Tote of the Day: Rogues Gallery Maplethorpe Bag

Black NASA-grade vinyl bag with black PVC lining and heavy hand-spliced nylon rope handles. Bag has 3 exterior pockets, 1 interior pocket, and small cast anchor keychain. And on sale, too!

Gargyle

Today’s Tote

The folks at BlueQ have the best assortment of cheap and cheerful accessories and gifts. We especially love their PVC totes, perfect for grocery shopping in style while you save a tree!

Blueq.com

Brooks Brothers Summer Clearance

Its the last few days of the Brooks Brothers Summer clearance event and there are still plenty of great deals to be had. The best part is, the designs are classic and you’ll be wearing them until they fall apart.

We love the madras patchwork shirts, just $39.75 and still great for Fall.

Brooksbrothers.com

Dear Reader…

Hi all! We’re back from our impromptu summer vacation and totally excited about all the new fashion, art and design for fall that we’re already starting to see here in the Big Apple.

Our inbox is full, our Blackberry is overflowing and our dancecard is full. New styles, art exhibits and parties are in full gear. As far as we’re concerned, this is the best time of the year!

Keep on reading and we’ll keep on sharing.

—The Editors

7/2: Paper Moon On the Big Screen

The Bryant Park Summer Film Festival continues tonight at sunset with a screening of Paper Moon (1973), which won Tatum O’Neal an Oscar, the youngest winner ever.

The film tells the story of a Depression-era Bible salesman and the young girl he takes under his wing and crafts into an accomplice in his scams. Really, not as horrifying as it sounds.Free to the public, get there way early. No chairs or plastic sheets, please.

Monday, July 2nd
starts at sunset
Bryant Park
Sixth Avenue @ 40th St

Kate Moss for Roberto Cavalli

 

Driving under the influence.

Roberto Cavalli has just revealed the images of top model Kate Moss and her crackwhore jailbait boyfriend Pete Doherty for the designer’s upcoming print campaign. Shot in Ibiza by photographers Mert Alas and Marcus Piggot (why does it take two?), the images show Doherty as a young Marlon Brando wooing Moss.

“They are both iconic. Free spirits with a strong personality. Stylish, contemporary and a very intense couple,” said Cavalli to Vogue UK.

Cavalli said that only Moss was booked for the shoot, but he was won over by Doherty’s “enthusiasm and charm.” His what?!

Old Navy Summer Sale

 

The Old Navy clearance starts today, with up to 50% off summer fashions for everyone. We know its late in the season, but its all cheap and you’ll be tired of it all by Labor Day anyway.

We love the men’s Hooded Pullover (above) for $23.99. Very 90’s Helmut Lang.

OldNavy.com 

Brooks Brothers Semi-Annual Sale

 

‘Tis the season for clearance sales! Brooks Brothers has up to 40% off the original prices on their signature line of preppy duds and classic wardrobe elements.

BrooksBrothers.com 

We Did It First

Don’t you hate when you come up with something that you think is totally original and then you see it in a shop window or a catalog? It happens to us all the time and we’ve begun to wonder if there may be a J. Crew spy following us around all day.

First, J. Crew totally stole our idea of cutting off their embroidered critter chinos. We love embroidered critter anything, but the pants looked too stuffy. Scissors, a snip and a run thrugh the wash, and you’ve got subversive preppy slob-wear.

Now J. Crew is pushing the cutoff camp shorts. Dagnabit, we did this just a few months ago (during one of those weird winter heat waves we had)! Our Army camp pants we’re looking beat and our summer gear was in storage, so shorts they became. Between you and me, they were a whole lot cheaper than the J. Crew “originals.”

J. Crew cutoff camp short, $54.50
jcrew.com

Loose Threads

Not his best work.

French designer Thierry Mugler is reworking his own body. Idle hands are the devil’s playground. Dlisted

We think Marc Jacobs looked better before rehab. Looks like they left him in the Shrinky Dink oven too long. Gawker

The bidding for Barney’s has begun. As usual, only the Middle East has enough money. Women’s Wear Daily