Reader Survey

It's survey time again. They help us learn more about you and that's useful for two reasons. Firstly, it helps us to continue bringing you the content you want to see. Secondly, it helps us tell prospective advertisers about you, which means you continue to get that content for free. This year, as an incentive, we're offering prizes to be randomly awarded to survey participants. …

This Week at Refinery 29

This Week at Refinery29, political activism gets fashion-wise thanks to Downtown for Democracy. Specially-designed shirts by fashion visionaries including Francisco Costa, Peter Som, Patricia Field, and Project Alabama stole the show at a recent event proving you can wear your political philosophy on your sleeve. Yoko Devereaux (no relation) shows us the perfect mix of downtown cool and uptown sophistication, with a little L.A. glamour …

This Week in Tropolism

It was all about elevated public parks. Visiting the High Line (getting oh so close to stepping on it), while seeing some great art. Visiting the press junket for 55 Water Street, a park we designed in 2002. And, visiting the lovely new park at 55 Water Street to see what actually got built. We also visited upon a fellow blog an earnest question mark …