Uniqlo’s sister brand GU is cheap at twice the price. And it’s stylish, too. The incredibly affordable label, which opened its first permanent store outside of Asia at 578 Broadway in Soho last month, offers a tightly edited collection of hip hero pieces. Remarkably, everything is under $100, with most prices falling in the $30 … Read more
If Mark Langowski flags you down on the sidewalk, it’s a good thing. The 44-year-old stops New Yorkers who appear especially fit and asks them what they do to stay in shape. Doing so yields great social media fodder — he has 1.5 million followers on Instagram and several hundred thousand more on TikTok and … Read more
In the late summer of 2013, Wendy Nichol was two weeks away from staging her first runway show at New York Fashion Week when she got a call from Beyoncé’s stylist, Lysa Cooper. Beyoncé had spent the past 48 hours trying on 200 dresses for a video for her song “Drunk in Love,” Cooper said. … Read more
Each week, Alexa is rounding up the buzziest fashion drops, hotel openings, restaurant debuts and celeb-studded cultural happenings in NYC. It’s our curated guide to the very best things to see, shop, taste and experience around the city. What’s making our luxury list this week? Andrew Scott on stage, Axel Arigato’s opens their first U.S. … Read more
Each week, Alexa is rounding up the buzziest fashion drops, hotel openings, restaurant debuts and celeb-studded cultural happenings in NYC. It’s our curated guide to the very best things to see, shop, taste and experience around the city. What’s making our luxury list this week? The St. Regis reemerges after a renovation, a spectacular show … Read more
He’s still driving them crazy after all these years. Paul Simon retired from touring in 2018, ending his farewell tour with a concert at Flushing Meadow Park in the New York borough of Queens, where he grew up. Since then, the legendary singer-songwriter has rarely performed while coping with hearing loss in his left ear. … Read more
Call it a comeback. Over the weekend, Taylor Swift and Gigi Hadid dined at The Corner Store in SoHo, adding more than a bit of cachet to the new restaurant from Catch Hospitality. The restaurateurs behind Catch and Catch Steak are suddenly trending after years of being dismissed by New Yorkers for having overpriced, uncool … Read more
They want to get people off their phones and on the dance floor. The Palace, a sceney lounge and night club in Soho that draws a fashionable crowd in their 20’s and 30’s, will forbid guests from using their phones starting Thursday. Owner Ben Robertshaw told The Post that the new rule intends to promote … Read more
He might be the world’s most eligible bachelor, and I went on a date with him. Artist Marcin Glod has been posting fliers around the Big Apple — and cities like Ibiza, Zurich and Vienna – that say he is “looking for the perfect woman.” The poster features a black-and-white image of the 30-year-old painter’s … Read more
In the heart of New York City pre-COVID-19 pandemic, Jonathan Krieger and Brandon Hirsch were thriving, operating dozens of different businesses — including restaurants and a string of cafes — across the bustling metropolis. But when the coronavirus struck, the entrepreneurial duo — feeling stifled and stymied by the new normal in the Big Apple — couldn’t help … Read more
Being a Sports Illustrated Swimsuit model hasn’t made clothes shopping any easier for Hunter McGrady. The plus-size model, who recently graced the iconic mag’s cover, said she struggles to find clothes that fit her in the Big Apple. “There is only a handful of stores that actually carry plus sizes in stores in New York … Read more
Celeb-fave artist Ashley Longshore claimed she’d been “abused” by United Airlines staff — because a flight attendant told her to keep her pup inside its carrier during a jaunt to New Orleans. Longshore, a favorite of stars like Blake Lively and Salma Hayek whose art goes for up to $10 million, took to Instagram with … Read more
Each week, Alexa is rounding up the buzziest fashion drops, hotel openings, restaurant debuts and celeb-studded cultural happenings in NYC. It’s our curated guide to the very best things to see, shop, taste and experience around the city. What’s making our luxury list this week? Stores galore: British invasion in Brooklyn and Scandinavians in Soho, … Read more
If you want pearl jewelry from this Soho shop, you’re going to have to use some mussel. At Pearl & the Beast, shoppers can go fishing for mussels and shuck them open themselves for shiny pearls to make their own necklaces, rings and more. And you don’t have to shell out much for your DIY … Read more
On May 12, a scripted movie about Amy Winehouse’s life, “Back to Black” — starring Marisa Abela as the doomed singer — opens in the US, after earning eyebrow-raising reviews in the UK. A critic for the Evening Standard called it “so bad it made me gasp in horror” and wrote that it “does not paint … Read more
They’re out for blood — and heavily discounted designer duds. Sample sales have always been chaotic and competitive, but in recent months they’ve become downright ugly. More and more resellers — who hawk their scores on TikTok and resale sites such as Whatnot and Poshmark — are hitting up the sales with a cutthroat approach. … Read more
It’s one shell of a take on a Big Apple staple. Crowds swarmed Dominique Ansel Bakery in New York City Saturday morning to get their hands on an escargot-schmeared bagel only on sale this weekend. Bagel lovers crawled out of bed early and queued up on Spring Street in Soho as early as 6 a.m. … Read more
Cronut creator Dominique Ansel has teamed up with SoHo’s PopUp Bagels to offer one shell of a take on a bagel and cream cheese. This weekend only, Dominique Ansel Bakery (189 Spring St., SoHo) will be selling parmesan-and-gruyere cheese bagels paired with escargot schmear and a whole, shell-on snail. Pastry chef Dominique Ansel is known … Read more
Her love language is dollar signs. Karolina Geits, who made headlines last year for strutting around Soho with a sign that read “Looking for a husband,” still hasn’t found her Mr. Right – but it doesn’t hurt that she’s gotten random men to gift her designer goods and luxury experiences during her hubby hunt. On … Read more
Libra author, straw hat enthusiast and father of new journalism Truman Capote maintained, “New York is not a city, it’s a world.” The roughly 340 neighborhoods found within this world, this sprawling, five borough constellation, are defined as much by their physical properties and energetic feel as they are the people who inhabit them. … Read more