Have a scare-trade Halloween at Brooklyn costume swaps
Still searching for that perfect glue-on mustache and calculator-machine-gun-combo to complete your stimulus accountability czar outfit? Maybe you're just trying…
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An homage to Alexander Wang for under $50
A Brooklyn fashionista's attempt to pull together an Alexander Wang-inspired look for under 50 bucks, head to toe.
The winner of our best cheap date contest is…
We asked you for ideas. And you came through—with dozens of them. So many inspired cheap dates, in fact, that…
Fangs a million for the free Halloween costume!
Halloween is coming up and it turns out putting together that really elaborate Lady Gaga-As-Kanye-West in a Where the Wild…
Post-Netflix cheap dates you probably haven’t tried
Another day, another recession trend piece. This week it's dating on a budget, and a story in the The New…
Future Perfect sale: really expensive stuff, slightly less so
The big sale at The Future Perfect was actually pretty manageable when I got there a little after noon on Friday.…
Fashion tips from small-spending stylistas
Fashion Week is both an escape from the recession and a reminder of it: it's somehow exciting to see designers…
Future Perfect having first sale in six years!
Here's an email from yesterday's inbox that stood out like an (orbit) light amid the daily dreck: The Future Perfect,…
At Brooklyn DIY fests, make new things and fix the old
If necessity is the mother of invention, then poverty is the abusive stepfather of home repairs. And don't we know…
A ‘TJ Maxx’ for trendoids in Williamsburg
We recently received an intriguing reader tip about a shop in Williamsburg, appealingly called Peachfrog: "This is a great store," Patrick…