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Trendspotting: Snakeskin Accessories
Saturday, April 21st, 2012
by Alix Cohen on Shopping Around
An investment in year-round style, this interesting resource looks as well with weaves and tweeds as it does with lighter, flatter fabrics. Come warmer weather,
Trendspotting: Printed Pants
Monday, April 16th, 2012
by Alix Cohen on Shopping Around
Not since the sixties have we seen so many printed pants- jeans, pencils, palazzos and harem pants with florals, geometrics, batiks, and conversational patterns. The
FLATS Put the Spring in Your Step
Thursday, March 29th, 2012
by Alix Cohen on Shopping Around
Excluding classic small-string-bow ballet flats which we all own and all know where to buy, herein an offering of some pretty alternatives. Skirts can be
Trendspotting: Lace
Thursday, March 15th, 2012
by Alix Cohen on Shopping Around
It is difficult to see why lace should be so expensive; it is mostly holes. Mary Wilson Little Girlish or sexy, it’s always feminine: a
Trend Spotting: The Peplum
Sunday, February 19th, 2012
by Alix Cohen on Shopping Around
According to fashion magazines, the trend is PEPLUM. Emphasis on hips makes your waist look narrower. Shoulder pads achieved the same results; looks like they
Wardrobe By Generation: Dressing In Your Forties
Friday, February 10th, 2012
by Alix Cohen on Shopping Around
Once upon a time, it was possible to almost discern a woman’s age by the way she dressed, made-up and did her hair. Now that
The (Navy) Blue Angel
Wednesday, January 25th, 2012
by Alix Cohen on Shopping Around
You gotta have style. It helps you get up in the morning. It’s a way of life. Without it you’re nobody. And I’m not talking
It’s Better the Secondi Time Around
Wednesday, September 22nd, 2010
by Martha Kepner on Shopping Around
If your favorite words are Louis, Prada, Chanel and Manolo, then there’s one spot in town you must visit frequently: Secondi Consignment. The upstairs neighbor
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