The Meatpacking District’s hottest new bottle service-heavy nightclub Stash is designed to look like a jewelry box. Descend the staircase and take a look.

Odile Burger loves NYC fashion so much, she opened Wooster Shop to give her fellow Swiss fashionistas a taste.

FashionIndie isn’t the only place for free, booty-dropping mixtapes. Société Perrier just dropped its second mix by DJs Cazwell and Jamie B, featuring an intro by none other than Amanda Lepore. Get it here, and start shaking it for the weekend.

The Standard

Le Bain presents DFA Records New Year’s Eve Party at The Standard. Featuring DJ sets by Holy Ghost!, Jacques Renault, Tim Sweeney and Justin Miller, this is bound to be sold out very soon, so buy your tickets here quickly. If a little Blondie strikes your fancy, head up to the top of The Standard for a black tie affair.

The styles will range from patent leather loafers with pearl tassels ($2,095), to the edgier Rollerboy spiked velvet loafers ($1,295),  to the more traditional white nappa leather Loubi Flats ($2295).  Customers will even be able to personalize their shoes with bespoke embroidery that replicates their tattoos.  Talk about bad-ass luxury.

This plate of fried dough can be yours for $16 at Abe & Arthur’s.

Color palette: Blacks, Greys, Navy
Mood: Downtown dandy
Statement Pieces: Mirrored round sunglasses, anything with a snood
Front Row Of Curb Name Drops: Nick Wooster & Miguel
Gossip: If the wireless speakers didn’t work then someone might b-box the show
Runway Music: Electro Trip Hop

BTW this also the show this Indie got photographed by Tommy Ton.

Photo: NYT

Firstly, don’t come from Jersey. Guidos and guidettes are anathema to the hotspots lining the effortlessly cool Meatpacking District. Michael Stasky of the Gansevoort Hotel’s Provocateur nightclub says, “We do not do plaid, and we don’t do stripes,” but “a blazer, a solid button-down or a solid sweater” is the uniform of choice. On the other, softer hand, women who dare to wear anything less than a five-inch heel better keep (comfortably) walking. So the clientele mostly looks like expensive call girls and the men rich enough to buy them. Provocative indeed.

But strict dress codes aren’t solely for the impossibly chic.

The Continental, an East Village hub for sports-loving douchebags, has a “no baggy jeans or bling” policy. Owner Trigger (really?) Smith explained to The Times back in January that “[t]here isn’t a racist bone in my body,” but “it just so happens that more minorities” are prone to wear said baggy jeans and bling. See, that’s not being racist. That’s just being a dick. The Times, however, is quick to point out that “on a typical Saturday night, the Continental’s mixture of frat boys and barflies sports an unironic mélange of ripped blue jeans, grubby backpacks, baseball hats and sneakers.” A little bling would do that trash some good.

Brunch is a sacred weekend tradition that should be attended in ornate hats, statement broaches and sunglasses large enough to hide your hangover/disdain for everyone else.  Duh, right? However, Daniel Koch, the snarky brains behind Day and Night Brunch, believes people need to be told in no uncertain terms to step their fucking games up, even if that means buying $400 sunglasses: “You get guys in from L.A., they think a brunch is a brunch. We have to say, ‘Look, dude, this isn’t what you think it is.’ You can’t rock a T-shirt here unless you’re a rock star.”

And that’s the fundamental problem. A T-shirt at brunch isn’t acceptable no matter who you are. But that’s what matters at the end of the day and at the head of the line: not what you wear but who you are. I mean, I’m all for harshly judging people based on their wardrobe — it’s in my job description. But I couldn’t care less who you are, what you do, or who you know; tell me a story with your goddamn garment.  I care about the clothes, not the person in them.

For that reason I refuse to stand in lines or, god forbid, pay a cover. That and I’m a bitch. But, if I can’t get into some bar or club, I have no problem turning around on my Cuban heels, calling my huff and leaving in it. There are simply too many places in New York to deal with the politics involved at the door, especially when the most fun is usually had at some dive bar where there’s no dress code and no one coherent enough to care what you’re wearing to being with. [NYT]

“We’ve rented these trucks and the video will be projected from the trucks onto the sides of buildings. Some will be roaming, some planted,” explains Wang.

The video, featuring Raquel in all her super glory, was shot in an abandoned grain factory in that jewel of Brooklyn, Red Hook. Wang was apparently going for “gritty” and “raw” and it really doesn’t get any grittier — or rawer — than an abandoned anything out somewhere in Red Hook.

You’ll be able to catch Raquel crawling over the Upper West Side, SoHo and the Meatpacking District for  six hours tonight, and into Thursday and Friday night. [WWD]

The StyleLiner features carefully curated merchandise, a combination of unique and limited edition creations by a host of international designers, which you will not find in other stores.

It is parked across from The Standard Hotel in the Meatpacking District at the corner of 13th & Washington Streets and open Thursdays through Sundays from 4 – 9 p.m. nightly.

You can follow The StyleLiner on Twitter for additional times and locations at twitter.com/thestyleliner.

You know it’s hot if Carson Kressley is shopping there. Love you!

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You’ve sported his fashionably forward clothes.

Now the celebrated designer is taking the online leap.

Soon you can buy Yigal women’s and men’s ready-to-wear threads and accessories online (from the comfort of your own Lazy-Boy in your ketchup-stained t-shirt.)

What does Yigal think about the online move? “I love that we can reach our clients directly and offer them the same unique assortment that we have in our Meatpacking District store,” said Yigal, President and Creative Director.

Along with an online boutique, Yigal is launching a behind-the-scenes blog called “Inside the Studio” that will share inside secrets of the company. Check it! Out.

Shop W Style is a retail celebration of W’s first-ever shopping issue. On Saturday, March 27, W will bring its unique take
on chic to the Meatpacking District with in-store events, appearances by Weditors & experts and special offers at over 40 retail destinations.

Highlights will include:

The Shop W Style Lounge
W’s headquarters for the day will be in the Shop W Style Lounge at The Standard Hotel, New York. Be sure to visit the Lounge first for:

* A detailed event map and W shopping bag
* Make-up applications by Shiseido expert Renato Almeida and his team of talented make-up artists
* Appointments for a stylist-on-demand
* Exclusive opportunity to shop Tacori’s new 18k925 line
* Private Style Sessions at Hugo Boss with celebrity stylist, Sarah Gore Reeves

More info here.

Participants include: ADAM, Brass Monkey, Buckler, Calypso, Catherine Malandrino, Charles Nolan, Diane von Furstenberg, The Earnest Sewn Co., Generra, HUGO BOSS, La Perla, Wonderland Beauty Parlor, Moschino, Paige Denim, Ports 1961, Revel, Scoop, Theory, Tory Burch, Tracy Reese, Trina Turk, VINCE., Yigal Azrouel, Zero Maria Cornejo

Thanks Vogue!