BILL CUNNINGHAM said that his favorite time to photograph people was during extreme weather. When nature's so hostile that we abandon aesthetics in favor of functionality, or shoot for sexy despite our best interests, that's when things get really interesting. With a heatwave rolling through, um, basically all of NORTH AMERICA, I recommend finding a shady spot somewhere with steady foot traffic and enjoying the bizarre, exciting get-ups people will come up with in an effort to make it through the day without evaporating. Today's winners here in TORONTO: dude in a mostly-unbuttoned aloha shirt, super-baggy trousers slightly cropped to resemble grungy hakama, and pool slides; woman with a collared shirt buttoned in a funnel to frame her face à la BEVIS... In 1990, the CHICAGO WHITE SOX played a game in replicas of their 1917 uniforms. Today, the throwback jersey is a common feature in Western sports. Teams wear alternate uniforms for all sorts of reasons -- to commemorate special occasions, to support the troops, to pay homage to the team's legacy -- but mostly they wear them so they can sell them to fans. CHRIS SALE, star pitcher for the CHICAGO WHITE SOX, arrived at the ballpark last week to find that he was expected to play in a replica of the team's, uh, unorthodox 1976 unis. SALE had previously expressed that the uniforms were so uncomfortable that they hindered his performance, and, feeling as though his team prioritized selling gear over winning ballgames, he destroyed all of the jerseys. I have no idea if CHRIS SALE is interested in fashion off the field, but I bet he'd find some kindred spirits in designers feeling pressured by an industry focused on pumping out more product faster rather than creating beautiful things people actually want... In what we have to assume is a covert ad campaign for the feel-good romantic comedy of the summer, a ZAPPOS employee set the world record for longest ever customer service call when he chit-chatted with a shopper for 10 hours and 43 minutes. Said employee STEVE WEINSTEIN, "The connection was amazing and even though I never spoke to this customer before in my life, I felt like I knew her for 15 or 20 years." Cuuuuute.