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Marc “Why am I suddenly so desperate for attention?” Jacobs has dumped his long time boyfriend Austin for Perez Hilton!!! Apparently, the smell of Cubano sandwiches and Hot Pockets reeking from the fat tubs skin was too much of an aphrodisiac for the geriatric designer.

What the fuck Marc? You used to be so cool, now you just seem sad/desperate for a reality series.

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Kudos to every hipster’s favorite “photographer” the Cobra Snake for donating 25% of the profits from his ego stroking Save Africa tee to an unnamed charity that aims to “save the continent.”

And since these tees are limited to 350 pieces, that 25% contribution will surely be instrumental in curing A.I.D.S. and eradicating hunger within the continent.

We’re pretty sure that Snake will probably spend the other 75% on even more noble causes, like cocaine and trying to buy talent.

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Recently, and by recently I mean a few moments ago, I was disturbed by one of our readers accusations of racism due to our stance on Soulja Boy’s blasphemous endeavor into fashion. I happen to be a black man, YES, A COLORED, writing for the same blog which you’ve (commenter) labeled as the second coming of Jim Crow and I just have to put my 2 cents in on this.

1) Whomever sent the comment needs to focus more on finishing 3rd grade than playing around on her mamas computer, your spelling errors speak volumes of your intelligence.

IF YOU’RE GOING TO SEND AN ANGRY COMMENT PLEASE BE LITERATE!!!

2) Soulja Boy is trash and I guarantee his clothes will be too. So many rappers do this, they could care less about fashion, HELL MOST OF THEM DON’T EVEN CARE ABOUT THE MUSIC, THEY JUST RAP TO MAKE MAJOR CASH FUNDS IT’S JUST A HUSTLE, THEY DON’T RESPECT THE ART OF HIP-HOP……and you can rest assured they don’t care about our beloved world of fashion. There’s really nice urban fashion out there like SUPREMEbeing and Mecca but some of it is just ridiculous and worth even less than the bag you bring it home in.

3) Now as I said before, I am a black man and I know how “other” people react to our culture, but just becuz someone doesn’t like like Rocawear or Phat Farm doesn’t make them a racist, NOT EVERYONE IS GONNA LIKE WHAT WE WEAR. Me personally, I still don’t think it’s cute in any form or fashion to have your pants saggin off your ass. On the other side, in my experience, it doesn’t matter what I wear, A RACIST IS GONNA TREAT ME LIKE TRASH IF I’M DECKED OUT IN ABERCROMBIE OR DRESSED HEAD TO TOE IN G-UNIT. Therefore lets remember not to be so quick to think of urban wear as the devils apparel, but if it’s trash, it’s trash.

We’re still dealin’ with these issues in the world, especially in the U.S. and I really think that we should be careful about who we label racist, but at the same time when it does happen we need to acknowledge it. This situation, however, is just an acknowledgment of an over exposed clown pimpin’ himself for more money.

C’mon, what kind of ass stands up for Soulja Boy?!

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So this is the first of the many soon to come Secret Runway events with our newest sweetheart designer Sheila Frank. Hosted in various spots around NYC, with new up-and coming designers each time, and RSVP only. We ask everyone to sign up for our mailing list (the places will only be disclosed by email) to be the first to get invites, and those who’s RSVP we don’t recieve will be shit out of luck. If you’ve ever been to one of our events then you know they are crazy packed and always a good time. Last event had 2200 people and the one before that had 2500 RSVPs and room for only 300. So come and enjoy a night of Burlesque, drinking, dancing, and another secret surprise we are not yet revealing.

Oh, PS, it’s also Daniel Saynt’s big 25 B-Day. So come and join his quarterlife crisis and see him get drunk and lose his composure! That’s what I’m excited about!

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Feeling arty. Check out these insanely addictive photos from some recent magazine spread. I spotted them on some site called Fashion & Art Guide which has the unfortunate URL name of fartguide.blogspot.com (can’t make this stuff up). Enjoy!!!

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Dejour Magazine got an exclusive interview with Waris Ahluwalia. They talked about his movies, breakfast, his jewelry line and the point he realized he might be famous. Check out the full interview at Dejour Magazine, our favorite bits are below…

Hey Waris, lets just start off light. What did you have for breakfast today?
Nothing so far. I’m considering sunny side up eggs and some banana bread, but the thoughts haven’t formulated into action yet.

Any plans for fashion week?
Unfortunately, yes.

Unfortunately?
I’m exhausted. I just landed two days ago from India and just recently Tokyo. I would have much rather landed in a quiet time. I am going to a show at 12 - Yigal Azrouel. My girlfriend is doing a short film backdrop, so I’m going to go to support her.

What were you doing in India?
I was doing production in India. That’s where a large portion of the productions happens.

Let’s get into that. Let’s talk about the jewelry. How did you get into it?
I made some rings for myself. They had diamonds in them. You couldn’t really miss them. They were really supposed to be for a laugh more than anything else.
I was spending to a lot of time in LA, and I walked into a store called Maxfield’s. The sales women said “nice rings” and I said thanks. She said “are they yours?” I said yes. I didn’t know what she meant by that, but then she said “do you want to meet the buyer” and I said yes. Never say no. I didn’t know what they hell to say to a buyer. I didn’t know what I was going to sell them for, if I was going to sell them at all, so that was that. I met with the buyer the following week and they placed an order. And that was the seed of House of Waris.

So first you were making the jewelry yourself?
No, I had them made in the diamond district.

So you design them?
Yes, (making the jewelry) is a whole other craft, a whole other lifetime of skill.

What were you doing before the jewelry?
I don’t really remember life before the jewelry. (Laughs.) Creative projects, working with different companies, with artist, non-profits, connecting people… I spent a few years with a non-profit to take on AIDS in India and South Asia. Lots of projects. Bringing people together to make a little dent. Lots of little projects, some that were completed, some that weren’t. Nothing really stuck with me. I was sort of filtering through lots of ideas and concepts.

House of Waris Collection

So now you are happy with the jewelry and the acting? You’re going to stick with that?
I love it! The jewelry is so complete. I handle every detail of it so it definitely doesn’t leave me bored. I would like it to leave me bored occasionally, but it doesn’t leave me bored at all, between all the traveling and every aspect of it. I design books with a friend of mine who is an incredible artist, Eric Adolfson. He does all the books. We print hardcover linen bound books in India because the printing quality is beautiful there. The boxes are made by this one guy in Delhi, who is an award-winning carpenter. So there are all these different aspects beyond the jewelry, all these aspects beyond the craftsmen that I get to work with who are some of the best craftsmen in India. There are so many levels to it.

You did some jewelry with A.P.C. right?
Yeah.

How did you get in touch with them?
One of the original ideas behind the jewelry was that it was just going to be collaborations - a platform to work with friends. Essentially it’s just metal and stones - raw materials. It’s a chance for me to sit down with friends and say we’ve got these materials - what do you want to make?

Jean (Touitou – founder of APC) was a good friend and he saw one of the collections a few years ago and said, “well why don’t we do something together”, I of course, said, “yes”. Always say yes. None of this stuff is very construed. There aren’t people calling me or setting things up. It’s just friends working together. There aren’t larger corporate hands making decisions. It’s just sitting down with Jean in Paris and saying, “lets do something together”.

I’m very fortunate to have in my life, and in my world, all over the world, incredible creative people who inspire me to keep going, so it’s a chance to work with all of them.

When did you realize you were becoming popular? Any specific point in time?
Oh, I have no idea. It still hasn’t hit me. I’m doing what I love, so I guess when your doing what you love, people appreciate it. And the rest kind of comes easy. Along the way I’m having fun. It’s not just work.

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