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Looking at the Look Book: Both Artsy AND Fartsy

Emily Gould · 11/09/06 02:30PM

'Designer' Ash Rana's mother was adopted by the prince of Nepal, so he grew up in the palace. Does he miss the royal lifesteez? "It did come with its own perks, but when I moved to the U.S., it was almost like a handicap because I didn't know how to do anything for myself, like laundry and things like that." Aww, he's handicapped! After the jump, Alec Cumming, Robespierre and John McGill go easy on him because of his condition. Not.

Looking at the Look Book

Jessica · 10/05/06 02:40PM

You might know this week's Look Book victim in New York mag as The Mad Mustache of Midtown, but the fellow at right is actually attorney Louis R. Aidala, a guy who says he's so talented that he's acted as special prosecutor and a defense attorney at the same time — and he finds knives behind toilets. Recognize, people. Aidala won't say what influences his style, but he loves his a. testoni shoes and does express some concern over who'll properly wax his mustache for his funeral. Pleasant!

Looking at the Look Book

Jessica · 09/27/06 05:20PM

Meet Shelley Hennig, Miss Teen USA 2004 and this week's featured face in New York magazine's Look Book. Shelley's your typical mactress, bouncing around New York and doing flying leaps and jet s whenever a photographer shows up. Her stylist tells her that West 8th Street is NYC's unofficial shoe district, so she shops around there — but not right now. First, Shelley's got to take her dad to the "beautiful" South Street Seaport. Rah rah!

Looking at the Look Book

Jessica · 07/13/06 03:20PM

Vonn Jackson is not the name of a bar on Bleecker; it's the name of this week's victim in New York mag's Look Book. Vonn is an aspiring singer-songwriter, but in the meantime she's in school and working as a phone operator for Kaplan Test Prep, an audio engineer, and a web designer. Vonn considers herself trendy in a gladiator-sandals-cowboy-hat sort of way, explaining that she "goes left" if everyone else "goes right." Actually, we don't really give a shit about Vonn's style — we just love her subtly erotic MySpace page.