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According to the press release I just received from Macy's:

Macy's North and Revelations Perfume and Cosmetics, marketers of Prince's upcoming fragrance 3121, today announced an exclusive opportunity for 1,400 fans to see Prince perform in his hometown of Minneapolis at Macy's downtown flagship store on 07/07/07. Fans will receive a once-in-a-lifetime xclusive [sic] 3121 party with an unprecedented "Ultimate Prince Xperience."

The "Ultimate Prince Xperience" package is a comprehensive assortment of all things Purple and will go on sale in-store only on 06/01/07 at Macy's Minneapolis at 10am in the cosmetics department on the first floor. The sale will continue at Macy's at the Guest Service Center on the 5th floor on 06/02/07 if tickets remain. Total price $250 plus service fees and tax.

This weekend there's a fashion wax museum event at Trocaderos, and I've noticed that it's getting some attention. If you're interested in attending the affair, I direct you to the Still In Style site. You'll be pleased to know some fine designers are involved--including a couple locals familiar to us from Voltage (Hyper Lush and Kimberly Jurek). I do admit that I have my suspicions about this event ... Will the "creep factor" shoot through the roof (as in the photo above)? But I'm trying my best to suspend judgment, dear friends. My promise to you: Photos. Reportage. Coming. Sometime next week.

Update! Promise Broken! Unfortunately, the live "wax models" were fashionably late about getting dressed that evening. And a close friend I had not seen in ages just happened to be rolling through town. But alas, I saw some lovely set designs:

Amen de Girlshop
Did you ever have the pleasure of trolling Girlshop? This was a trailblazer among women's fashion sites. For almost a decade, it sold the finest threads from various emerging NYC designers. There was absolutely zero chance of head-on collision (at parties, say) with your dress-double, so long as you stayed put in Minnie and were clad in your (uh, expensive) Girlshop duds. It could be said that Girlshop has gone out of style; last month, it permanently closing its cyber shop. Now, it appears, that the Girlshop email list has been sold to the more mainstream Net-a-porter.com. (Psst. Here's what I hear: Enter GIRLSHOP into the promotional code box and get free shipping.)

Go West
On the other hand, if you're more interested in a West Coast look, or into getting sweet deals on suggestive clothing for that matter, try Funkythreads.com.

(Via Stereo Gum) Children of the '80s and '90s, how do you feel about these ads? They feature posthumous celebrity endorsements from the likes Kurt Cobain, Joey Ramone, Sid Vicious, and Joey Strummer ... In each of the ads, the dead (!) rock-n-roll luminary appears toga-clad and hanging out on a cloud. But nevertheless, he persists to wear his beloved Doc Martens. Tacky? Tasteless? Hipper than thou? Note that the ads will appear exclusively in the UK. Here they'd probably cause all sorts of wrecks, thereby sending various other Doc Marten wearers to the pearly gates.

Just dropping in to leave this entertaining link to a ridiculous television news story coming out of Utah this week. It's a wake-up call to parents about the dark side of their sulky-chic teenagers' ugly tastes in music and fashion. They call their story "Emos Exposed." And yes, fearful friends, they do refer to "emo" as in "emo culture" as in Conor Oberst, Jeff Buckley, and every other pouty boy you've wanted to bed. The reporter even makes a leap by connecting emos to self-mutilation.

Note that the Wikipedia page to which the reporter links is in danger of deletion. What sport! Beware the teenager clad in All-Stars and concert tees ...