We wondered a few months ago what was up with the then-mysterious Reward project, a new shop TBA headed up by longtime Urban Outfitter Shari Roulin. Well, now we know: See that shop at right? Used to be Big Jar Books (adieu, my sweet prince! we shall see you all at Brickbat!), but come mid- [...]

· Fans of t-shirts and music: WE CREATE CLOTHING is throwing a kick off party tonight at AKA Music to launch their new fashion line. Slingshot Dakota and Algernon Cadwallader will perform live at 5pm. We all know how much music fans love to wear t-shirts so this event seems like a match made [...]

Ron Crawford is the sneaker store UBIQ’s “Mr. Everything” here in Philly. So by that extension, to a certain strata of Sneaker People, he is the Everything of Everything. Ron does the buying for the store, along with the marketing and general day-to-day operations of the store on 1509 Walnut St. But he’s also an [...]

· Yesterday, we took note of 76er Samuel Dalembert’s blipster frohawk. (Have two words together ever been so sublime as “blipster frohawk?” No, son. No. ) Today, the Inky’s Peter Mucha earns his dough by pondering “The Frohawk Curse.” Don’t fight it, feel it. [Inky]
· If you are going to make God angry and yourself look [...]

· It’s a well-established Hipster Talking Point® that, maaaan, American Apparel is like, ruuuuuuining fashion, a point which would be more well-taken if not most often delivered by people wearing American Apparel. For those of you that were wondering about, you know, how your AmAp stock options were working out, wellllllll, there’s this. But on [...]

· Confession time: We ran into Project Jay at National Mechanics a coupla months ago, and he was just suuuuuuch an outsize, raunchy, nasty, mean bitch to us that we’ve been slapping him on the wrists ever since. But that all stops today, because within the first 120 seconds of this interview on The 10! [...]

· Mrs. Pleasant has returned. After some time in Brooklyn, Philly native Emily Amarnick is back full of inspiration with a new collection of vintage pieces. As a fashion stylist and artist, she provides quality, moderately priced one of a kind vintage and vintage-inspired clothing, accessories, house wares and handmade cards at her site mpVintage. [...]

· Clothing designer and Drexel graduate Liza Goncalves (clothing pictured to the right ) is excited about trying tea bagging. But not in that way. “I want to try using teabags to stain the shirts to give them that real vintage feel”, she says when discussing ideas for her new line, Vintage Blue, inspired by [...]

· It is with great regret that we tell you that as of May 31, P.A.D Home Furnishings in Northern Liberties will be closing down. ‘Twas a great shop for many things, and we’re sad to see it go. Says P.A.D.’s Peter D’Orsaneo, “Though not an easy decision to make, Christy and I have agreed that [...]

· Fashion-wise, we are in a very precarious seasonal position: You want spring, you can almost feel it sometimes, but the fact is, even the weekend after next, we’re looking at highs of 42. So we say: Gamble on the fall/winter clearance sales that abound right now. We like Os Os Clothing’s 50% clearance jawn, [...]

· Step right this way, folks, it’s another Elizabeth Wellington middle-to-low-brow trend piece that’s sure to have you asking the heavens, “Why, God, why is this woman the fashion writer for a paper of record in a major American city?” But God cannot hear you. He has stuffed his ears with a pair of $92 [...]

Ladies of the ‘Stitch, we salute you: Topstitch Boutique, which has become an instant fave, it seems, is having its one-year anniversary party tomorrow eve. Click on super micro mini teeny tiny flyer at right to enlarge for details.
Also for your First Friday itinerary: Deep Sleep boutique is having an opening as well: China [...]

Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Pumas? It has now been done (pictured). Oh, what’s that? You want a fluorescent watch to complete the look? We’re on it. [Hypebeast]
Silkscreening wildmen and documented Kenzos the Labold Brothers: Sure, we knew they were stars in that everybody-is-one kind of way, but get a load of what happens when you [...]

We realize how American it is to have a dumpy Britney phase, but the Creme de la Creme fashion show at the Pyramid Club on March 8 is not the way to get clean. Especially when you’re letting this woman host the show. We’re talking about a former finalist on “The View,” a broadcaster [...]

We reported last month that the Paine’s Park Skatepark Project received a generous $1M grant from the City — probably the only non-heinous act of the Street Administration’s last month in office. This month, they’ve got another kind of fund-raising going on: Limited edition Paine’s Park t-shirts are on sale now at local Urban Outfitters [...]

Incoming to Walnut St.: Juicy Couture still exists and will take over the old Bath & Body Works at 17th, meanwhile, Lacoste is looking ready to spring at 1420 Walnut, directly across from the new Armani Exchange. That ubiquitous gator logo. Do you wish you played tennis? Are you currently enrolled in Penn? Y’know, this [...]

• Just thinking about Salon Blush’s holiday specials makes us hungry and curious. The Chocolate or Cranberry Mani-Pedi could either swear us off the stuff forever, or be the only thing we talk about for weeks after. Blogging is really hard on the hands, you know. Try getting your nails done and typing at [...]

We’ve got a batch of Tastykake tees for your enjoyment. Whether you choose the Fresh Baked Krimpet or the Philly is all a matter of taste.
A new Philly clothing line designs t-shirts with guns and ‘copters and shoots their models on our streets (would you like puns with that?), now all you need is a [...]

Did you know that there are local designers by the names of Rust Belt and Loop? Well, you can brush up on your label-ese at one of this week’s many trunk shows. Arcadia Boutique is throwing an artist reception and designer show tomorrow from 4-9pm with your real friends: drinks and 10% off. Those are [...]

But we won’t tell anyone that you went out. Here is where you’re going:
While your tights collection has been growing, your designer denim inventory awaits some attention. Denim Society’s Holiday Blowout Sale gives you 40% off select denim and 20% off new styles Wed. thru Sat., and you’ll probably be a size bigger by then. [...]