Wednesday evening Men.Style.Com celebrated the Second Annual “Women of Fashion: 20 Who Make the World More Glamorous” at Salon de Ning on the rooftop of the Peninsula Hotel in New York City and we were there to take in the festivities.

The editors of Men.Style.com, along with panelists including Rogan Gregory, Michael Bastian, David Neville, Marcus Wainwright, Sam Shipley, Jeff Halmos, and Scott Schuman, selected this year’s 20 honorees, all of whom work in or around the fashion industry. From 7-9pm some of New York’s most fashionable men and women gathered for hors-dvours and free flowing Veuve Clicquot while enjoying music courtesy of DJ Samantha Ronson.

Of the 20 feted women it was nice to see a few familiar faces including DJ Lindsey, Berrin Noorata, and Pearl Lee among the other wonderful ladies including Ali Wise (Dolce & Gabbana), Ashley Wick (Anya Hindmarch), Eleanor Ylvisaker (Earnest Sewn), Natasha Royt (stylist), and Tara Subkoff (designer).

Visit Men.Style.Com to view the other honorees.

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Gussie up to get down at the brand new, easy-going, late afternoon, barbecue cum dance party — every Sunday throughout the summer.

Sunday Best takes over The Yard, a leafy waterside lot on the Gowanus Canal for a nice, mid-afternoon barbecue. It’s no ordinary weenie roast, though. The all-ages affair features organic BBQ from Kelly Geary of Sweet Deliverance and resident DJs Justin Carter, Eamon Harkin and Doug Singer playing alongside some of the finest DJs to ever take on a back yard. They’ll be recording choice DJ sets throughout the summer for download with a podcast series will be forthcoming. You can get a first taste of Roy Davis Jr’s house set from last weekend here.

There is usually an $8 cover, but this Sunday with the former Digable Planets member and original Ovum Records artist, King Britt is free.

Sunday Best
3pm-9pm at The Yard
400 Carroll St, Brooklyn

Visit SundayBestNYC.com for more information and to RSVP.
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Saturday, June 7th: Hit up Krush Groove: FunRaise the Roof to support New Design High School, a small academic public high school with a design focus. Due to city/state wide budget cuts announced early February, New Design High has lost over $80,000 in funding and is being forced to discontinue numerous Arts Integration Programs, which include after school and summer initiatives. Krush Groove will raise money to go towards those programs and will have two sound stages, an outdoor movie theater, art auction/workshop, vendor market and fashion show on the roof. Visit Going.com/KrushGroove2008 for tickets. 1pm-11pm at New Design High School, 350 Grand St. Rooftop, Manhattan.

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PowerHouse Arena, in conjuncton with the publication of powerHouse Magazine #3, is studying capitalism in action with “The Hustle.” The exhibit is about the art of selling… anything. Selling sex, selling drugs, selling clothes, selling souls, selling dreams, selling schemes, selling anything. The powerHouse Arena will be transformed into a Hustler Wall of Fame with a broad selection of artists contributing their vision of this iconic figure in America culture.

PowerHouse Arena is presenting this exhibit with Juxtapoz Art and Culture Magazine, the seminal publication thas has covered the world of underground contemporary art for 14 years. The exhibit contains works by artists commenting on cultural characters. Be sure to chek out Keiji Ando and Luke Behrends on Dick Cheney, Ron English on Ronald McDonald, and Boogie on Chris Nieratko. The opening reception will feature Bronx DJ Michael “Emz” Greene spinning, a mural by graffiti artist HOST18, and drinks from Union Beer.

powerHouse Magazine showcases artists and writers who share a collective vision about culture and its place in the world. Whether collaborating with the establishment or conspiring with the counterculture, the magazine provides dynamic inspiration and peaceful meditation of high and low culture alike—because who we are and what we do is based on our passion for exploring truth and beauty, evoking emotion and excitement, and provoking thought and conversation.

Visit powerHouseArena.com for more information, and email sophie (at) powerhousebooks (dot) com to get on the list for tonight’s party.

Opening Reception: Tonight, May 28, from 6–9pm
Exhibition runs through July 13

The powerHouse Arena
37 Main Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201
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ON A SIDE NOTE

Tomorrow, May 29th: The Gap starts an exhibit of its Artist Editions T-shirts at Bryant Park. In partnership with the Whitney Museum of American Art and Art Production Fund, the Gap has created 13 limited edition t-shirts designed by Chuck Close, Jeff Koons, Marilyn Minter, Kiki Smith, Cai Guo-Qiang, Barbara Kruger, Ashley Bickerton, Kenny Scharf, Glenn Ligon, Rirkrit Tiravanija, Kerry James Marshall, Hanna Liden and Sarah Sze. Visit the exhibit through June 4th and hit up your local Gap store for some wearable art.

Friday, June 6th - Sunday, June 8th: Head up to the Catskills for a weekend of Yoga at Breathe Inn. Learn about all aspects of the yoga lifestyle from Matthew Lombardo regardless of your skill level while staying in a historical Victorian house. Visit Breathe-Inn.com for more information.

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Thursday, May 29th: Hit up the In The Mood party with performances from the Retro Kidz and Mickey Factz and DJ sets from Talib Kweli , DJ Eque, and Sherock. Hosted by Dedan Kasimu (WhiteGold). Email inthemood7 (at) gmail (dot) com for a reduced $5 admission. 10pm at Midway, 25 Avenue B, Manhattan.

Also Thursday: Celebrate the release of Planet’s Music Issue with DJ Jeffrey Tonnenson. Email RSVP_NYC (at) Planet-Mag (dot) com to get on the list. From 9:30pm-12am at 105 Riv. at The Hotel on Rivington, 107 Rivington Street, Manhattan.

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Good Peoples and MeanRed host “Summer of Love” at Hope Lounge in Williamsburg. Free BBQ from 9-10pm. Music by Stretch Armstrong, Nick Catchdubs (Fool’s Gold), and Tommy Mas (Team Facelift). 10 Hope Street, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY 11211 (718) 218.7191

The Vice guys are releasing their new documentary film “Heavy Metal in Baghdad” tonight at Clearview Cinemas. Check what the New York Post had to say here.

Tuesday, May 27th- 1992 presents the LATIN QUARTERS edition. Long live the NYC club scene. 11pm · 5 bucks @ R BAR 218 Bowery. Special guest dj’s DJ SUCIO SMASH (Squeeze Radio / HighWater Music) & DJ DPONE (Turntable Anihilists). HOSTED BY: SADAT X

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ON A SIDE NOTE
Vans and Number (N)ine release their collaboration sneaker, in stores now. Visit www.numberniners.com for more info.

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Spring is the time for breakups and cleaning so we found this designer’s home sprucing story ironically befitting.

When San Diego-born Shanan Campanaro broke up with her boyfriend she found herself with sole custody of an apartment in need of a complete renovation. Campanaro started down the standard route of getting new furniture and applying fresh coats of paint before deciding to add a more personal touch by creating her own wallpaper. After finding a local printer that used archival ink on waterproof washable vinyl she put her Central Saint Martins education to work.

The initial experiment was a success and, after doing a well-received wallpaper design for Travessia, Campanaro began taking small snippets of her paintings to make patterns. She whittled hundreds of ideas down to the 14 available in her collection.

Everything is customizable, from the colors to the scale, and the paper is made to fit the space. The patterns look Victorian from afar but a closer look reveals the brushstrokes, watermarks, and pen details from Campanaro’s drawings, giving even the most heartless NYC apartment a human touch.

Visit Eskayel.com to check out the wallpaper.
To view Campanaro’s work, visit ShananCampanaro.com.
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ON A SIDE NOTE
This month, 1134NYC members MINT & SERF team up with NYC Art Toy Brand Thunderdog Studios to release the first ever graffiti based, wall mounted, vinyl toy. More of a sculpture than a toy, the 9″ long MIRF is rotary molded in soft-vinyl and made in 4 color ways, each limited to 200 pieces. East Coast (Matte) & West Coast (Glossy) editions are set to launch in June 2008. Visit TheMIRF.com for more information.
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Sunday, May 25th: Join WhiteGold this Memorial weekend for NYC’s hottest and most authentic Roots, Hip-Hop, and Reggae party, “Pon Di Gullyside,” feautring DJ Max Glazer of Federation Sound and DJ/Producer K-Salaam. 11pm-4am at Midway, 25 Avenue B, Manhattan. Email ItsWhiteGold (at) gmail (dot) com for a reduced $10 at the door (but ladies are free before 11, so hit it up early).

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Yes, we have experienced a minor tech difficulty with all of our posts disappearing since April 18th. We should have things back by the end of the week. In the meantime, our WW squad is still around: http://www.riottt.com/worshipworthyriot

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Last Sunday, we battled out our hangovers and zombied over to the Brooklyn Designs show in Dumbo. Lured in by the clever vintage suitcases that housed his jewelry, Kiel Mead’s designs made us giddy!

The first thing we noticed were the clever little metal bowtie rings cast from a little piece of tied string, cute as an everyday pinky ring or as the occasional reminder “string around your finger!” Then he showed us his crucifix door knocker- how worship worthy!- and we were sprung.

Kiel Mead started designing jewelry in 2003 while still in school at Pratt Institute, studying industrial design. Though his first love was, and still is, furniture design, he found that designing jewelry was an easy way to do something with all the ideas he had. After doing a few pieces he discovered a love for it, but for Kiel it doesn’t stop there. “I want to do everything. I want to create a lifestyle. From the furniture you live with, to the jewelry you wear, to the products you have in your home. I want to touch on all things and reinvent how we use, look at, and hold everything.”

What sets the designer’s creations apart from most is that all of his projects tend to be conceptual in nature with an idea behind everything. Such inspirations developed in the past touch on nostalgic, historical, iconic, even biblical themes. Currently Mead has a few of his pieces in an exhibit entitled “Cleanliness is Next to Godliness”- clean design meets Catholicism in the modern world.

Available at The Future Perfect, MoMa Design Store, and Odin.
“Cleanliness is Next to Godliness” exhibit is at The Future Perfect til June. 115 N. 6th Street at Berry.
For more info visit: www.kielmead.com.

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ON A SIDE NOTE

If you haven’t checked out ‘SUP in a while (or ever), do it now! Just relased Issue 18 and 2008 marks their 10th birthday. ‘SUP is a music magazine that looks and feels like an art or fashion magazine, and reads like a journal. All of the photography is original and bespoke to ‘SUP and they only interview bands they like, so the stories are written from an informed perspective. The new issue is 160 pages and its on purple paper!

‘SUP MAGAZINE Issue 18 Featuring:
Cover artists The Kills shot by Kenneth Cappello

Exclusive photography and artwork from:
Michael Schmelling, Magnus Unnar, Asher Penn, Leonard Greco, Marius W Hansen, Andreas Kohler and lots of others!

Interviews with:
Dirty Projectors, Band of Horses, Map of Africa, Lightspeed Champion, The Virgins, Frankmusik, Bat for Lashes, Yeasayer, White Williams, Italians Do It Better, The Cribs, Santogold, Beyond the Wizards Sleeve, The Felice Brothers, Esau Mwamwaya, Apache Beat, Le Loup and many more…

Read it here:
www.supmag.com

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