São Paulo Fashion Week Winter 2009 Highlights

Brasileirismos, or Brazil-isms, is admittedly a redundant theme for the already distinctly Brazilian collections at the Winter 2009 edition of São Paulo Fashion Week, which ended last Friday. The biggest change, compared to past seasons, was the massive influx of international journalists flown in (including our own Ami Kealoha and Greg Mitnick; video forthcoming) to provide coverage of an event whose organizers are pushing for …

The 99% Conference Update

As the 99% conference draws near the speaker roster continues to grow. Confirmed speakers include greatly productive talents such as Google Creative Director, Ji Lee, partner at the multi-disciplinary design studio Pentagram, Michael Bierut, the fellas that started Threadless and marketing guru, Seth Godin. Stay tuned because there are more speakers to come. A collaborative effort with Behance, the conference is a look at how …

Brooklyn Flea Winter Market: Curated Corners

The Brooklyn Flea, Fort Greene's arts, crafts and antiques bazaar, has gone indoors and upscale during these winter months. Their new location in DUMBO is the ideal spot for the revamped market, which is set to be less flea and more quality antiques and collectibles, like Eames chairs, French '68 protest posters, old phonographs and iron clocks from Ansonia. In addition to classic furniture and …