Interview: Gary Shteyngart

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Dystopia now Onionskin jeans are transparent, cost a fortune, and send your fuckability rating off the charts. Onionskin jeans are transparent, cost a fortune, and send your fuckability rating off the charts. They are but one of the creepy features of the dystopia Gary Shteyngart depicts in Super Sad True Love Story (Random House), the Leningrad-born American author’s third novel and first New …

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Premium khakis to replace premium jeans?

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NEW YORK, May 26 The current military, safari, or preppy trends make use of the khaki, influential fashion blogger Garance Doré wrote that khaki is the new black, and now the New York Times says that mens khakis are hip again. With the fascination over premium denim having nearly exhausted its laundry list of spins, it is not surprising …

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Alek Wek’s travelling life

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Alek Wek, the model, on the lure Mexico City, hot New York restaurants – and finding jeans for her 38-inch-long legs.

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Ninth-grader publishes online (Rome News-Tribune)

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LAGRANGE, Ga. (AP) — Michelle Jones appears to be a typical ninth-grader. She is dressed in blue jeans, a T-shirt with an artistic design printed on the front and an array of bracelets on her arms….

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Ninth-grader publishes online (Rome News-Tribune)

Fun with reading is just what the doctor, Seuss, ordered (Shelbyville Times-Gazette)

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One sock, two sock, red sock, blue sock, orange sock, green sock — Wacky socks, shoes and jeans abounded at Eakin Primary School Tuesday in honor of Dr. Seuss’ books “Fox in Socks” and “Foot Book.”…

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Chinese publisher’s Obama instincts proved right (AFP via Yahoo! News)

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Young publisher Han Manchun was so taken by US president-elect Barack Obama’s ideas that he decided to have one of his books translated — and created an unexpected hit in China.

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Diving into the exotic jeans pool (The Virginia Gazette)

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In honor of all the faded, washed, studded, ripped and re-sewn jeans that have been unleashed by Los Angeles denim companies, L.A. Fashion Week presented its first-ever denim day on Tuesday.

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Merriam-based Lee Jeans is a proud maker of “mom jeans” (The Pitch)

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Lee Jeans ‘ biggest day of the year was finally here. On the first Friday in October, Lee spearheaded the annual Lee National Denim Day . Across the country, hundreds of thousan…

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The Official Jeans of a Book? Mark Ecko, Parasuco and Strellson Official Partners of Book in an Industry First (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)

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A Novel Concept for the Book Industry — Official fashion partners for a book

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