● Kavanagh (N.D.G.) - An emporium of everything wonderful, weird, and rock n’ roll, baby.

● M’ouments (Downtown) - Alice in Wonderland retail space was most recently Comme des Garçons guerilla store. Now Margiela, Unholy Matrimony, and Brett Westfall pieces decorate the brightly lit boutique.
● Skin Graft (Downtown) - Heavy use of harnesses and corsets in design coupled with taxidermy animals to celebrate your wild pagan side. Also home to another LA line, Elmer Ave. Men’s jackets, vests, and scarves are modern pop classics.

You had a streetball / Hip Hop show on an Ivy league jazz radio station. That’s not really a question, more of an observation.
And a good one. I had the world’s first-ever talk radio program discussing playground basketball on WKCR 89.9FM. It was called On the Fence, and came on earlier in the evening every Thursday before me and Stretch Armstrong’s hip hop show. I also wrote the first article on sneaker culture in media history, titled “Confessions of a Sneaker Addict.” It ran in Source magazine in 1991. I also hosted the first TV series ever dedicated to sneaker culture, called It’s the Shoes, which ran for two seasons on ESPN. I could go on but I’ll stop there!

What kicks do you have on permanent ice?
There is no pair on permanent ice in my closet—everything gets worn at some point! There are definitely joints that only come out on special occasion when they’ll be a good amount of heads that will understand what’s on the feet and can appreciate it.

● Dunlin (Williamsburg) - Luxury handbags for BQE set.

What better way to use the only sunny day of the week than to make our legion of snobbishly fashionable fashion interns take to the streets in their eight-plus platforms and play fashion detective? Armed with only a camera and an arsenal of questions, the fearsome three—Lindsay, Laura, and Justine—did their finest Anne Hathaway impressions and scouted the city’s most sartorially delicious in their favorite retail playgrounds. Initially, they aimed to sneak up on their YSL-clad boutique-bag-bearing victims and demand to know what, exactly, they had just splurged on. But considering the current dime crunch, it ended up being an ambush of attitudes, BlackBook style. Take it away, ladies!

● Tory Burch (Malibu) - Casual Malibu aesthetic. Hues of blue and heavy use of oak are shout-outs to California coastal living. Gold medallion and flashy prints transform flip-flops and beach tunics to high fashion.

● Haus Interior (Nolita) - Boutique interior design firm starts own ... boutique.
● Hickey Freeman (Upper East Side) - Contemporary suiting and sportswear from a 100-year-old brand.

Considering it’s been open just about a year, the Eryn Brinié store has been gaining credible cult status, making it a perfect playground for this week’s installment of Retail Renegade. The Soho institution quietly sits on Broadway between Spring and Broome, but open the doors and as far as the party goes, you’ll see why what’s on the inside counts more than what’s out.

When he’s not playing sold-out shows on both sides of the pond, Patrick Wolf hangs his hat in London’s West End. Here, the avant-garde musician shows us where he lands when he’s feeling bookish, thirsty and, yes, hungry.

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.