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Parisian fashion powerhouse Balmain has named Oliver Rousteing, a 25-year-old French born African, as its creative director. Rousteing, born in France and raised in Bourdeaux, holds a degree from the Parisian fashion school ESMOD (l’Ecole Supérieure des Arts et techniques de la Mode) and has been in charge of the womenswear design at the label. […]

Probably a result of something that was made in a hipsters dream, the good folks at BlackDA have come up with a very interesting concept for the iPhone 4.The Lecia case includes internal flash memory to house images from a Leica 12.1 MP CMOS sensor and lens which also contains 8x optical zoom. Paired together, […]

Salone de Mobile (Milan Furniture Fair) is over, but it had quite a few innovative things happening in the world of furniture design: celebrity designers reinterpreting cult pieces from Kartel’s past collections. The stand out was Dean and Dan Caten of Dsquared², twin designers, usually trapped in the world of fashion, whose “Canadian” version of […]

What: Nike+ SportWatch GPS Made By: Nike What It Does: Keeps track of every possible thing a runner could need to maximize his/her performance. Price: $199 As the weather heats up, people who have been putting off running all winter are finally making their way back out and working up a sweat. Nike has come […]

  Say hello to Alicia Hall, 2005 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Model Search Winner and the new face of lingerie power brand CosaBella. GlobalGrind caught up with the 26-year-old, Las Vegas turned NYC transplant and stunning model via email after she melted our inbox with her sexy and colorful photo shoot this weekend. Here’s some of […]

  Once again the Nikon was put to good use on another beautiful NYC day. It was a little colder than normal, but the sun was shining and the fashionistas were still out. After a quick lunch with some friends we went out to capture the day’s stylish people on camera, but it was a […]

Easter is here and regardless of how much you don’t like getting dressed up, this holiday is a time when you will have to grow up, if only for the day, and trade in your jeans and t-shirts for collared shirts and slacks.  Luckily, some of your favorite streetwear companies have also realized that you […]

With today being Earth Day and all, it is only fitting that we tell you all of the eco- conscious ways that the fashion industry has been contributing to a greener earth.   Most people don’t realize that roughly 50% of the materials used to make clothing is made out of cotton and that 10% […]