Vultures are slowly picking over the remains at Marithe + Francois Girbaud‘s Wooster Street Boutique, which is scheduled to close on the 15th. Everything is 70-90% off, except for outerwear, which management has decided to ship back to France. At 70% off, expect to pay about $550 for knits like the one below:

Marithe + Francois Girbaud‎ – 47 Wooster St between Broome & Grand – 212-625-0066‎ – Map

Ad Campaign Joop
Season Spring Summer 2009
Models Sean O’pry |VNY| and Natasha Poly
Photography by Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin
Styling Joe McKenna
Website www.joop.com
First images from the new Joop spring summer campaign by Inez and Vinoodh, featuring Sean Opry.

Roberto “Excess is Success” Cavalli has produced an iridescent snakeskin-finish credit card set for release for March 2009. The iridescent card comes with its privileges: special sales at Cavalli, invites to fashion shows and perhaps cardmembers will gain access to Cavalli’s new club in Florence, or clubs soon to open in Dubai and Milan.

Barkley L. Hendricks: Birth of the Cool, the first career retrospective of the renowned American artist. Hendricks (b. 1945) is best known for his life-size portraits of people of color from the urban northeast in the 1960s and 70s. His bold portrayals of attitude and style capture a moment of fashion following the civil rights movement.

The Studio Museum in Harlem November 12, 2008 – March 15, 2009.

Shipton & Heneage gentlemen’s slippers, a favorite of Pharrell Williams are hand embroidered and bench-made in England. With retail shops in London & Paris, Shipton & Heneage also offers world wide mail orders. US$185-$250 www.shipton.com