashion mavens Patsy and Edina of Absolutely Fabulous return; Joanna Lumley, who played Patsy on the seminal Britcom, revealed that she and Saunders are recording three new episodes this summer for BBC1. Co-stars Jane Horrocks and Julia Sahwalla will return as well. [Hollywood Reporter]Angelina Jolie: the new face of Louis Vuitton? [...]

Once upon a time, Surface to Air was a Paris-based denim line, more or less—there were creative side projects here and added extras there, but the word that reached U.S. soil was denim. (And the word was good.) The brand has been expanding over recent seasons, and its Fall 2010 offering is the biggest—and, we’d [...]

A blast from the past: Women Model Management is now representing nineties-era superstar Jenny Shimizu. [Hint Mag]
A blast from the future: More details emerge on NYC’s second Opening Ceremony, opening soon in (where else?) the Ace Hotel. The new store, with its hotel theme, will stock travelers’ essentials (esoteric toothpastes, condoms) and designer souvenirs (an [...]

We didn’t think so. But that’s just one of many illuminating tidbits you’ll find in our video of the week, which features Burch and Surface to Air’s Gordon Hull—an intriguing duo if ever there was one—shopping for show tunes at West Village record store Rebel Rebel. There’s drama: Gordy likes the Upsetters while Tory likes [...]