We Shop Long Time!

Last night, the Project Crew decided to visit some of our favorite vendors who participated in the Gen Art Shop NYC, event to give them some financial support. See our Shopping Time Story.    With all these great designers in one place selling their merchandise at reduced prices, things have to go crazy and a lot of money was spent.

A couple of designers stood out above the rest. Here are a few.


Chris Habana.

Brooklyn-based jewelry designer Chris Habana, who has a background in printmaking and women's wear, started his own line 5 years ago. Since then, his three-dimensional pieces has garnered a lot of positiveattention, and has been featured in The Fader, Numero Homme, Trace and Exit Magazine, to name a few.




Laura Seymour.

This technical designer, who has been a long-time favorite, offers a line of easy, slouchy dress-up clothes that makes you look good without even trying.



Margarita Saplala.
Saplala got her start at Halston Coats and worked with a slew of other designers before starting her own line of beautiful printed tees, which she twists, knots, and braids.

Click on each designer's name for more info.

Fergie - London Bridge

Project's Staff Weekly Obsession: Gramercy Tavern

Having an old college friend in town gave Christina a great excuse to leave her desk and take advantage of restaurant week in New York.

Although it has always been my favorite New York restaurant, Gramercy Tavern is even more fun to show off after it won the Outstanding Restaurant award in the 2008 James Beard Foundation Restaurant Awards.
                                     From Left to right: Friend and Christina.

If you haven't been to Gramercy Tavern during Restaurant Week yet, no worries, they are also offering a gift certificate for the price of your Restaurant Week meal, compliments of the house!
The $24.07 gift certificate is good toward another weekday lunch at Gramercy Tavern from August 4th through September 26th, between 12 noon and 2pm, in either the Tavern Room or the Dining Room.

I recommend you get there early. You definitely don't want to feel rushed when you are enjoying the fabulous food and the service that makes you feel like a celebrity!

www.gramercytavern.com

All about the body.

Here are two videos focusing on the subject of the day, our summer bodies.


NELLY - BODY ON ME



Mariah Carey - Touch My Body

Project's Summer Bodies.

Care and protection is just as important for our bodies as it is for our faces. A couple of weeks ago, we featured our favorite summer products for the face "Project Summer Faces." Today, everything from the neck down has our attention.


C.O Bigelow Raspberry Mentha Vitamin Body Wash $12
This body wash has a burst of raspberry fragrance to provide an invigorating, fruity sensation while cleansing and refreshing your skin. The mint formula wakes you up and keeps skin extra-healthy and looking its best.



Fresh Brown Sugar Body Polish $65
Fresh Brown Sugar Polish is a gentle moisturizing scrub treatment for the body. Pure brown sugar, which has antibacterial properties, was blended with the world's finest oils resulting, in a stimulating exfoliant.



DDF Enhancing Sun Protection SPF 30 $30
Dr. Sobel, the mastermind behind the DDF line, has created this tinted sunscreen with self-adjusting color spheres to enhance natural skin tone and to even out complexion. It provides a flawless coverage, helps minimize visible redness, while offering a physical barrier against harmful UVA/UVB rays.



Nars Body Glow $59
A blend of Monoï de Tahiti oil, was combined with a rich chocolate shimmer for glowing, healthy and naturally fragrant skin. The multi-purpose beauty oil soothes and moisturizes. It is also lightweight, allowing it to be absorbed immediately on the skin.


Lemon + Sage Body Butter $35

Bliss's fresh, citrus-scented, moisturizing butter is enriched with antioxidant vitamins A and E and arnica extract. It is so effective that a single squeeze can make rough and scaly skin history.


Hanae Mori Butterfly - Eau Fraiche $65
Butterfly Eau Fraiche, is a limited-edition fruity floral fragrance that takes the wonderful original scent on a whole new flight of fancy with a blend of Black Currant, Mandarin Wood, Rosewood, Jasmine and Peony.

L'Occitane Green Tea with Jasmine Eau de Toilette $44

An intoxicating blend of jasmine, green tea, citrus fruit and cedar, creates this hypnotizing fragrance that envelops the air entrancing everyone who encounters the aroma.


Click on each product for purchasing info.

Hello, Goodbye

Mr.John Galliano, always in his Sunday best.

Besides seeing the fashionable frocks we'll be wearing next season, everyone wants to see the master mind(s) behind the clothes, but how will each designer close the show for the season?

Will they walk down the entire runway greeting friends and supporters in the front row? Maybe they will stand, bow and wave. Some actually peek out just because it is required, while others come out dressed better than their models for the season (John Galliano comes to mind).

Here are some designers that say goodbye in their own way every season.


Working the runways.
From left to right: Ralph Lauren, John Galliano, Jean Paul Gaultier, Diane Von Furstenberg.



The Duos
From left to right: Lazaro Hernandez and Jack McCullough (Proenza Schuler), Rolf Snoeren and Victor Horsting (Victor & Rolf), Kate and Laura Mulleavy (Rodarte), Stefano Gabbana and Donenico Dolce (Dolce & Gabbana).



Stand, Bow and Wave.
From Left to right: Miuccia Prada, Derek Lam, Vera Wang and Oscar De La Renta.


Peek-a-Boo I See You!
From left to right: Consuelo Castiglioni (Marni), Raf Simons (Jil Sander), Martin Margiela, Hussein Chalayan.


Click on each designer's name for more info.

"Who is the fairest of them all?"

Alberto Severso is a freelance graphic designer who has developed his own style by combining photography with vector illustrations filled with lots of colors and shapes. This Italian's portfolio consists mostly of his human subjects covered with a combinations of stripes, dots, etc.

If you're interested in his work, you can buy some of his great prints or even just the digital versions as PDF files, allowing you to organize the printing yourself.




Click HERE for more info.

Adding more to our Summer Sale!

Even though our Summer Sale started last week, we felt that marking down prices for a small selection of garments just wasn't enough. After hearing the pleas from our girls, we went back and marked down more, more, more.



Prices have been reduced from our favorite designers: Dru New York, Plastic Island, Yumi Kim, Bread and Butter, plus many more.


For months, you've been waiting for this sale, ladies, now go shop and make yourself proud!

Project 159
159 7th Ave South
New York, NY 10014
212.929.4959

Project 234
234 Mulberry St
New York, NY 10012
212.334.6431

Ohh, that tingles!!!

In northern Virginia, there is a spa that has been offering a pedicure that uses the Garra Rufa, also called doctor fish, to help remove the dead skin from the clients' feet. The owner of the salon, "Yvonne Hair and Nail," wanted to try something different while finding a replacement for pedicures that used razors to scrape off dead skin.




With over 5000 people who have already taken the plunge in DC, its only a matter of time before this unique treatments splashes into NYC.

To read more from this article click HERE.

Project Staff Weekly Obsession: Bus Stops

                                     Oregon

                                     Dubai

This week, Isi is obsessing over bus stops located around the world and how they differ from the bus stops in US.

"I haven't taken the bus in a long time, but i took one the other day when i went to pick up my car and I saw this bus stop and thought "Wow, how cool." I thought it would be fun to see what kind of cool bus stops there are around the world."


                                      California.

Rihanna - Disturbia

Shopping Time!

                                    Yumi Kim


We are in the sharing mood this week. Summer Blow Out Sales at the Project 159 and Project 234, NYC Restaurant Weeks and now Gen Art Sales Night July 30th.

One night every summer, Gen Art throws this amazing event of shopping,cocktails, music and pampering.

                                   Yumi Kim

                                    Dru New York
                                    Dru New York

                                  Lewis Cho.



NYC-based designers and boutiques will have clothes, shoes and accessories reduced 30%, 40%, and sometimes actually 60% from their retail prices.

Some of our favorite Project Stores designers will be there, including Yumi Kim, Dru New York and Lewis Cho.

Wednesday, July 30th
5:00-6:00pm VIP Preview
6:00-10:00pm Main Sale

Metropolitan Pavilion
125 West 18th Street
(between 6-7th Avenue)

Ahhh, another reason to spend money, WISELY.

www.genart.org

NYC Restaurant Week.

Interior of Spice Market


Keeping in the Cheap Eats theme today, NYC Restaurant Week started yesterday ladies.

This program was developed in 1992 to welcome the Democratic National Convention to the City.

Since 1992, the success of NYC Restaurant Week has only grown, with over 235 restaurants offering both lunch and dinner: three-course, prix-fixe meals for $24.07 and $35.00. It has now been extended to two weeks each in the summer and winter.

The Mercer Kitchen.


Dates: July 21st to July 25th/July 28th -August 1st.
http://nycvisit.com/restaurantweek/

All of this just for $20.

What the low-end chef made.Harry Hawk of Harry’s at Water Taxi Beach
Total cost: $13.78


During the summer months in NYC, everyone is out enjoying the sun and no one wants to stay home to cook, making eating out an expensive habit. Thank goodness for the annual Cheat Eats issue from New York Magazine, on newsstands now.

One particular article caught my attention:" Three Course Meals for $20 or Less". NY Mag asked two very different chefs to create a three course meal for two, using the same $20 budget. Let the food wars begin!

What the high-end chef made.Chef Olivier Muller of DB Bistro Moderne
Total cost: $17.74

To find out what restaurant critic, Adam Platt, thought about the chefs' creations click HERE

Oh honey, for me?!

A new toy for the grown-ups. IRing allows you to control your iPod/iPhone. The stylish design concept by Victor Soto uses Blue-tooth technology and lets you to control playback and volume on any Apple media device you may own.

The iRing has a rechargeable battery life of up to 2 days and comes with a minimal size ring lock mechanism ideal for charging and storing your iRing when its isn't been used. Ahh, another way to simplify our lives!


No release date yet. We will keep you'll posted.

Project Stores Summer Sales

On your mark,
Get set,
Goooo.