Uff ‘n Stuff

Uffie Pop The Glock from Uffie on Vimeo.

Uffie‘s new EP, MC’s Can Kiss came out a couple of weeks ago in France and isn’t too tricky to get your hands on here, now. And her debut full length Sex, Dreams and Denim Jeans should be coming out this spring. Still my favorite thing about Uffie isn’t even her music so much as the fact that she’s a wonderful hybrid of sex and trash with just a dash of Parisian-ness. Also I adore Andre and everything he ever touched or impregnated and Uffie falls under both those categories. Her single Pop The Glock came out in 2006 but the video, above, somehow didn’t make it out until a few months ago. It’s as catchy as the song and as wildly voyeuristic as her lifestyle. Enjoy.

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On The Mark

Maybe it’s because we’re between season’s but lately the stuff at La Garconne is feeling as cliche to me as the stuff at F21. If I see another girl in an oversized sheer T and body con skirt, well I’m just going to jump of a building. And no, I don’t think that’s an overreaction. But luckily Aryn K.‘s Spring/Summer Collection is a breath of fresh air. With harem pants, paperbag Waist shorts, white lace and asymmetry, the line tips it’s hat towards trendiness, but doesn’t pander to it the way so many clothes do now. In fact, with architechtural white cotton, solid blouses and colorblocking at play in a lot of pieces, they actually hold up as minimal fashion, these days anyhow. Also worth noting is that I’ve seen a few of these pieces in person and the material holds up. I mention this because I always try to avoid the dreadful sensation of seeing a piece you loved in the mags and then finding out it’s flammable rayon. And yet somehow the price points on these pieces are low, like 2 digits low.

More looks from the collection after the jump.

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Ragged Riches

Emily Blunt rocks Mark Fast so hard, we almost forgot she was engaged to Michael Buble. - la times
Did Tom Ford personally cut Colin Firth’s hair on the set of A Single Man? Of course he did! - gq
Tavi bites back at her critics and quotes Dylan’s Idiot Wind in the process. We think she might be JT Leroy. - style rookie
Before Doutzen Kroes was a model she was the world’s hottest speed skater. - modelinia
The blonde from The Cardigans will perform at Peter Jenseen. Boy does that chick from The Cranberries hate herself right now. - refinery 29
Chloe Sevigny designs uniforms for her brother’s new eatery / makes it easier for the waitress to steal your boyfriend. - grub street
Alexa Chung is posting her outfits on Vogue UK all month. I, in turn, will copy her every look. - vogue uk
Elle Italia combines denim with Twilight’s Noot Snear.  Finally the US is rubbing off on them a little. - fashion gone rogue
Miu Miu pre-fall is like, totally crushing on Clueless. - fashionista
Lilo tweets out a pic of her lips for no reason whatsoever. And I include it in my news roundup. Go figure. - @lindsaylohan
Tamara Mellon is to be envied always and forever. - wsj
WWD heralds 12 new designers to watch. Zac Posen and Esteban Cortazar weep quietly. - wwd

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Catching Kid Sister

Recently Ragged Magazine ventured deep into the leafy depths of a photo studio in Chicago, and this is what we found.

Hey, what’s that in those bushes….

Wow, it’s Kid Sister…

This Kid Sister…?

No dummy, THIS Kid Sister…?

Dig those nails. And check out photographer Chris Strong. They’re carbing up for the Ragged Mag shoot. Looks like it’s going to be a good one.

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Two Weddings and a Concert with RAGGED’s Eisley

2010 is already proving to be a momentous year for RAGGED #3‘s cover band, Eisley. Not one, but two members of the DuPree family band have gotten married in the last month! Not only that, but it was a double wedding, or as their father Boyd put it “a 2 for 1 sale.” We’d like to send out the warmest congratulations from the entire RAGGED family to Chauntelle and Weston on their respective new marriages. Be sure to check out the band’s official journal for a full recap of the day’s festivities, including beautiful photos like this:

In other news, the honeymoon(s) won’t last too long because the band is playing a special one-off show on February 20th in Baton Rouge, LA. The show flier with full details is after the jump, but in the meantime, take a moment to revisit our cover story with the band “Growing Up Eisley” here.

Photo by Andrea LaBarge Mills.

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Ragged Riches

LV may have photoshopped the hell out of Madonna. But look what they did to that chair. Is this for real? - dashusland
Lindsey Lohan’s Terry Richardson shoot for Purple is almost out. Yup, sounds like she’s making good decisions already. - fashioncopious
Robert Duffy’s twitpics show Marc Jacobs working on abs, delts, fall collection. - the cut
Modelinia makes us sad saying “We all know multimedia artist Richard Prince from his noted collaboration with Louis Vuitton.” Also from his having been a world renowned artist for many decades now. Still, enjoy Abbey Lee on a motorbike. - modelinia
Dree Hemingway makes us sad for other reasons. - ny times
Find yourself forgetting where Charlotte Russe is all the time? There’s an app for that. - la times
Scoop models make Jesus and Mary’s Pieta look like yesterday’s trash. - models
And Spanx for men are finally here. - people

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Hitchhiker’s Thumb

I don’t know if you’ve noticed it, but the March 2010 issue of Vogue Nippon is crushing it. Continuing with the Americana trend this issue went to a sort of dark ‘white trash’ place with a few of it’s eds, I really appreciated the work.  I was so torn between posting this or the Freja/Terry shoot, but I figured hey, it’s been a while since we’ve all seen little Anna Selezneva and she’s working her ass of in this shoot. Mark Segal on the other hand is everywhere and is all Lara this Malgosia that. Totally worth checking out his other work at Streeters NY.

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Something Newsome

Joanna Newsom is not your typical folk girl. For starters, she’s taken the whole folk rock thing to the next level busting out a harp, which is way more hardcore than a guitar or lute. But perhaps more importantly, while she sticks to folk girl staples like eyelet cotton and, er - I guess that’s all they wear - she throws in interesting surprises like layers of tulle or tribal prints, which you know we love.  So we put together a few dream pieces for her. Acne’s deceptively simply but must have tiered tank, Daughters of the Revolution’s long embrace skirt, One Vintage’s Carmela jacket, No. 6 golden clogs, and American Rag’s floral romper.  Joanna’s new album comes out February 23rd, so you’ve still got some time to shop.

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RAGGED’s Cobra Starship Headlining the “Too Fast For Love” Tour

Yesterday we told you that lucky Chicago locals would have the chance to see upcoming RAGGED cover stars, Cobra Starship, headline Bamboozle Chicago in May, and now we have even better news. Not only will they be hitting the festival circuit this Spring, but the band will also be co-headlining the “Too Fast For Love” tour with 3OH!3 and have just released dates all across the country. Find your local date below, and keep an eye out for the band’s feature in the upcoming March issue of RAGGED!

2010 Too Fast For Love Tour
April
28 Milwaukee, WI - Eagles Ballroom
May
2 Niagara Falls, NY - Rapid Theatre
4 Toronto, ON -  Sound Academy
5 Detroit, MI -  Fillmore
7 Rochester, NY - Rochester Institute of Technology
8 Danbury, CT - Western Connecticut State University
9 Boston, MA - House of Blues
11 Washington, DC - 930 Club
12 New York City, NY -  Roseland Ballroom
15 Chicago, IL - Bamboozle
16 Des Moines, IA -  Val Air Ballroom
18 Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue Mainroom
19 Kansas City, MO - Uptown
21 Denver, CO - Fillmore
22 Salt Lake City, UT - In the Venue
23 Reno, NV - Grand Sierra Resort
25 Portland, OR - Roseland Theatre
26 Seattle, WA - Showbox
28 San Francisco, CA - Warfield
29 San Diego, CA - Soma
30 Anaheim, CA - The Grove
June
1 Los Angeles, CA - Club Nokia
2 Phoenix, AZ -  Bamboozle Roadshow
4 Dallas, TX - Palladium
5 Houston, TX - Verizon Wireless Theatre
7 Atlanta, GA - Tabernacle
8 West Palm Beach, FL - Pompano Beach Amphitheater
9 Orlando, FL - House of Blues
11 Philadelphia, PA - Festival Pier

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Ragged Riches

Let’s take a stroll down supermodel lane. - fashion gone rogue
Wildfox always finds the best photostreams, check out their new baby, Saga. - wildfox
Joe Zee hearts Ragged Mag’s new March artist Gabe Saporta! We had no idea these two ran in the same circles. - @joezee
We love fashion because you can get really, really excited about a teenager walking across a rooftop. - models
The daughter of Vermont’s gubernatorial candidate tries to hack her way into fashion week. And Scott Schulman unwittingly documents it. - fashionista
The Vivian Girls, who we’re psyched to see at The Smell this Saturday, make the Nifty 50. - ny times
15 year old Model Lindsey Wixson shocks all by asking if she can please wear a bra. - w
Posh makes Love‘s Icon issue, interviewed by Giles no less. Man, who’d she have to sleep with to get this lucky. Oh, right. - fashioncopious
Take the trash out in style with Louis Vuitton’s new 2K Trash Bag Purse. No, really. - refinery 29
“He went to Jared’s soon to be replaced by “That bastard got me a Cindy Crawford original.” - modelinia
Go ahead, ask Atlanta Bean de Cadenet anything. - formspring

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