For spring summer 2009, Paul Smith Jeans has interpreted classic Shakesperean characters onto t-shirts.
Yorick (Hamlet) Oberon (A Midsummer Night’s Dream) and Mercutio (Romeo and Juliet) all get re-interpreted by Paul Smith Jeans. These illustrated organic cotton t-shirts depict Yorick, Oberon and Mercutio as a free spirited rockstar entertainer, a madman and a modern day ‘boy […]

Gay in Gotham
Spider-Man creator Stan Lee is to unveil the world’s first gay superhero.
High school basketball star Thom Creed hides his developing superpowers along with his sexuality.
Former Marvel Comics boss Stan, 86 — who also created the Hulk and the X-Men — will unleash the character in an hour-long TV drama being shot in the […]

Dame Vivienne Westwood, the British fashion designer, wants to write the next Sex and the City film.
The 67-year-old has written to the show’s producers to ask them to use her plot for the sequel, it has been reported.
A source told the Independent newspaper: “She’s been obsessed with the film ever since she saw it. She […]

The age of super-sized record shops in Manhattan is fading out: The Virgin Megastore in Times Square is closing and will be replaced by a popular clothing chain.
The massive store on Broadway near 46th Street is expected to close in April. The store’s 200 or so employees were told this week about its demise. That […]

Uk high street brand TopShop has been denied permission to sell liquor at new Soho shop in NYC. The decision was made at a community-board meeting Tuesday night, due to a zoning law that prohibits the sale of alcohol on ground-floor levels. We suggest bringing your own booze, since you really have to be dumb […]

SATURDAY 17

Sexed up and ready to rock is the moral compass that guides downtown deviant party queens Michael T and Theo.Tonight their long-running Rated X party suggests you come dressed in boots, high hells, blood, and glitter. The perfect blend of smut with a dash of diva. Live band mini-sets by Doppelganger, Starbolt 9, amd […]