Somewhere this week I got a phonecall by Georgette Koning, who is one of the best journalists here in The Netherlands. Some of you may know her from her many publications in several magazine through out the years, others may also know her from other things, such as guest-blogging for Diane Pernet or being involved with the Arnhem Mode Biennale.Anyway, we talked about gender, unisex, androgynes, etc. Mostly having the focus on female looks and styles for men. Like handbags, boots with a heel, may

Weight Loss as a New Year’s Resolution by Amy Nutt It seems almost cliche to make a New Year’s resolution that has the words “weight loss” in it. As soon as New Year’s Day has passed, individuals start buying the gym memberships, treadmills, and other exercise equipment. However by the end of the year, the membership card is nowhere to be found and all of the exercise equipment has about two inches of dust on it. Many times, the weight loss New Year’s resolution doesn’t make it past Valentine’

So this season MTV decided to head back to New York for their 3rd time in The Big Apple, settling the new cast in Red Hook, Brooklyn. Considering that they went with 8 strangers, rather than 7, this time, we have increased opportunities for one of the cast members to get mugged. After all, the introduction of an IKEA next to the Gowanus notwithstanding, this is a neighborhood that in the 1990s was referred to as one of the worst neighborhoods in America and the “crack” cocaine capital of the US.