Monthly Archives: November 2009

Can-Fantastic!

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Canstruction,  which just finished its run at the World Financial Center,  teamed students, mentored by professional architects and engineers, who created humongous and slightly disturbing can structures. Made entirely of unopened cans (with an occasional cereal box or peanut butter … Continue reading

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The Other Guys

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EVEN WITHOUT PHOTOSHOP, THIS WRECKING BALL, RENTED FOR THE MOVE THE OTHER GUYS, IS A DOUBLE-TAKER. The Other Guys stars two sure-to-be-hasbeens, Will Ferrell and Marky Mark, in what we used to call a caper/comedy. If the film is half … Continue reading

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2009 Style Wars

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Last night at Don Hill’s, the unpretentiously pretentious Soho performance space, the fashion meter jumped so fast, it broke. House of Dieh’s 2009 Style Wars, was so hot we nearly ripped off our Gap jeans and LL Bean overcoat, wrapped ourselves in toilet paper and aluminum foil, and vamped the miniature runway. Indeed, the competition, judged by Jenny Shimizu and other second-tier mini-celeb, burned the runway to a crisp. Baby designers had 4 ½ minutes to dress a model, and they did so with astonishing results. Our faves: the girl with the NBA-sized paper ball on her head, the girl with plastic glasses and cardboard box skirt, the wire-hanger dress, the club’s wallpaper, and the praying mantis mannequin.
Least fave: Rob Schneider’s brief, dorky visit in a suede, fur-lined vest.
Yeah!
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