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Some would consider it as sacrilegious as when Coke dabbled with its classic formula back in the 80s, but after 98 years Converse has updated its iconic Chuck Taylor All-Stars. On the outside they look nearly identical, but on the inside the Chuck II is actually far more comfy for your feet. Before you feel…
Kenneth Cole Replaces Stolen Bag For Brooklyn Man Thanks to Google Alert View Full Caption BROOKLYN — A Brooklyn man whose Kenneth Cole messenger bag was stolen is getting the $300 tote replaced thanks to the designer’s Google alerts. Kenneth Cole — the person, not the brand — decided to replace the stolen bag…
PC Music is as infamous for their eye-popping aesthetics as they are for the saccharine digi-pop producers like A.G. Cook cook up for QT, Hannah Diamond, GFOTY and more. The sugary, polarizing U.K. dance label often seems tailor-made for the digital age, best experienced through touch-screens and laptop speakers, but we jumped at the chance…
Consider this newest and perhaps hairiest of trends in Silicon Valley these days: The hipster lumbersexual has merged with the tech elite, creating the world’s wealthiest cavemen. Jack Dorsey, of Twitter and Square fame, was the first to be spotted sporting heavy chin whiskers, in a picture Kara Swisher tweeted after visiting him. She described…
American Apparel’s former chief financial officer allegedly schemed to oust founder Dov Charney last year as part of a plan to sell the company, a former senior manager claimed in a new lawsuit against the company this week. The complaint, filed in Los Angeles on Monday, accuses former chief financial officer John Luttrell of mismanaging…
Apple Watch and the induced demand of communication APR 08 2015 Some sort of embargo seems to have lifted because here come the Apple Watch reviews! As I’m unanointed by Apple, I haven’t experienced Apple Watch in the flesh, but I do have a few random thoughts and guesses. John Gruber notes that why Apple…
wpautop disabled Wired Logo iPhone Killer: The Secret History of the Apple Watch In early 2013, Kevin Lynch accepted a job offer from Apple. Funny thing about the offer: It didn’t say what he would be doing. So intense is Apple’s secrecy that all Lynch knew was his vague title, vice president of technology, and…
On shirts, they’re on the left for the ladies and on the right for the gents. That’s because of horses, babies, and Napoleon. Mars and Venus, in shirts (J. Crew/The Atlantic) “Are you wearing lady clothes?” Darryl Philbin asked Michael Scott. INSERT IN_ARTICLE AD No, the regional manager of the fictional Dunder Mifflin insisted: His…
Photo The dress, seen in a photo from Caitlin McNeill’s Tumblr site and quickly posted on social media sites. The mother of the bride wore white and gold. Or was it blue and black? From a photograph of the dress the bride posted online, there was broad disagreement. A few days after the wedding last…
You can take our poll here. So far, about three-quarters of respondents see white and gold. But why are people seeing such wildly different colors? First off, it’s not monitor settings. (My husband and I looked at the same monitor and saw different colors.) It’s probably not about the cells in your eyes. Our retinas…