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05.02.10

Interview with Sparrow Salon Owners hair color, hair salons, interviews, musicians | (2)
I lived in Chicago for many years, and although Los Angeles is truly home now, Chicago will always hold a spot in my heart. It’s weird to see the city move on without me, kinda like when you cyber stalk ex-boyfriends and realize they have totally new lives without you. How is that possible?! Sparrow is the new big-deal hair salon in Chicago. Owners Susan Flaga and Bathsheba Nemerovski opened the salon in a 120 year-old building in Logan Square, and they’ve gotten tons of attention ever since--the New York Times called Bathsheba one of Chicago's best-kept secrets. Well, the ...

Tagged: Bathsheba Nemerovski, blue hair, Chicago, hair color, hair salons, haircuts, interviews, Jeff Tweedy, musicians, Sparrow, Susan Flaga, Tavi, Tavi Gevinson, Wilco
01.31.10

Gone Blue fashion, hair color | (9)
At first I thought this was more gray hair. This time on Style Rookie's Tavi Gevinson. Front row at Fashion Week! Lela pointed out that it's actually blue, which you can tell a lot better in this pic. In the top one, it just makes her look like one of those crazy old ladies that dyes their hair that accidental shade of blue/gray. Crap. She's growing on me. I love the blue...

Tagged: blue hair, fashion, gray hair, Tavi, Tavi Gevinson
12.12.09

Acrylic Nails fashion | (7)
So after trying to figure out how I felt about Tavi this week: Genius writer with a unique inner voice who's been elevated to the rightful spot at the pinnacle of the fashion world? Or a relative child who's been propelled to the top way before her time because of the freakish novelty? Hmm... And then I read about another young fashion blog, and I felt totally different. It was cool, refreshing, interesting. It was like reading Tavi pre-J.D. Salinger comparisons and Harper’s Bazaar columns. At first glance the images on Acrylic Nails Photography look like any other edgy fashion photos, ...

Tagged: Acrylic Nails, blogs, David Lynch, fashion, photography, Tavi