There’s always the guy you know who is running around in ankle-deep snow in sandals, a pair of baggy shorts exposing his ghostly-white legs, insisting that he’s not cold because the thermometer climbed past 45 degrees one day in late February.  Or the girl who keeps rolling out the parka until Memorial Day because it’s always so cold outside.  Wait - are you that guy?  Or that…

There’s an impressive 1970s-inspired fashion slide show at WMagazine.com right now - stylist Alex White has patched together work from some of today’s most interesting designers and created a series of looks that would have been perfectly appropriate for hunching over a hand mirror in the bathroom at Studio 54.  It’s worth a look.

Funny how retro works.  Since the early 1970s,…

Local models strutted eco-friendly fashion -- garbage bags and newspapers -- at the Buffalo Niagara Green Expo "Eco" Fashion Show at the Galleria Mall on Saturday. Buffalo.com photographer Dave Marino captured photos.

Thousands of bar crawlers visited 19 bars throughout Friday night on the Buffalo Bar Crawl, and Buffalo.com photographer Chuck Alaimo shot the revelry. Proceeds helped support the Buffalo Entertainment District, known as B.E.D., which strives to make the downtown environment safer.

Pussy willows, polkas, parades, parties and a plethora of Polish pride! Here are Don Nieman's photographs from Dyngus Day at Sobieski Vodka Hall during the 2011 Dyngus Day Buffalo festival.

A drenching rain didn't stop Polish party-goers from goin' nuts at the Central Terminal on Dyngus Day. Buffalo.com photographer Chuck Alaimo shot an impressive album of smiling faces, pussy willows and lots and lots of Tyskie.

This isn’t your ordinary tale of love.  We’ve finally reached the tail end of Lent, that unbelievably long stretch of constant sacrifice, and Dyngus Day (Monday, April 25th) lurks tantalizingly close.  Dubbed the “reverse Mardi Gras” by Dyngus Day founder Martin Biniasz, the Buffalo-specific Polish holiday celebrates spring, freedom and love simultaneously—with pussy…

Fashion design students from Buffalo State showed off their latest creations at Pierce Arrow for this year's popular event. Colors, textures and themes varied from collection to collection, highlight the diverse range of taste and inspiration among budding designers.

Buffalo’s style cognoscenti hit the Pierce Arrow Building on Saturday night to celebrate the work of Buffalo State College’s student fashion designers. But this was no amateur production. Produced by Erin Habes, possibly Buffalo’s most passionate fashionista (and a prof at Buff State), the evening’s highlights included, in no particular order:

1) Loads of talent. From the runway…

Organized by Buffalo State College faculty fashionista Erin Habes, Runway 4.0 recognized the work of the college's senior fashion designers, fiber design students, alumni and local designers with a stylish, ultra-modern runway show. Nate Benson shot some "smile for the camera" photos as well.