Our Hero: Graydon Carter must know that Kristen Bell, all 5’1” of her, is never far from our hearts. [Vanity Fair]

Music From Big Pink: We grew up listening to The Band. Now a generation of musicians are growing up dressing like them. [WeAreTheMarket]

Fit for a King: His Royal Highness The Prince Charles Philip Arthur George, Prince of Wales and Earl of Chester, Duke of Cornwall, Duke of Rothesay, Earl of blah, blah, blah unveils his new collection of posh men’s accessories. [Men.Style]

Lifetime Contract: “Project Runway” jumps from the cosy, omnisexual stable of Bravo to the gilded henhouse of The Lifetime channel - meaning you’ll have to lie twice as hard about watching it. [NYMag]

Game Design: In utterly predicable news, iPod addict Karl Lagerfeld lends his voice to Grand Theft Auto IV. [WWD]

Frat Brothers: Like any other bored jock in the City, the Manning boys have nothing better to do with their time than hang out at Brother Jimmy’s and play Buck Hunter. Losers. [NYPost]

Our old friends at Norsea Industries have come out with a new Autumn/Winter line, and while most of it is the same North England nautical duds we gushed about before, there’s something new this time around. And it looks an awful lot like jewelry.

Well, maybe jewelry is a bit too strong—let’s stick with “accessories.” The latest goods include scarves, loose bracelets, tie and lapel pins, cufflinks, and even a watch fob or two. It’s a little different from the stripped-down denim they were moving a season ago, but it’s not so far off the mark.

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Ankled: Another model eats runway. Can we set up some kind of foundation for this? [The Cut]

Band of Insiders: Scott Sternberg dishes out some borderline-abusive rules of style. Maybe it’s the bow tie? [Men.Style]

Lured: Innovative cufflinks and ties get a little cheaper. God bless you, deflation! [Josh Spear]

Rabbit Hunting: Tom Junod waxes elegiac about the departed John Updike. [Esquire]

The economy isn’t all bad news; it looks like the craft sector is taking off in spite of everything.

Online craft shop Etsy cleared $12 million in sales last month (up 18% from February), and they’re poised to become the go-to source for trinkets of all kinds. We wouldn’t want to build a wardrobe from it, but it definitely has its charms.

Our guide to Etsy»

If you don’t feel like going the vintage cufflinks route, we suggest getting a bit stranger. Maybe a few feathers?

These fishing lure cufflinks (via SwipeLife) from Coto should be suitably eye-catching. There aren’t many conventions for what you need on your cuffs, and it’s far enough out of the way that it won’t intrude on your otherwise impeccable outfit. Those hooks are blunted, so they won’t chew up the inside of your suit jacket, and otherwise they’ll offer a woodsy alternative to the usual polished silver.

Now if you could just find the right lapel pin…