Romanian Tenderloin... For One
Solo eating establishments—the truly great ones—require a precise atmosphere. Some are quiet and discreet. Others are unexpected and lie in plain sight. But they can all be difficult to find in a...
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Sturtevant And The Appeal Of Appropriation
Elaine Sturtevant was ahead of her time, to say the least. With the Internet facilitating most, if not all, of today’s appropriation-based art, it’s almost inconceivable that the artist rose to such...
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Opening Ceremony X New Era Water Print 59Fifty Cap
Supply and demand is a tricky thing. Our series, "Going, Going," is your siren call to OC's most covetable items that are flying off the shelves. It's been nearly two decades since Spike Lee's...
View Article'High Maintenance,' A Mellow, Buzzy Depiction Of New York Loneliness
The indie web series High Maintenance is like a perfect collection of short stories. Written and produced by the real-life married couple Katja Blichfeld and Ben Sinclair (with 30 Rock backgrounds in...
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Role Play, Anyone? Ammerman Schlosberg Fall/Winter 2014
UPDATE: With every purchase of Ammerman Schlösberg in stores and online, customers will receive a limited-run, oversized T-shirt from the designers, featuring black metal artwork done in collaboration...
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Hockey In The Himalayas? KTZ Goes There
Things are not what they seem in KTZ's Fall/Winter 2014 collection. This season, the London-based brand, which has always focused on graphic symbolism and the satanist occult, took a more subtle...
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'What Defines You More Than Your Glasses?'
With just a single, carefully crafted eyewear collection under her belt, Ahlem Manai-Platt’s eponymous line is one to watch. Opening Ceremony recently visited the designer in her idyllic Venice home...
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Step Easy With Robert Clergerie
With a history that dates back to 1895, iconic French footwear brand Robert Clergerie is already a solidified fashion classic. This season, however, Clergerie’s pieces underwent a noticeable style...
View ArticleThese One-Of-A-Kind MA-1 Flight Jackets Will Take You To The Moon
Now would be a good time to say something about how space is the final frontier, or that the universe is vast and continuously expanding, but we'll spare you the cliché. If you must know something...
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The Big Chill: 7 Neutral, Non-Boring Coats
If you take a visual survey of the world’s winter coat selections, you’ll find yourself gazing at a sea of city-apropos neutrality, where greys, browns, and the ol' faithful blacks reign supreme. Then,...
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Makayla Gerhardt Thinks Men Should Wear Heels
It’s no secret that Opening Ceremony surrounds itself with the most unique personalities in the game—staff included! If you’ve walked into any of our brick and mortars, you’ve definitely said hello to...
View ArticleRemember When People Used To Like Opera?
The human voice resonates differently from anything else. When people sing together, it’s transcendent. Chemically, it produces a high and, spiritually, it feels enlightened. Last night,...
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Throwback Thursday: Kaal E Suktae Fall/Winter 2014
If this is that, then "this" is all that. If you caught that Nickelodeon reference, then you’ll get “This is That,” Kaal E Suktae’s Fall/Winter 2014 collection. Translating ’90s grunge fashion...
View ArticleBrooklyn Reads: 8 Perfect Spots For A Book & A Bite
There are voracious readers, and then there's Cara Nicoletti. By trade, Nicoletti is a butcher at The Meat Hook in Brooklyn and also a talented writer, siphoning her "literary food blog," Yummy...
View ArticleWhen In An Exotic Hotel, Turn To Your iPhone
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...
View ArticleYes, We've Officially Reached Peak Frump
Opening Ceremony is pleased to present the first dip into new columnist Alexis Wilkinson's after-hours thoughts. And you know she has thoughts: president of the Harvard Lampoon; crusader of Domino's...
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The Innovators: Ukraine's Rising Designers Take To NYC
It takes a lot for jaded New Yorkers to look twice, but a few weeks ago, on a sunny—albeit chilly—afternoon, a pair of models set foot in downtown New York City and affected their landscape. By nature,...
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11 Holiday Dresses That Are Super Flattering—Before & After Turkey
Seasonal cheer and quality time with loved ones aside, the holidays can be a pretty, um, heavy ordeal. Dancing sugarplums? Flowing Champagne? Turduckens?! It’s gluttony at its most festive, and the...
View ArticleArthur Elgort's Legendary Big Picture
Chances are if you’ve ever picked up a copy of Vogue, you know Arthur Elgort’s work. His candid, natural-looking “snapshot” style breathed new life into fashion photography in the ‘70s, and his work...
View ArticlePharrell Williams Talks Adidas Collab, And New Words Like 'Fic' And 'Spec'
Pharrell Williams—two decades into his career and moving fast. Who knew that the producer-songwriter behind Britney Spears' 2001 single "I'm a Slave For U" would later tack on singer-mogul-curator to...
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