Bowery Boogie | A Lower East Side Chronicle

Many thanks to reader Phoebe Johnson for submitting the following report. Turning the corner on Orchard Street yesterday afternoon, we stumbled upon a giant cherry picker.  Looking up, we immediately spotted the unmistakable, bright white mane of Karl Lagerfeld!  There he was.  In the flesh. Camera in hand (hand complete with signature studded fingerless glove). [...]

The juxtaposition of these two unrelated billboards, as seen from the corner of Lafayette and East Houston, is quite comical.  Yes.  More bang for the model who is “born to fit.”

Now that it’s too cold for swim trunks, the Hollister lifeguards are no longer standing outside the flagship store in SoHo.  Nevertheless, the suburban franchise is again seeking models to lure in the customers. This Craigslist ad says it all: Hollister is currently looking for models who are interested in working in our first Flagship [...]