Opening Ceremony

The Faithful Shopper: Ready for Resorts

Faith Hope Consolo | Posted 03.31.2012

Faith Hope Consolo

Almost every one I know is ready for some sun and sand. Whether you're actively planning that beach vacation -- or just pretending you are -- our stores have everything you need.

PHOTOS: KEDS KEDS KEDS

The Huffington Post | Ellie Krupnick & Jessica Misener | Posted 11.23.2011

We could say "Keds are back!" but the truth is they've been back for some time. We'd bet money that every woman has worn a pair of Keds in her life...

Meet Miss Piggy At Opening Ceremony On Fashion's Night Out

The Huffington Post | Erin Clements | Posted 10.24.2011

“Modeling is my life. It is my destiny, I shall accept nothing less,” proclaimed Miss Piggy in 1981’s “The Great Muppet Caper.” Now it s...

WATCH: Breakdancing To Yo-Yo Ma

Posted 06.18.2011

You don't have to wear a tutu to be en pointe. In this modernized treatment of "The Swan," a cello standard composed by Camille Saint-Saëns, cellist ...

Launches and Anniversaries

Melissa Berkelhammer | Posted 05.25.2011

Melissa Berkelhammer

Despite the torrential rain last Thursday night, celebrities, designers, and scenesters turned out in full force to fete a host of celebrations taking place throughout the city that evening.

PHOTOS: Disney's TRON:Legacy Pop-Up Shop Launches At Royal/T In LA

Huffington Post | Lindsay Flans | Posted 05.25.2011

Fans of Walt Disney's TRON--the original was released in 1982--have to head to the TRON Pop-Up Shop at Royal/T in Culver City, which will be open to t...

GQ's List Of Top Ten Men's Stores Features Two LA Boutiques

Posted 05.25.2011

Via Los Angeles Times: GQ Magazine has published its list of the Ten Best Independent Men's Stores in America, and two Los Angeles boutiques have mad...

United Bamboo's Cat Dresses $500 Each (PHOTO)

Posted 05.25.2011

In today's news you can use, The Cut reports that United Bamboo is selling dresses for cats for $500 each at Opening Ceremony. The website doesn't hav...

PHOTOS: La Cienega Boutique Opening Ceremony Parties In The Parking Lot

Posted 05.25.2011

Via Guest of a Guest LA, On Saturday, Opening Ceremony, L.A.'s top purveyor of hard-to-find hipster-chic fashion and style had a fantastic turnout for...

Sunglasses: The Great Debate

Mihal Freinquel | Posted 05.25.2011

Mihal Freinquel

There comes a time in all of our lives when we find ourselves at a crossroads. I'm talking about a sunglasses crossroads: to spend or not to spend.

Chloe Sevigny: My Clothing Collection Is Selfish

Posted 05.25.2011

Chloe Sevigny debuted her newest collection for Opening Ceremony on Tuesday. She designed five different style dresses--an Empire-waist shift, a baby ...

The Vancouver Games: U.S. and Canada Are Neighbors, Not Twins

Frances McInnis | Posted 05.25.2011

Frances McInnis

Although it's obvious -- or perhaps because it's so obvious -- that Canada and the United States are similar in many ways, Canadians almost never talk about it.

The Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Games

Andy Miah | Posted 05.25.2011

Andy Miah

While the Winter Olympics attracts fewer viewers than the summer games, the event is no less pivotal in terms of how it defines the hosting city's emotional attachment to the occasion.

Olympics Opening Ceremony: Vancouver's Best Outfits (PHOTOS)

Posted 05.25.2011

The Vancouver Olympics kicked off tonight with a long opening ceremony. (Click here for photos.) More than 80 countries are represented at the 2010 Wi...

Hoofing Around: Wedge vs. Heel

Mihal Freinquel | Posted 05.25.2011

Mihal Freinquel

What is in style right now -- what is truly in vogue -- is the wedge. And I'm not just talking about wedge sandals. I'm talking about the uber chunky, hoof-like wedges that fashionistas everywhere love.

Buffalo Check: A Key Print For Fall

Mauri Weakley | Posted 05.25.2011

Mauri Weakley

Buffalo Check is clearly the key print this season, from Steven Alan's ubiquitous button downs, to Opening Ceremony's short sleeved coat, Shipley & Halmos's tie neck top.

A Week After 8/8: Despite Simulated Fireworks, the Opening Ceremony Still Shines for Locals

Courtney Woo | Posted 05.25.2011

Courtney Woo

The controversies surrounding the Opening Ceremony will certainly pass, and when they do the symbolic rather than the sensational moments will remain with the Chinese.

China's Ode to Legerdemain

Howard W. French | Posted 05.25.2011

Howard W. French

Embellishing the face of China, and thereby enhancing the prestige of its rulers, required something better than reality, a painstakingly idealized hyper-real, and if that required trickery or deception, so be it.

Beijing Shot Rain From Sky To Keep Opening Ceremony Dry

Alex Pasternack | Posted 05.25.2011

Alex Pasternack

One of the biggest feats of China's spectacular opening ceremony wasn't inside the stadium. The city's meteorological bureau peppered approaching clouds with silver-iodide rockets to prevent rain.

"Blue Screen of Death" Appears at Bird's Nest During Ceremony (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Did China press F1 to reboot? It appears one of the many Microsoft computers projecting images of 5000 years of Chinese history onto the facade of th...

Games People Play: From Paris to Beijing to Iraq

Jerry Weinstein | Posted 05.25.2011

Jerry Weinstein

While the opening ceremony didn't appear to suffer ratings-wise, it mightily pissed off fanatics who complained that they were unable to share the event as it unfolded with their friends worldwide.

Opening Ceremony's Footprint Fireworks Faked For TV Audience

Telegraph | Richard Spencer | Posted 05.25.2011

As the ceremony got under way with a dramatic, drummed countdown, viewers watching at home and on giant screens inside the Bird's Nest National Stadiu...

Olympics Opening Ceremony: Raising The Rings (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

The 2008 Olympics opening ceremonies in Beijing featured a light show that lifted the iconic symbol of the Olympics, the five linked rings, into the a...

The Irony of Immigrant Olympians

Sally Kohn | Posted 05.25.2011

Sally Kohn

Factory workers and maids and farmworkers are easy targets. Let's see the anti-immigrant folks really test their theories and tirades by attacking people Americans really care about: doctors, nurses, engineers -- and one governor.

Olympics Opening Ceremony Performances (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

The opening of the 2008 Beijing Olympics featured several dazzling performances celebrating Chinese culture. Watch the spectacle below: Related: O...