McCartney, known more for her chic street style than for her sporting prowess, proved an inspired choice.

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Mr. Hardy's import is in its second summer in the Hamptons, and its casually stylish work force is so valued that the company now sets up its summer employees in a house on chic Culver Hill Street.

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It was the original location at Seventh Avenue and 17th Street, decades before it became chic.

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Last week Cohen and I sat down at The National to talk about how Lower East Side street style influences his aesthetic, why he thinks older women are more chic than older men, and whether young people have any hope of attaining true measures of style and elegance.

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And the area as a whole still relishes its ethnic, multicultural, bohemian, seedy-chic image a hotch potch of quaint antique shops, market stalls and vibrant street life.

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