Because we can't write about Los Angeles community radio station KCRW enough, we thought we'd give them even more press than they've already gotten from the Blackbook family. The station's DJs and talk-show talent have launched a new blog that's actually quite cute and useful -- it's called 5ive Things.

Shop Till You Drop - Patricia Field has been ground zero for forward fashion seemingly forever, but her new featured hat collection by Trivia’l raises the bar. Designed by Neon Music, the hats are fiercely futuristic, severely surreal, and at times tastelessly tongue in chic. Upside-down black crucifixes are given a couture edge, while the skull is reinvigorated by a fresh sprinkling of black plumes. There's a showgirl on acid feeling throughout, but the novelty is tempered by a polished perfection and carefully crafted finish. Beyonce is a fan and picked up a not so subtle style to wear on her current tour. These creations are for the un-faint of heart who like to make a major entrance worthy of the most dedicated diva.

1. The Fuckit List - New York mag notes Stella-comedian Michael Ian Black's creation of the opposite of a Bucket List (things to do before you kick the bucket, as per the movie of the same name), these are things you have no desire to do before you die. Apparently, people on Twitter are freaking out over it, but our favorite is highbrow NYM writer Boris Katchka's list: "Finding a place to get a decent haircut instead of my Astor Place atrocities / Figuring out what "emo" actually means / Running a marathon / Heroin." Well played, Katchka, well played.

This weekend, the Times of London ran an interesting profile of street style documentarian Scott Schuman, whose photo blog The Sartorialist has earned him a steady gig with Style.com, a recent DKNY ad campaign, and, come September, a book launch via Penguin. In other words, the photographer is poised to become as ubiquitous as the Ugg boots he despises, as he reveals in the aforementioned profile. In the piece Schuman also muses on his favorite cities to shoot men. “In New York, they’ve got their shirt undone and their pants hanging really low,” he says. “It’s horrible.” As for London, Schuman rates the city “so-so,” citing the fact that “the men [there] express character by wearing maroon socks.”

It's not just the bankers who've been feeling the crunch of the economy -- their wives, girlfriends, and mistresses are also feeling super-bummed about the whole thing. In fact, they've been feeling so bad about it that two ex-banker girlfriends have started Dating a Banker Anonymous to create a safe space for these women to bitch and moan about cooking at home, clingy boyfriends, and cancelled credit cards. What kind of carnage is going on over there, you ask?

The 2008 Weblog Awards results are in, and the people have spoken. The best travel blogs according to the heaving masses:

Winner: My Kugelhopf, "When your passions are food and travel."
Runner-Up: The Cranky Flier, "There's nowhere to hide for airlines these days."
3rd: Intelligent Travel, "Cultural, Authentic & Sustainable."
4th: The Lost Girls, "Three twenty-something New Yorkers who ditched their media jobs to embark on a yearlong, round-the-world journey in search of adventure and inspiration."
5th: Curious Expeditions, "Travelling and exhuming the extraordinary past."

Lensman Scott Schuman (a.k.a. The Sartorialist) leaked word of a book project in the works some time ago, leaving the fashion world chomping at the bit in anticipation of which publisher would be backing the project. Turns out it’s Penguin. The former showroom owner-turned-street style documentary photographer has won the respect of both the high-fashion world as well as a growing online fan base via his popular photoblog. Not to mention, the latter has earned the photographer editorial and advertising gigs for major fashion rags and brands (DKNY SS09 for one). Now Schuman’s work will likewise soon be available at a bookstore near you.

It turns out Gwyneth Paltrow isn’t the only actress as of late to take to writing about fashion on the web. According to College Candy, Mindy Kaling (a.k.a. Kelly from The Office) is likewise showcasing her sartorial savvy in the form of a blog entitled "things I bought that I love." While one might expect the platform to be chock-full of ditzy anecdotes à la Kaling’s television persona, it’s quite the opposite.

So I think I surfed my way to the blog of the most fashionable (and cutest) girl in London. Kristy Lee first pixellated on my screen last week, while watching this video of the launch of the Comme des Garçons/H&M collaboration in London. After interviewing some of the best-dressed Asians I ever did see, they focused their lens on an impossibly cute brunette identified as Kristy Lee, a blogger over at that's just my vibe. Of course, what kind of a creeper would I be to not check her out? Turns out Kristy runs a personal fashion blog filled with tales from London's rag race, plus precious photos of her in various modish outfits. She also dresses better than a Marc Jacobs model and loves the sauce.

With the dust starting to settle from the recently cratered remains of Wall Street, some perky ingénues started a how-to guide in the form of a Tumblr -- an incarnation of The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook for bankers (i.e. dealing neither with worst-case scenarios nor mere survival, really). Banker Gone Broke (whose creator was profiled here) provides such useful proletarian tips as stocking your kitchen with a skillet and coffee machine. The vast majority of these "tips" seem geared toward those who spent pre-crisis days in living some kind of Cubist existence; make of that what you will.