The only thing more exciting than finding out my friend David Tobias of Apes and Androids has a sister who is an assistant to Gossip Girl’s costume designer Eric Daman, is seeing my pal’s The Pierces sing a couple of their songs off their new album “Thirteen Tales of Love and Revenge” on this past episode of “Gossip Girl”. It makes sense that if any rockstar in the making gets to show up on the hip fashion show of the season, it would be these pretty ladies because they got indie style written all over them and are bored with the norm of fashion, just listen to their song “BORING” and you’ll know what I mean!!!

xoxo Kristen May!!!

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Take some good looking young starlettes, add some amazing clothes, and a touch of gossip and you get Gossip Girl, the must watch CW show that has got the fashion world talking. A show about growing up in the “harsh” Upper East Side of Manhattan with all the drugs, sex, and money (growing up privaledged must be so very hard)!

Well, what I love about this show is that if you watch the episodes online at CWTV.com, you can buy what the girls are wearing. Honestly, it’s the greatest idea since commercials. You see something on TV that you love, and you have no idea who is the designer or where you can purchase it, and this takes all that guesswork out. Almost everything is available to purchase right off the website. What a great way to get designers the recognition they deserve!

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The tee I’m McLovin right now is this little number from Society. It’s all part of their campaign with Rock the Vote, which has been responsible for leading millions of new young voters to the polls since 1990.

I heart it so cause it’s in Spanish (me native language, esse) and cause it feels amazingly good (vintaging of the shirt = super softness). Every celebrity under the sun (Christina Aguilera, DJ Samantha Ronson (she’s a celebrity now?!?), Nicole Scherzinger, JC Chasez, NLT (Geffen), Blake Lewis (American Idol), Kelly Hu, Caroline D’Amore, Kimberly Stewart, Danay Garcia (Fox’s Prison Break), Tia Mowry (CW’s The Game), Kate Flannery and David Denman (The Office), Christopher Knight & Adrianne Curry, and Daniel Saynt (hell, if Brady & the Bitch made the list, so did I!!) has been rockin this tee, which probably means you’ll want one, unless of course you aren’t influenced by over-hyped (with the exception of Christina, love her) celebu-nots. Of course, you can just buy one cause you want to support a great cause (the reason I bought one for myself). The shirts are only available for a limited time on ShopKitson.com so get one today.
I didn’t know too much about Society, which is why I’m grateful for press releases. This is the tidbit provided in the release for the tees (with a few add-ins by yours truly).
Dream. Change. World. Society is a socially active (like physically active with less sweat) and optimistic mindset of how the world can and should be. Using vintage-inspired t-shirts as its medium of personal expression, each shirt gives back to the world through various partnerships and marketing collaborations that empower people to make a positive and progressive impact (Is Bono behind this?). Developed in 2007 by the founders of Social Atelier (Yael Afriat and Andrei Najjar) (guess not), Society is a whimsical and accessible sibling of its parent brand, and will be rolling out to specialty and department stores worldwide for Spring 2008 after its exclusive launch in Kitson’s windows.

If you aren’t gifted with the bilingual bug, here are some more tees that might float your goat. Amazingly the democrats are the only ones represented. What no “Rudy Tootie Fresh & Fruity” Tees? …

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It’s been a decade since MC Hammer told us we “can’t touch this” and now it seems a new fashion f*ck up is dancing around egging on another generation of followers to deem the over-sized look as the cool. You heard it here first Souja Boy is our generations MC Hammer, which is a great thing cause I was gonna give the honors to Chris Brown (now he’s seeming like our Michael Jackson, did you see the Thriller Wall to Wall video).

The immediate comparisons are obvious; both wear pants that are too big, both have unexplainably addictive hooks, and both seem to have the same choreographer (like he came up with that dance by himself). I don’t get why this look is cool or so quickly imitated. I don’t see the style in over-sized, over-embellished, over-branded hoodies and jeans. It looks like “Boy” found his way into a hip hop giant’s closet and went to town. Sorry Souja your todays Fashion WTF? Souja Time.

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I’ve been feeling this one for sometime. I knew I was on track when I started growing back my chest hairs and realized how amazing it is to just be a man. The age of the Metrosexual is nearing it’s end and the testosterone fueled manly man is coming back. Don’t believe me? Look at the signs.

Who has time to shave? I’m dating models.Â
Today’s Daily News (the manlier of papers) has announced the new “burst of menergy” which is hitting fashion, including masculine looks from typically androgynous label Dolce & Gabbana. In addition George Clooney, the perennially clean shaven GQ idol has grown a beard and was recently in a motorcycle accident (motorcycles=manly, vespas=not). Additional proof is shown on TV as shows like Desperate Housewives and Grey’s Anatomy are making room for shows like Cavemen, Mad Men, and Big Shots (all featuring “real” men/cavemen).

Did anyone ever figure out what the guy on the far right did?Â

Probably the most apparent sign that the trend is at it’s end is the farewell season of Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, the show that introduced a slew of metros-in-training to the joys of shopping, cooking and (heaven forbid) waxing. Look at the Fab Five now and you start to wonder if they really know what their talking about. Carson looks like he’s constantly vacationing on a beach in Belize (do you really enjoy wearing so many floral prints), while the others run around trying to figure out what contribution can they possibly offer that isn’t easily replaced by “a womans touch”.

Seems like men have finally figured out what they really want, to not have their sexuality questioned by women. And women have figured out what they really want, not to date a gay guy. Hopefully the trend continues and our gender roles become less confusing. Of course, this would be easier to say if women’s fashion trends didn’t recently take a nosedive, as menswear inspired pieces resurfaced on the runway. Guess the age of the “fe-man” has begun.

P.S. I’m not stressing that men give up dressing well and taking care of their bodies, I’m just saying to do it with your own “eye”.

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Since everyone seems to talking about the Sex and the City movie lately, I figured I’d rebel and give you a little “sneak peek” at a scene from the highly anticipated movie “What Happens In Vegas” starring Cameron Diaz and Ashton Kutcher. Oh god, wait, I’m sorry. Just took a long hard look at this picture. What the hell is Diaz wearing? Is that a blue striped business suit. Wait are those khakis? Dear lordy, is this what the Sex girls are competing with. No wonder everyone’s talking about them. This looks like “Revenge of the Yupsters”. Please tell me your bad fashion sense stays in Vegas.

Sorry for that Indies, didn’t realize that the only movie with style in production right now is Sex. Here’s a quick dose of what you really want…

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Best Dressed at Fashion Rocks Award: Ludacris. Wow, man. Oprah must be so proud. A far cry from the wife beaters and baggy jeans of yesteryear Luda must have gotten a visit from the Queer Eye boys. He looks like a completely different person with his tailored jacket, matching vest and tie. It looks like he took some style cues from Fontworth Bentley (Has anyone seen him lately. Wait a minute. I think Luda may have killed Bentley, hollowed him out, and is now living in his skin and stealing his style. It’s a wild theory, yes, but it makes perfect sense. I’ll look into it more and report my findings.)

Runner Up: Mary J. Blige. An R&B star in Paris. Love it, Love it. It’s like she watched the Devil Wears Prada and every season of Sex and the City a million times and figured out how Patty Fields does it.

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