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For our Flea Bites episodes, we usually bring you the best in vintage and unique fashion finds, but did you know there are also delicious treats right next to the racks of clothes? For instance, this week at
the Hester Street Fair, we discovered Melt Bakery, a pretty sweet vendor that offers ice cream cookie sandwiches in various flavors such as the “Belle” and the “Rico”. Click play to find out more about these yummy flavors.

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Fashion houses are reaching out—far, far out—to clients, and the extra effort is paying off in couture sales. WWD recently discussed the high—and widespread— demand for couture, and we found their tactics to be…well, really interesting. Forget your prototypical snobby reputation of the high-end fashion world—because these houses are going miles (literally) for their clients.

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Remember when we gave you a sneak peek of We The People NYC and brought you to the store opening back in May? Today we bring you back to the emerging designer boutique to check up on this little treasure.We joined owner Vera Ng, and shoppers last night on the Lower East Side and even had the chance to chat with featured designers Rachel Cohen of coh.N and Kara Laricks of Collar, Stand + Tie. Click play to meet them yourself.


We The People, 156 Stanton Street, New York, NY, 212-533-1091

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Mew New York's Spring Collection (Photos via The Cut)


We love to keep aspiring designers in the know. If there’s a cool contest where you can flaunt your garbs, we’re sure to tell you. So, we’re going to give you a sneak peek of Mew New York,
a success story that could be yours in a few years if you actually enter these design competitions. Because, well, we know you’ll win, right?

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Left: Balenciaga flamenco-inspired evening dress,1951; Right: Balenciaga evening ensemble with toreador bolero, 1946. (Photos via The Cut - Henry Clarke/Vogue; Copyright© Condé Nast; Christian Bérard/Vogue; Copyright©Condé Nast)


Fashion buffs and history geeks finally have something to gab about. Starting this fall, the Queen Sofia Spanish Institute will hold an exhibition featuring notable Spanish designer, Cristóbal Balenciaga. This Upper East Side curating hotspot will display over 60 garments

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Just as we promised, we’re keeping on top of the best and, um, most interesting trends at London’s Graduate Fashion Week. Take a look after the jump for these hot, fresh, and often bizarre styles.


Left: Maria Lazari (Photo via @River_Island; Right: Leoni Newcombe (Photo via Fashion156)


Newsflash: Your childhood kaleidoscope has resurrected from the crawlspace shaped like a sweater—but don’t be scared. Geometric shapes hit the catwalk, and—when they worked—we squealed like schoo

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It’s amazing what someone can accomplish in three months. Last year, I moved back east because I found that the person I was completely in love with was diagnosed with cancer. Honestly, we hadn’t been together that long, but all I could think about was, “I’m not gonna lose her, I just found her!”

Steph’s cancer was hard hitting. I quit my job, took the two clients I had and went full force into consulting again and moved 2725 miles across the country – all in less than 30 days. I promised everyon

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Indian Sensibilities on the Global Fashion Map

The global fashion map is expanding. New York, Milan, London and Paris are fast acquiring siblings. The endless list of fashion whiz kids from countries like Korea, China and India is slowly growing up to become the next pool of icons. Multicultural sensibilities are being accepted as mainstream fashion staple. Asian lines are crossing over to the western ramp. Lines are blurring.Back home in India, we are no longer just production guys. We are better than that. Of course, we have an inimitable
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In Color

How much color can you handle?How manmade outlines define, aesthetics for a particular country.Why east is saturated with primary color strokes whereas west is settled in monochrome.Seeing other directions, why south absorbs more color than north?Why South India, South America and South Europe are better dipped in color than their northern counterparts?Hard to say.Far fetched, but, Eastman color Molly wood sensibility has something to do with Spanish toreros (South Europe).Sounds weird but what
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We promise to show you the most spectacular Lower East Side of New York ever this September. Do come down to Libation NYC on September 18 to celebrate a fabulous fashion night of Asian/Hong Kong designers featuring Naoko Tsuruta (couture), Karen Morris Millinery, NoBeing (jewelry), RBRK (handbag), and Angel Wong Image(headpiece/jewelry) with the bonus of being able to save a child's heart at the star-studded Asian Fashion Week Extravaganza. Tickets are on sale NOW at http://www.yajuevents.com/ev

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New Arrivals@La Mode by GV Miao Online Jewelry/Accessories Store: French Luxury Scarf Brand Cute Fashionista's Exclusive Scarf Collection “Oriental Series” by Lucrezia Solena

Dear valued customers,
Here’s the GREAT NEWS you’ve been waiting for!
To cater to different women’s style needs, La Mode by GV Miao Online Jewelry Store is now turned into an one-stop shop for exclusive fashion items in addition to jewelry to glam up a daily look. I am very excited to announce that La Mode by GV Miao Jew

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Rainbow Effect

Faves & Craves: We're personally hot weather lovers and the perfect way to welcome our beloved season is with vibrant and vivid colors. From fuchsia, yellow to green, you fill find the most daring colors and of course most beautiful designs. Don't miss the Rainbow Effect on http://www.fustany.com/web/trends/faves-76-Rainbow-Effect.html

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