Oak is the men’s and women’s clothing label of the boutique with the same name in Manhattan. Oak offers customers a wide selection of shapes from complex geometries to trovata. Some of the popular brands sold at Oak are Raf Simons, Andrew Harmon, Acne Jeans, Alice Ritter and Superfine Denim, among others.

One of the best clubs in the city Kiss & Fly is located in the Meatpacking district, 409 West 13th Street, between Ninth Avenue and Washington Street. Inspired by historical Roman art and design, European tastes figured directly in the club’s design, music and personality. The name of the flirty nightclub comes from a passenger drop-off area in an airport in the south of France.

Diesel is by far the most outstanding jeans brand when it come to creative and edgy advertising. Fashion brand celebrates its 30th birthday on October 11, 2008 with The Diesel XXX Party that is set to sweep across the globe from Japan to New York City, hitting 18 major cities in 8 different time zones.

ReConstitution is a live audiovisual remix of the first presidential debate between John McCain and Barack Obama. Three MIT graduates, designed a software that allowed them to sample the television broadcast in real time, extracting the video, audio and closed captioning text. This nonpartisan hybrid of video art and performance exposes the themes, content, and structure behind the sound and images of the debate.

Having designed buildings in many forms from schools and houses to the Beijing National Stadium, the Swiss architects, Herzog & de Meuron are now attempting to stamp their architectural footprints in New York City with their 57-story luxury residential tower in the heart of Manhattan’s busy Tribeca 56 Leonard Street.

Hellovon is the studio run by London based illustrator Von. His work is heavily influenced by the world of music, fashion and design and executed with a seamless blend of traditional and digital mark making techniques. The result being striking, seductive and insightful illustrations with subtle narratives and a delicate, ethereal quality.

The ‘concept store’ Colette is most stylish store in all Paris, was founded ten years ago by Indie-preneur Sarah Lerfel and her mother Colette Roussaux. Gap has commissioned renowned Paris boutique Colette to create a special one-month installation in Gap’s rotating concept store adjacent to the New York City flagship store at 54th and 5th Avenue.

The Mercedes Benz New York Fashion Week is opening Friday, September 5. The world of fashion will come together as the first Spring 09 collections are revealed at the iconic tents of Bryant Park , the official venue of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week.

Swimming Cities Of Switchback Sea is a flotilla of seven intricately hand crafted vessels that will navigate the stretch of the Hudson River between Troy and the New York harbor this August 15th - September 7th. Imagined as a hybrid between boats and bits of land mass broken off and headed out to sea, the Switchback vessels will make stops in towns along the river bringing performances and music.

The owners of nightclubs Mansion and Pink Elephant have filed for bankruptcy, citing disputes over rent and property taxes. The bankruptcy papers for Mansion and Pink Elephant filed under managing partner Bruce Dunston.