- Finally the future’s pulling its act together. Google‘s new super high-tech augmented reality eyeglasses brings us one step closer to the Dystopian present we’ve been promised for so many years. Oh, and there are flying cars. [Huff Po]

- Misunderstood fashion designer Kanye West has debuted a new song called “Theraflu,” on which he waxes and flosses poetic about dining with Anna Wintour, “racin’ with Anja Rubik,” and dodging a curvaceous bullet in the form of Kim Kardashian. [Fashionista]

- Bravo, no doubt sensing a lull in fashion-related programming in primetime, has picked up a new show about LA vintage store, Decades, tentatively titled It’s an Old, Old Concept. [WWD]

- A fire in the basement of Macy’s flagship store at Herald Sq yesterday afternoon is still under investigation. But since it’s down the street from FashionIndie HQ, we’d like to officially state we burn down many things but never a department store. [NY Post]

- Beyoncé has finally made her presence known to her some 3 mil+ Twitter followers, announcing the launch of her new website, beyonce.com. I could watch her twirling that lace-front wig around all day. And have. [Bey's Twitter]

With backing from Michael Kors co-chairman Silas Chou, the China Exchange program will foster talent from both sides of the globe as the East becomes a larger and more important market. According to CFDA CEO Steven Kolb, this isn’t a one-time thing, either. “We never want to do anything as a one-off. We really like to connect and invest in things that have real meaning and depth,” he told WWD.

Wang will make two visits to the states, first in May and then she’ll return for New York Fashion Week. During her stays, the designer will work with Andrew Rosen‘s Theory as well as with tanned turtlenecked titan Michael Kors and visit Barneys, Google and Xanadu itself, the offices of Vogue. Oh, and she’ll also be put up by W Hotels.

No word yet on what the Proenza kids will be doing but after such an amazing experience, by the time NYFW rolls around Wang will already have Freaky Friday’d one of them. [WWD, sub req'd]

Jack Dorsey sends our hearts a-Twitter. We don't know where we'd be without the über addictive microblogging site, and 15,000 of our followers would have to agree. We're in love with this blue eyed stud, especially when his abs are rippling in under 140 characters.

Mark Zuckerberg how I love thee, let me count the ways. You told me that my ex boyfriend was cheating on me. You showed me what a hot mess I was at Mardi Gras 2010. You let me know my interns were stealing samples and wearing them out to frat bars with their friends. You are a real friend, and if you had this gleaming torso, I'd let you poke me any day.

Four squares, six abs, two men and we're done. Foursquare not only gave us perspective on how often we frequent bars in the city, but also how we can find other alcoholics to make ourselves feel better about it. Dennis Crowley and Naveen Selvadurai, we thank you, not only for your smizing eyes and windswept hair, but for also for your new found careers as male models.

Instagram instantly stole our hearts and colored them Valencia. No other app has shot our self confidence as amateur photographers higher, and we appreciate Mikey K and Kevin Systrom for their thoughtfulness, and for their blur effect. Instaswoon.

Cupid shot an arrow through our hearts when we discovered Pinterest, and we fell for the love spell when we discovered its brilliant founders Ben Silbermann, Evan Sharp and Paul Sciarra. These three can pin us onto a board any day.

Our InsideIndie Tumblr is responsible for taking you behind the scenes and between the sheets with FashionIndie and we're just waiting for David Karp to come take a tumble with us if ya know what I mean. He rides a Vespa. He ignores emails (except from his girlfriend...lucky bitch). He drinks tea. He's basically our dream guy, especially when he looks like this.

The government may have built it, Al Gore may have claimed it, but Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin are the true inventors of the internet. Without them I wouldn't know how to cheat my way through college, how to find directions to California, how to start a mentos-diet-coke symphony! They've got me going Gaga googlyeyed eyed like the Goo Goo Dolls, and the best part is these lovers already know everything about me...they Googled it.

This nuance is going to be extremely helpful when it comes to deciding what to wear to a party, what to pair with that new sweater, what the hottest trends are, etc. Of course, if they are your friends IRL, you can always text your question, but mass texting pains aside, how many times have you needed an answer ASAP and your friends were super slow to respond?

Am I the only one who thinks this integration is incredibly cool?

Article by Bluefly at FlyAndMighty.com.

According to WSJ, “hairstylists are being inundated with requests for pixie cuts and the Bieber swish. The enthusiasm plays out online, where the fastest-rising searches for celebrity haircuts on Google are for Ms. Watson and Mr. Bieber.” Is that what the Bieber swish is? And here I thought that was a derogatory term for the way he walked. Either way, here’s hoping that the two trendsetters are never romantically-linked since it would be perhaps the creepiest celebrity coupling since Bradley Cooper and…well, anyone. [WSJ]

In partnership with Google, the organizers of TGC have created a custom platform to live-stream on YouTube, broadcasting not only the fashion show, but also backstage footage and interviews with the models. Unfortunately, if any of the looks strike your fancy, you’re shit out of luck. That is unless you live in Japan; deliveries are limited to the Land of the Rising Sun.

Though specializing in fast-fashion, TGC will enter the luxury lane thanks to another lucrative partner: Vogue. Vogue Girl, a stand-alone publication, will hit Japanese newsstands on March 12; but before then, Vogue Girl will mount a special fashion show, combining local fast-fashion brands with luxury accessories from the likes of Yves Saint Laurent, Fendi and Marc Jacobs.

I wonder, with Tokyo Girl Collection crossing the cybernetic seas, if we can expect a similar event here in the states? I mean, Fashion Week could only benefit from a little J-pop.

Link Love: WWD

It’s always a bit easier to start with a staple piece whether it’s your dress, handbag, and in this case shoes! Thanks to my new found obsession of Polyvore , I can’t stop lurking the random fashion thoughts that race here and there, in this case I’m on a look out for the PERFECT Valentine’s Day shoes! Thanks to Mr. Louboutin here are the picks of the day:

Just the name of these booties says it all; Christian Louboutin Canon 140, Barneys, $1,295

Playing the perfect part on Valentines day these would look perfect with any black frock; Yves Saint Laurent Tribtoo, Barney’s, $795

Silky and black statement bow heels; Christian Louboutin Madame Butterfly, Barney’s, $795

Girly-girl on a mission to make a statement; Glitter-Covered Peep toe Pumps, Saksfifthave, $595

A bit on the rocker-chic side; Christian Louboutin Madame Butterfly Booty, $1,170

Seductive yet cute; Christian Louboutin, Pony Lepord Pump, $800

Classic & simple; Christian Louboutin Suede Bibi Pumps, Net-A-Porter, $557

The spiked return to puff-paint and Santa applique sweatshirts and Alpine-inspired sweaters is something we haven’t seen since the mid-80s. Even Ebay’s sales of holiday sweaters are up 24 percent from last year. But you’d better get yours early next year. Stores like Buffalo Exchange in the East Village sold out of the novelty knits super quickly this year, leaving many sweater-less for kitschy Christmas parties.

“At this point, I’ve given up,” says Eric Foster, a 27-year old production coordinator from Brooklyn, who had hoped to find a green sweater, preferably involving snowflakes and reindeer, to wear to holiday gatherings this year.

Better luck next time!

LINK LOVE: Wall Street Journal

Justin Bieber was the “Fastest Rising” search term of 2010, behind only Chatroulette and the iPad, proving that pedophiles love technology just a hair more than they love the Biebs.

Fastest Rising

Then Google debuts e-fashion shop boutiques.com.

Are Web-geekers getting the fashion bug??

I am amazed by the insanely high number of tech/fashion crossovers as of late!

All the Internet kings want a piece.

Did you see the Gap advertisement featuring the founders of FourSquare? Did you peep the creator of Twitter as guest editor for Alice + Olivia‘s “Four AM Finds?”

I’m guessing it’s only a matter of time before Facebook is offering bespoke suits.

Boutiques.com was unveiled this morning to much anticipation.

The site lets celebs, designers and average joes all open their own virtual boutiques.

If you saw my previous post, you know how I feel about Google’s fashion leap.

I’m scared.

I’m scared that Google will take over everything, win Park Place and Boardwalk, and all the Monopoly money will be stamped with G-o-o-g-l-e.

Inside: A very scary tweet.

Google is hosting an event called “High Tech Fuses with High Fashion.” The details are few, but it sounds like something’s up. Google hasn’t voiced their intentions yet.

The Web giant entering the fashion industry is a scary thought for retailers. (Google tends to, um, dominate anything it touches.)

One tweet heard ’round the world: “Google is launching an ecommerce site with shop in shops by major designers.” (@NoBtotheS)

What do you do after selling to Google for $1.65 billion and get tired of pointing and clicking? You dive into fashion! YouTube CEO & Co-Founder Chad Hurley is set to take the plunge. The Internet to fashion crossover may seem completely random, but Hurley doesn’t think so.

“We make wallets, bags and shirts we’d want to see sold in stores. In that sense, it’s exactly like YouTube. We wanted something that wasn’t available, so we built it ourselves.”

I haven’t seen Hurley’s designs yet, but if anybody can create a buzz that “goes viral,” it’s this guy.

We’ve been getting a lot of slack lately for pushing the envelope in terms of the types of spreads we feature. Our answer is always the same “It’s Only Fashion.” Well it seems like another publication is getting some negative attention for showing a bit more skin than is deemed acceptable by the censors.

V Magazine has been listed as PORNOGRAPHY on searches produced by Google. What this means is that the dotcom for one of my favorite magazines is banned on nearly 50 million computers which use Net Nanny’s across the web. I get that their content could be a bit risque at times, but catergorizing this publication with the likes of Playboy, Hustler, and Barely Legal seems like a bit of a stretch Google.

I really just liked the image and needed a reason to repost. You can read the full story on The Cut, but it’s pretty boring unless you care about legal goodness and Google Bashing.

LINKAGE: Louis Vuitton Takes Google to Court

I recently had the pleasure of being selected as a spokesblogger for the new T-Mobile G1 phone, you know that little Sidekick looking flip from the friendly gods at Google. While it was difficult to put down my iPhone for a weekend (where am I without you Steve Jobs), I gave the Android powered little device a go.

Since I’m all about applications, I headed to Android Market to grab any that were fashion related. I found two (though I hear that many more on the way) one called ShopSavvy, which is a shopping comparison services, and MyCloset, a program that lets you photograph your wardrobe and create outfits based off the images.

Since I was planning on skipping through the retail strip known as Madison Ave for some much needed recession-supported deals at Barneys, I took the flip with me on the trip. After mapping the trip using the phones Google maps, I made a beeline for the Mens Department to pick out some highly covetable Michael Bastian pieces. Using ShopSavvy I snapped a few barcodes and was taken to a couple of his pieces at Neiman Marcus, the deals weren’t as good as Barneys, but I decided to pass on the $660 dress shirts (maybe after I pay my rent).

I then checked my gmail and received an email featuring a sale on PegLeg. I took off and once again used maps to get me to Bowery to check out the sale. Didn’t pick up any goodness but got to talk to some people who were avids of the brand.

I snapped a few shots of the sale goodies and sent them to PR dude Corey Moran, who insisted on making his way down to the sale. Later I headed home to get to work on mapping my closet. As of writing, I’m still working on it (yeah, I’ve amassed a fairly large collection in my years). I haven’t picked up my iPhone in a few days, but I haven’t missed it as much as I thought.

Thanks T-Mobile for letting me check out your phone for a few, I’m definitely hearting it.

The T-Mobile G1 Android-powered phone, the first cell phone with the operating system designed by Google Inc., is shown Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2008 in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Walmart is offering $99 iPhones, so now at least middle America can Google Maps civilization (aka Manhattan) and see what it actually looks like! Why do you have to ruin everything? This is like giving a monkey a loaded gun.