Reader, I'm a little bit obsessed with Lykke Li's candy-coated voice. And by that, I mean I can't stop listening to the addictive tracks on her debut EP, Youth Novels (it was produced by Bjorn Yttling of Peter Bjorn &...[+]

With a proper sounding name like Julianna Bass, you'd expect nothing less than buttoned up, ladies-who-lunch-only frocks from this emerging eveningwear designer. But you'd be completely wrong. While her eye-catching dresses do have a little old school flare, extremely modern...[+]

You'd think that an emerging accessories designer who grew up in Kyoto, surrounded by tea houses, geisha girls and temples—not to mention piles of silk patterns courtesy of her family's generations old kimono business—would create pieces that were very clearly...[+]

In a poignant glimpse at modern Israeli life, "Jellyfish," the enchanting directorial debut of husband and wife fiction-writing team Etgar Keret and Shira Geffen, expertly weaves together the stories of three Tel Aviv women whose lives randomly overlap at a...[+]

Whether she's carving intricate human forms into candy-colored crayons or painting illustrations of people on ceramic plates, Vietnam-born artist Diem Chau's beautiful creations spark the imagination and inspire the kind of tactile desire you felt as a kid in the...[+]

I first discovered Brooklyn-based emerging designer Mary Meyer after a friend invited me to a "dress-up party" at her studio. Imagine my glee when I walked in to find a room full of happy hipsters, sipping wine while eagerly pawing...[+]

A few months back I started reading a boatload of buzz about Black Kids, an unsigned indie rock five-piece out of Jacksonville, Florida, who were taking the music blogosphere by storm. (Most reactions were positive, while a few angry critics...[+]

A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of meeting with two lovely women at The St. Vincent de Paul Society: Help Desk Director, Sally Rosen, and Chief Development Director, Jen Shelnutt. For the past three years, they have put...[+]

Some people get a trip to Europe for graduation. Others, a celebratory dinner, or much-needed financial help with decorating their first real apartment. But when Lizz Wasserman left the University of Wisconsin with a degree in sociology, she got something...[+]

If you're an indie music fan, then hearing that a band has Chan Marshall's seal of approval is a pretty big deal. Which is why I decided to do a little digging on Appaloosa, a dreamy electro duo from Paris,...[+]

Leave it to an emerging designer who hails from a country famous for understatement to come up with a lush, over-the-top accessories collection that includes an elaborate bespoke feather headdress. And to think, it almost didn't happen....[+]

Calling all film junkies: From April 24th to May 8th, the 51st San Francisco International Film Festival will bring the world to the Bay Area by screening over 100 unique programs of the finest in international cinema. Thousands of film...[+]

Hipster boys and girls take heed: I've found the perfect emerging line of unisex kicks for your effortlessly cool spring wardrobe. Los Angeles-based 3:33 Footwear offers three clean but funky styles in three different materials (ergo the name?) for the...[+]

A few months back, I told you about Seattle-based Sharpie wizard Justine Ashbee, an emerging talent with a background in textile design whose graphic, screenprinted canvases and t-shirts I'd fallen in love with. "I spent the last three years focusing...[+]

A recent article in the New York Observer about the rise of urban tomgirls got me thinking—if all of us are running around dressed up like adult versions of Juno McGruff, how can we make sure that we look effortlessly...[+]

When I hop on the phone with Patrick Wilson, a 38-year-old emerging artist based in the Mt. Washington district of Los Angeles, he's extremely polite considering that I'm interrupting his attempt to grab lunch—"But it is making me kind of...[+]

When you were a kid, the longer days of spring meant more time to play outside before the sun went down. Emerging line Noble Youth (the name, a reference to "Hamlet") channels this free-as-a-bird feeling in their Spring/Summer 2008 lookbook;...[+]

Olivia Thirlby might be a mere 21, but when you meet the brown-eyed beauty, she seems much older. Maybe it's the product of a childhood spent running around New York City's Lower East Side (she vintage shopped on her daily...[+]