Electric Punanny Debuts A New Track, Creates Fire-Hot Playlist
Summer may be over, but the musical duo behind Electric Punanny refuse to let the party-ready music come to a halt. Founded by Brooklyn DJs MeLo-X and Jasmine Solano in 2008, Electric Punanny parties...
View ArticleNYC's Prima Ballerina Gives OC An Upper West Side Tour
Some facts about Wendy Whelan: The 47-year-old is the most senior ballerina at the New York City Ballet. She’s been part of the company for 30 years, 23 of which as a principal dancer. And on Saturday,...
View ArticleSheep Placenta: The New Superfood?
Sheep placenta smacks of something bad. The smell—like fish food, rancid meat, or a filthy LES bathroom, at best—is nothing to write home about. The taste also leaves much to be desired; a kind of...
View Article30 Years Of Def Jam = Three Decades of Fashion Goodness
It's difficult to imagine a world where Kanye West never got the chance to live up to his Louis Vuitton Don status or Sisqó's "Thong Song" never became a karaoke favorite. Always lightyears ahead of...
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To The Left: Gauchere Fall/Winter 2014
The brand name may translate to “left-handed,” but Gauchere is so right. This season, its first as a member of the OC family, the Paris brand tackles suiting basics and turns them on their heads....
View Article'Marriage Material Is In The Eye Of The Beholder'
Here at OC, we are struck by how often we end up in everyday conundrums. The ones that land you in the thick of semi (or full-blown) awkwardness, or maybe, the doghouse. So, we turned to Simon...
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Spot On: Opening Ceremony X Jonathan Horowitz
This season, Fall's most sartorial looks have us seeing spots—polka dots, to be exact. Inspired by Jonathan Horowitz's large-scale installation, 590 Dots, Opening Ceremony collaborated with the...
View ArticleLife Isn't A Movie, It's A Novel In 'Listen Up Philip'
Listen Up Philip, a darkly funny new movie starring Jason Schwartzman as the writer Philip Lewis Friedman, begins with a clearing of a throat. Listen up, all! A voice-over narrates as a whiskery...
View ArticleHow To Make Pizza With Roberta's—In GIFs
October is National Pizza Month, and let's be real—does anyone care? We believe you should. First of all, it was invented by a guy who lived in Santa Claus, Indiana, pop. 2,481, a.k.a. as far away from...
View ArticleIn Paris, A Biennial Of 'Urban Neo-Tourism'
Parisian teenagers in mime face paint sprinkle glitter from an overpass onto cars. A playlist that could be a Godard soundtrack plays from a boom-box wheeled around by our leader, drowned out at this...
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The 'Nailbiter' At Paul's Baby Grand
This summer, OC got you Tipsy and Tan. Now, we're just getting you tipsy. Meet Fridays at Five, our cocktail series where mixologists at New York City’s white-hot new restaurants create OC-exclusive...
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Can You Guess Which Logo This Is?
Even if you beat all 16 levels of that logo quiz app, you might not catch what’s going on in Alfred Steiner’s paintings right away. Take his strange juxtaposition of a fish, cigarette butt, banana,...
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Ready For The Weekend? 5 Night-To-Day Looks
If you live in New York, try for a moment to remember the last time you had a "normal" sleep schedule. Nothing coming to mind? Same here. Which is why those day-to-night looks of lore just don’t always...
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Where The Heart Is: Comme des Garçons PLAY & Shirt Girl
Do you wear your heart on your sleeve? Comme des Garçons dares you to. CDG’s iconic off-shoot PLAY is back with its signature evil heart emblem, but it’s taken a little trip from the chest to the arm....
View ArticleWalking The Line Between High & Low, Culture & Commerce
It’s been a busy year for the New York-based, French artist Cyril Duval, better known as Item Idem. Having just wrapped up his first solo exhibition in the United States at Johannes Vogt Gallery and...
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Alice Tate In Istanbul
In Straight Trippin', OC friends and family share tidbits from their latest travels. This time, OC London contributor Alice Tate shares snaps of intricate tilings, minarets, and cross-continent views...
View ArticleWhat's In A Dot?
“Everything starts from a dot.”—Wassily Kandisky There is nothing more perfunctory than a single dot. The dot is the beginning of everything observable and beyond, from the infinitesimal to the...
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How Black Became Fashion's Favorite Color
“Black is more than ever the favorite color of fashion. There was a time—our mothers will remember it—when the sole fact of wearing a black dress when one was not in mourning was sufficient to call...
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Weather Up: Luar Zepol Fall/Winter 2014
Luar Zepol founder and designer Raul Lopez is a man of many wonders. He's the creator of a fashion-forward, dystopian-friendly collection, co-founder of cult streetwear label Hood By Air, and an...
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This Must Be The Place: Lyndhurst Castle
New York City is a pretty magical place. A forerunner in art, music, fashion, science, and technology, these five boroughs have nearly everything you could ever want. But sometimes I'm looking for a...
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