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  • December 03, 2007
    By Sharon Steel


    © Christine Atturio

    CHIAKI
    STORY: 20-years-old, B.U. study abroad student from Tokyo
    SNAPPED: Kenmore Square
    STALKED: She knows how to work with proportion and volume. And we’re seriously impressed by her tights-under-shorts combo, which the Fug Girls say can never, ever work.
    SHE SAYS: “I really like key necklaces! Collecting keys is my hobby!”
    WE SAY: She’s got the key to our style-starved hearts.
  • November 30, 2007
    By Ryan Stewart
    Phoenix editor Lance Gould talked to the guys from the Sandbox on WFNX this morning about the proposed spanking legislature in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and, uh, Pat Benatar. Listen to it here.

    LISTEN: Gould on the Sandbox (mp3)

  • November 21, 2007
    By Ian Sands

    This made me laugh. Jim “Suldog” Sullivan of Watertown Mass is on a quest to stop Christmas from encroaching on Turkey Day’s turf. He’s tired of having to sit through all those ads for Christmas in November. Of the malls he frequents breaking out the Santa suits prematurely. Of the supermarket shelves he peers down boasting cookies decorated “in green and red sprinkles.

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  • November 12, 2007
    By Sharon Steel


    © Christine Atturio

    A note from your street style correspondents: We vow to leave the Boston University safety net, find more well-dressed boys to shoot/stalk, and discover, for your and our personal edification, if anyone is actually wearing winter jackets yet. What's a "safe" date to bust out the puffer coat and not look like a jerk? P.


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  • November 09, 2007
    By Sharon Steel


    © Christine Atturio

    AYAKO
    STORY: 21-year-old Bunker Hill student.
    SNAPPED: Rushing through Kenmore Square to meet a friend.
    STALKED: Fitted black Diesels, chocolate stiletto boots, an oversized cardigan-sweater, and a chain-link belt: we wish we looked this good when we were in a hurry!







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  • November 08, 2007
    By Sharon Steel


    © Christine Atturio

    NICKI
    STORY: Age: 21. Major: Advertising at B.U. Style icon: Kristen Dunst.
    SNAPPED: On her way back from picking up art supplies for her advertising class.
    STALKED: The Sartorialist would never forgive himself if he let an adorable city girl on a bike get away, and neither would we.





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  • November 06, 2007
    By Sharon Steel


    © Christine Atturio

    LAUREN
    STORY: Age: 18. Major: Painting at B.U. Style icon: French actress Juliet Binoche.
    SNAPPED: Just outside of N.E.S.O.P.
    STALKED: This is our favorite brand of imported-on-purpose-messy-careless-cool that would look just right at a café in Monmarte.
    SHE SAYS: “I’m from Northhampton, which is very bohemian, very hippie, very focused on individual style.






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  • November 02, 2007
    By Sharon Steel


    © Christine Atturio

    RYAN
    STORY: Age: 19. Major: Communications. Minor: Beach-Meets-Boston-Chic.
    SNAPPED: Killing time on the steps of the Tsai Center.
    STALKED: Who wouldn’t stop for a Daryl Hannah-circa-Splash ringer in skinny jeans?
    SHE SAYS: “I’m actually from south Florida, so basically I’m just trying to keep myself warm right now.






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  • November 01, 2007
    By Caitlin E. Curran
    Boston (somewhere around 93 north):



    Photo submitted anonymously.

    Not in Boston (Málaga, Spain):



    Flickr photo by bayt, from the Windowzoo project. More here:



    Got a cool Boston or non-Boston street art photo? E-mail it to us.

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  • October 31, 2007
    By Caitlin E. Curran
    Boston:



    Photo by hargo on Flickr.

    Not in Boston:



    Banksy photo from Wooster Collective.

    Got a cool Boston or non-Boston street art photo? E-mail it to us.

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  • October 31, 2007
    By Sharon Steel


    © Christine Atturio

    LARA
    STORY: Age: 19. Major: Political Science and Power-Walking.
    SNAPPED: Hauling it down Comm. Ave, headphones on, late for class (we made her even later).
    STALKED: You can never go wrong with black and white and grey all over.
    SHE SAYS: “My style is whatever I feel like when I wake up.






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  • October 29, 2007
    By Sharon Steel
    Last week, your street style correspondents stalked the Tsai Center, loitered at the GSU, and chased cute girls down Comm. Ave.--we even made one of them late for class. We were looking for flat boots, belted cardigans, and wide-legged pants, and we found most of it at Boston University, although wide-leg denim is still a mystery to us.

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  • October 24, 2007
    By Sharon Steel


    © Christine Atturio

    MARCO
    STORY: Digital archiver at the Boston Public Library, aspiring DJ, recently moved to Boston from New York City, likes hand-me-downs.
    SNAPPED: On his way to work.
    STALKED: His Oxford wing-tips stood out among the limited-edition Nikes traversing Newbury St.
    HE SAYS: “I got these shoes from my old job, a clothing store in New York City called Eleven. They sell Americana-based vintage clothing. They need new soles.”

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