Are selfies the ultimate expression of narcissism? Maybe. Some psychologists have even linked the vexing fad to serious mental health issues. But for #missionsmile and Indiana-based lifestyle vloggers Mark E. Miller and partner Ethan Hethcote, that’s all a bunch of bull. “The act of taking a selfie is showing how…

For local clothing brand Style Mafia and beverage group Friends Fun Wine, sharing is definitely caring. To prove their allied kinship, the two will have joint custody of The Broken Shaker on Thursday, May 1, for a night awash with wine sampling and apparel-turned-art auctioning. On the liquid courage forefront,…

Hipsters have walked among us “conformists” since the dawn of day. Okay, maybe more like a fistful of years — who the hell is counting? Since their subcultural conception in the early 2000s, they have been garnered with a notorious rep of looking — and sometimes smelling — all the…

This weekend’s Wynwood Life may have been the Promised Land for killer paint jobs and ground-shaking bass, but the most beloved component of the three-day festival had to be the steeze. Fashionites from every tribe of the 305 came out to gladly bake and broil underneath the merciless sun, snoop…

In Miami, it’s always hot. You might run into the occasional two-week stint in February of a biting 59-degree wind-chill, but for the most part, it teeter-totters somewhere between 79.9 and 180-degrees. Indeed, we are a blessed state, and because of our endless summers, Wynwood Life will be throwing a…

In fashion, rule bending is expected. But this Friday, Vickie Yooneek from V.Y. Imagery Fashion House isn’t looking to just curve those rules; she wants to break them. Thus, the second-annual runway show Breaking the Laws of Fashion. Local up-and-coming designers, such as pop-culture-inspired JunesYves and T-shirt line Gold Cigar…

Being a woman is not easy. The once-blistering open spores from your five-inch McQueen’s have forever left an emblazoned mark on your right ankle. That grueling hour you spend straightening your untamed mane alone renders you catatonic. Let’s not even dive into the messy horrors of child birth. All that…

Last week, menswear boutique Cottage packed in a party of people so tight any fire marshal would be skeptical. It was a lively Spring/Summer trunk show hosted by trendsetting New York designer Michael Bastian. Legions of fervent admirers appraised and gushed over pieces like the Ben Sweater – a boiled…

It seems like only yesterday we were watching Jonah Hill as Donnie Azoff in Wolf of Wall Street, faded off of God knows how many ludes, slurring the name “Stee-ve Mad-den” through his blinding, white chompers. The name rendered inherently paramount in the box-office hit maintains its relevance within the…