
Born in 1848, Omega are a renowned watch brand known for their innovation, superior quality and iconic design. Their reputation has been cemented in film – most notably the James Bond franchise – as well as having been worn on the wrists of numerous celebrities over the years. As the only watch to qualify for the 1968 Apollo 8 first mission to the moon, the Omega Speedmaster Professional ha... Read More >
Lately, it seems like Jack Antonoff has been all work and all play. The lead guitarist for Fun., and Lena Dunham’s arm candy, has just finished recording an album for his new solo project, Bleachers, much of it recorded while he was touring with Fun. The lead single, “I Wanna Get Better” – video directed by Dunham – is a slice of frenetic pop rock complete with anthemic chorus and sputte... Read More >
Murray Bartlett grew a moustache to fit in. He was traveling in Egypt at the time, and facial hair seemed like the done thing. But then he got a call—would he audition for Looking, a new HBO comedy drama following a group of gay friends in contemporary San Francisco. Bartlett got the part—along with his stache. “They wound up asking me to keep it, so I had it all last year” he told New Yor... Read More >
Best known for playing zombie-killing gangster Daryl Dixon in AMC’s runaway hit The Walking Dead, Norman Reedus’s route to celebrity is strange, and apparently not apocryphal: he was invited to be in a stage play after a director spotted him standing in the middle of a party, in giant comic sunglasses, screaming his head off. Given that striking performance piece, it’s not surprising to di... Read More >
Best known for playing zombie-killing gangster Daryl Dixon in AMC’s runaway hit The Walking Dead, Norman Reedus’s route to celebrity is strange, and apparently not apocryphal: he was invited to be in a stage play after a director spotted him standing in the middle of a party, in giant comic sunglasses, screaming his head off. Given that striking performance piece, it’s not surprising to disc... Read More >
Existential crises -- we all have them. As an artist, there's even the potential for post-mortem existential trouble. Just consider that the grave of Piet Mondrian, one of the great artists, was hardly remembered until two of today's artists stumbled upon it, entirely unremarkable, in a cemetery in Brooklyn's Cypress Hills. The discovery of Mondrian's grave jolted painter Paul Pagk and sculptor... Read More >
Fashion can be a fickle business, and as Tom Ford said at the 2013 CFDA Awards, if you’re not absolutely sure about it, you might want to try something else. Rising stars can drop out of sight (as CFDA winners Public School once did before this second, successful self-iteration, strengthened by the Vogue Fashion Fund and the counseling of venerated industry veterans), respected consultants and f... Read More >
One afternoon in January, Andy Cohen, the grinning, gleeful, garrulous host of Bravo’s Watch What Happens Live sat down to chat with Billy Eichner, the grinning, gleeful, garrulous star of Funny or Die’s Billy on the Street. Eichner had been on Cohen’s show a few times, and Cohen—an avid booster of social media—is a keen follower of Eichner’s hilarious Twitter feed (sample: “Just ... Read More >
With an actively gentle yet realistically shielding touch, newcomer Chris Gelinas brings the beautiful clothes of our impending future to New York fashion, in material, construction, and in respect to the elements. There’s thoughtfulness to CG’s designs, a consideration of our environment, the impact we’ve had on our nature and how exactly it’s being paid forward back to us. Considering th... Read More >
One afternoon in January, Andy Cohen, the grinning, gleeful, garrulous host of Bravo’s Watch What Happens Live sat down to chat with Billy Eichner, the grinning, gleeful, garrulous star of Funny or Die’s Billy on the Street. Eichner had been on Cohen’s show a few times, and Cohen—an avid booster of social media—is a keen follower of Eichner’s hilarious Twitter feed (sample: “Just rem... Read More >