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Who is the Gonzo Fashion Illustrator in Our Inbox?

The Observer received by email today a set of illustrations depicting a scantily-clad Anna Wintour, Grace Coddington, and Karl Lagerfeld descending on missiles in order to destroy Milan--evidently in advance of Milan's fashion week.... MORE >

By Daniel D'Addario | February 21, 2011 | 4:38 pm
Soho bound?

Apartment Hunter-Gatherer Prowling

From the glamorous to the quotidian, everything you need to know about New York City's apartment market is contained on StreetEasy, except this: The city's most powerful residential real estate site has begun a quest for new... MORE >

By Laura Kusisto | February 21, 2011 | 2:23 pm

It's Free to Look: Versatile Brooklyn Heights Duplex

Brooklyn. Home to baby yoga, mouse taxidermy and...you, provided you have $1.4 million lying around for this Prudential Douglas Elliman property on Joralemon Street in Brooklyn... MORE >

By Matt Coyne | February 21, 2011 | 1:55 pm
First the cover, then the review: Spider-Man gets yet more coverage this week.

Why Did The New Yorker Break 'Spider-Man' Embargo?

Another week brings more bad news for Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark! After the initial wave of bad reviews, led by the New York Times's Ben Brantley, a new review has dropped today by The New Yorker's John Lahr.... MORE >

By Daniel D'Addario | February 21, 2011 | 1:28 pm

Music Exec on His Anti-Grammy Times Ad: 'Wait, Where's Vince McMahon?'

The Grammys—and the subsquent flood of questions like "Who Is Arcade Fire?" and "Who Is Esperanza Spalding?"—may be a distant memory at this point, but Steve Stoute, a former music executive based in New York, and now an advertising executive... MORE >

By Daniel D'Addario | February 21, 2011 | 12:05 pm
Battleground.

Wells Fargo Isn't the Only One Getting Bumped

When Bloomberg sailed into Wells Fargo's chosen space at 120 Park Avenue, industry insiders were shaken by the switch. Now Crain's reports that even Wells Fargo thought they had the space nailed: "A few weeks ago, [senior vice president John]... MORE >

By Laura Kusisto | February 21, 2011 | 11:03 am
'Vogue' Tweeter Moretz.

Vogue to Suffer Youthquake With Teenybopper Triumvirate

Vogue's models just keep getting younger! Kick-Ass and Let Me In actress Chloe Grace Moretz announced on Twitter that she was to shoot with Elle Fanning and Hailee Steinfeld for the venerable fashion title--though Moretz, at 14, barely qualifies... MORE >

By Daniel D'Addario | February 21, 2011 | 10:29 am

Would-Be Governer Tony Sanchez Hits Gusher, Sells Texas-Sized Combo for Almost $8 M.

Everything is bigger in Texas, even the Manhattan... MORE >

By Matt Chaban | February 21, 2011 | 10:20 am
Quick what's twenty percent off a billion?

Gilt Groupe Tries On a New Size, Raises Capital at $1 B. Valuation

The private sale service Gilt Groupe is looking to raise between $80-100 million in a deal that will value the company at around $1 billion, according to Business Insider's Henry Blodget.  Breaking the news of Gilt's new valuation via Blodget is an... MORE >

By Ben Popper | February 21, 2011 | 8:58 am
Mrs. Butkiss.

Rosenfeld's Hedge Fund Moving to Kaufman's 777 Third

Eric Rosenfeld enjoyed brief fame last spring as the author of Mrs. Butkiss and the Big Surprise, an instant classic about a "big woman with a big secret...She's been holding in a... MORE >

By Laura Kusisto | February 21, 2011 | 8:42 am

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