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Woman Around Town: Shelley White – Dressing Stars
From Boardwalk Empire, Motown, Big Fish, and Others

Wednesday, April 17th, 2013
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When Shelley White was a high school student in Arlington, Virginia in the 1980s, she liked to shop at Classic Clothing, a popular vintage store

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In Time for the Derby – Hat Sale!

Monday, April 15th, 2013
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Are you planning to attend the Kentucky Derby May 3 and 4 or the Frederick Law Olmsted Awards Luncheon in New York’s Central Park on

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Woman Around Town: Jojo Moyes Discusses
Her Best-Selling Novel, Me Before You

Monday, April 8th, 2013
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The first time I heard of Jojo Moyes, the British journalist and novelist, was when I read an essay she wrote in the weekend edition

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Streaming to Your Device – Netflix’s House of Cards

Sunday, February 17th, 2013
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Transmission of political programming can be found as far back as 1571 when the Protestant Reformation was nailed to the Wittenberg church door by one

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Clean Up, Paint Up, Fix Up With Books

Tuesday, February 12th, 2013
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One great thing about foul weather is that it gives us a perfect opportunity to assess what we can do to improve our wardrobe and

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Fashion Takes Flight

Wednesday, February 6th, 2013
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As surely as the spring, feathers are coming, floating back into designer awareness perhaps inspired by their appearance on Downton Abbey, perhaps in anticipation of

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Woman Around Town: Carol Wallace – Imagining Downton Abbey

Wednesday, December 19th, 2012
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As those of us on this side of the pond eagerly anticipate season three of the award-winning Downton Abbey, it was a real treat to

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The Look of Downton Abbey Interiors

Tuesday, December 18th, 2012
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Downton would not have refurbished after the war when season three begins with so much else on the minds and spirits of the household. Most

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