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Urban Outfitters

From Paris

11/20/09 11:02AM

Clementine Henrion

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Clementine Henrion's eternal helium balloons are crafted from metallic fabric and stuffed with kapok, so you'll never have to suffer the disappointment of watching your beloved balloon become stranded on the floor.

From Vancouver

11/18/09 01:19PM

Swanclothing Sock Garters

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Sock Garters: Sexy, or one step away from being on the news because the neighbors complained about the 138 cats living in your apartment? Swanclothing, which makes theirs out of recycled leather, fortunately errs on the side of sexy.

From Barcelona

11/17/09 10:17AM

Fuego Fanzine

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The first issue of Fuego Fanzine, from Coke Bartina and Ellena Gallen, is dedicated to UFOs and was printed in a limited-edition of 150 hand-numbered copies. Out of this world.

From Stockholm

11/16/09 11:42AM

Brokenfab

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Brokenfab calls their technique 'disco beading,' a phrase both apt and awesome. (Via Style Bubble.)

From Philadelphia

11/10/09 10:46AM

Dead of the Living Night

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Through November 27, Dead of the Living Night is up at Space 1026. Artwork by Jonathan Cammisa and Jonah Birns includes a recreation of a horror video store, imagery crafted from gore magazines, found photos and movies stills, and a life-sized stack of monster corpses. Sounds positively terrifying and absolutely awesome.

From Minneapolis

11/09/09 01:58PM

Swank Dollar

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The kind of knits we wore in elementary school and would still totally rock today.

From Seattle

11/04/09 10:32AM

Hostess Cake Sushi

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Sushi that even the pickiest eater can get behind. What it lacks in vitamins it makes up for in geometrical splendor, wouldn't you say?
-Molly

From Seattle

11/03/09 04:24PM

The Journal of Popular Noise

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A semi-annual audio magazine that's hand-letterpressed and hand-folded, The Journal of Popular Noise just released its latest copy, which features recordings from Foscil's residency at the BLVD Gallery in Seattle.

From DC

10/30/09 05:04PM

Candy Cones

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Happy Halloween! Have a great weekend! (Via Wooster Collective.)

From Chicago


10/29/09 04:17PM

You Weren't There

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This week, Factory 25 releases You Weren't There: A History of Chicago Punk 1977-1984, a documentary which features unseen footage from Articles of Faith, Mentally Ill, Negative Element, Tutu and the Pirates, Jeff Pezzati, Rights of the Accused and Steve Bjorklund. Catch the limited-edition, and it includes a screen-printed posters and a 20-track vinyl EP.

From Portland

10/29/09 12:07PM

Grease Not Gas

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Grease Not Gas helps people convert their vehicles to run on vegetable oil, and also powers the Grease Bus, which shuttles skiers and snowboarders to Mt. Hood Meadows for just $10. Check out a cool interview with GNG founder Mike Parziale here.

From Elsewhere

10/29/09 11:41AM

Groovy Yurts

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Just figured out what we want for Christmas.

From London

10/28/09 04:26PM

Eleanor Seabird

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She's cute, has a great name, and is just getting started. Meet Eleanor Seabird. You're gonna like her.

From New York


10/28/09 10:55AM

Eddie Borgo Pumpkin DIY

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Style.com gives you a DIY-tutorial on how to make jeweler Eddie Borgo's bad-ass studded pumpkin. This is way to cool to set out on the porch.

From Los Angeles

10/27/09 02:09PM

Woolly Pockets

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Woolly Pockets are breathable garden containers that make it easy to build vertical gardens and landscape walls, ceilings, furniture, and rooms full of naked people.

From New York


10/27/09 11:37AM

Box and Flea

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A small collaborative line started by two architects from Virginia, Box and Flea's beautiful bandanas and totes are handprinted at the Pencil Factory in Greenpoint.

From Elsewhere

10/26/09 04:34PM

Technicolor Dreamcake

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Everything looks better in rainbow. Got a birthday coming up? Unleash this monster on the world.
-Molly

From Australia

10/22/09 11:51AM

Project Rooms

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Izrock Mixed Business's latest offering is Project Rooms, a zine of drawings from Mark Whalen/Kill Pixie.

From Antwerp

10/20/09 11:50AM

Liesbet Bussche

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Artist Liesbet Bussche adorns sidewalks, walls and stop signs with earrings, necklaces, pins and clasps, making street art into street accessories. (Via Urbanartcore.)

From Portland

10/19/09 02:45PM

Luxury Jones

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Flouncy, flirty handmade tops and crazy, bad-ass boots from a label that lives up to its name.

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