Word: manhattanization
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...also have a really weird way of working," says Krakoff, lounging on the couch of his loftlike all-white office on Manhattan's West 34th Street. "I never procrastinate. Everything is really fluid, and I'm open to being inspired by anything. If you wait for the right idea, it doesn't get done." For example, while preparing an "inspiration board" covered with gloves--a big trend this fall--Krakoff suddenly had an idea for a scarf print of a drawing of many different styles of gloves, which then morphed into a still-life idea for an ad campaign. "Each...
...left eating cereal by candlelight on the front stoop. Or helping the waiter and the hairdresser and the deaf man direct traffic at the intersection. Or meeting an elderly neighbor for the first time when we stop to deliver some water. One woman who had lived in Manhattan for 40 years saw the Big Dipper for the first time. You could see Mars hanging over midtown. Outside a Tribeca bar, a patrol car cruising by turned on the bullhorn: "Attention! Make sure you drink your beer before it gets warm." There turn out to be some things...
...game of basketball wondered if the fading light before his eyes signaled a massive coronary...Scores concluded that, like latter-day Mrs. O'Learys, they were personally to blame for the blackout. After trimming the ends of some loose wires in readiness for the house painters next day, a Manhattan housewife saw the whole city go black and gasped: "What have I done now?" A small boy in Conway, N.H., whacked a telephone pole with a stick, saw night descend, and raced home weeping to his mother. Rumors flew wildly. On the beleaguered 4:55 to Croton-on-Hudson...
...most expensive fish eggs in the world are becoming more accessible and showing up in some unlikely places. Petrossian, a luxe caviar-centric restaurant in Manhattan, is offering five caviar workshops at $135 a shot. Once a month, from September through January, participants will learn caviar basics, partake in cooking demonstrations and, of course, taste-test. While some foodies are getting their fill, others are purchasing the high-end treat and wearing it on their face. La Prairie's fall makeup line, Skin Caviar Concealer and Foundation ($150), is this season's self-indulgent must have. The concealer sits hidden...
...star, Williams can occasionally let his idiot side take over. "I want people to know that I'm a regular guy. You've got to put that in your story. I'm not Hollywood," he says as his giant bodyguard whisks him from a tinted SUV into a Manhattan restaurant. Of course, this being Pharrell Williams, the moment can't pass without a bit of irony. "Also put in your story that I'm single and nice?" Done...