Net-A-Porter End Of Season Sale Is On NOW!!
6/03/2010 Posted by Shella Skye
This is hard to see, because basically everything one could want is on discount. Really, there’s only one way to tackle this sale, and it’s through the sale designer directory.
our picks include the Maison Martin Margiela tote ($522), Sigerson Morrison woven gladiator sandals ($347), Burberry tumbled leather brogues ($225), Ashish’s slogan sequin tee ($431), Marc by Marc Jacobs silk bustier ($210), Bess cropped vintage studded leather jacket ($837), DOMA washed leather moto jacket ($340) and the most beautiful boots in the world – Thomas Wylde’s skull studded boots ($1,348).
Meet 20th Century Couture
6/03/2010 Posted by Shella Skye
If you’re on of those with the budget for couture (even if it is second hand), then 20th Century Couture is the shop for you. The stock is limited, but they do have a small selection of haute dresses, accessories, many of which are vintage. The summer pastel creation to the left was born of Valentino in 1974. Don’t get sideways in hopes over pricing – this piece is $4,950.
Not all the pieces are that pricey – other very notable (and more affordable) designs include an orange Thierry Mugler suit from the ’90s for a very reasonably $398. There’s also a silver Versace bodysuit ($350), Matsuda twist back vest ($198) and even a Gianni Versace studded leather cap ($250).
Streaking crazies already taking over in South Africa
6/03/2010 Posted by Shella Skye
The tournament hasn't even started yet and already World Cup fever has taken hold, driving a group of sufferers to run through Cape Town in their underpants as part of an organized streak to somehow show support for the South African National Team on Thursday.
Once the matches actually begin, these tortured souls will continue their descent into madness, subsisting entirely on edible body paint and miniature flags. Their condition is incurable. You will likely be next.
Photo: AP
Video: Even Chris Rock can't distract Kobe Bryant
3/03/2010 Posted by Shella Skye
Saying Kobe Bryant is focused is like saying tacos are delicious — it's a major understatement. To throw Kobe Bryant off his game you're going to need more than trash talk, flying elbows or crowd noise. You're going to need one of the funniest stand-up comedians of the past 20 years, someone who knows just what to say to get under a person's skin. You need someone like Chris Rock, and even then, results aren't guaranteed.
I've been laughing at that reveal since the moment it popped up on ABC's broadcast. Kobe Bryant could sit through a hurricane if it happened during a Finals game.
Kobe summed up his mentality best in his postgame press conference, telling ABC's Doris Burke that when he's playing basketball "nothing else matters." Either he's a big Metallica fan, or he's intent on getting his fifth ring. Probably both.
The day that Tiger Woods got no breaks
2/03/2010 Posted by Shella Skye
May was in control on the final hole on Sunday, when Woods hit his tee shot so far left on the 18th at Valhalla (another Jack Nicklaus design) that it wasn't even in grass. The announcers couldn't believe where Tiger's drive was heading. The fans were dumbfounded. The ball wasn't going to be playable. But, lo and behold, Tiger's ball started bouncing backwards, a break that allowed him to win his third major championship. As Lefty Gomez used to say, "I'd rather be lucky than good."
The last seven months have been anything but lucky for Tiger. He messed up with his family. He's struggled with his golf game. He's had moments in interviews where you just didn't feel he was ever going to change. The thing is, Tiger has always been able to catch the breaks on the golf course.
Thursday at the Memorial was one of those days when Tiger didn't get the breaks we are so used to seeing. On the par-4 sixth hole, Tiger was playing a second shot from just over 180 yards out of the rough. On the wrong side off the tee, Tiger was playing it safe to the fat part of the green, and executed the shot like he wanted to. He started walking to the green just as his ball was coming out of the sky, only to find a sprinkler head, bounce not only over the green, but over the spectators.
The result was a chunked third shot, a par chip that raced by the cup and, as only Tiger has been able to do, a bogey putt that somehow found the left lip and dropped in.
Tiger finished at even-par as everyone else seemed to be going low at the Memorial, and currently isn't even close to being a factor at the tournament he's won four times in his career.
Are the breaks going to stop going Tiger's way? Nobody knows that, but on Thursday, it sure seemed the golf gods had given up on Mr. Woods.