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Woman Around Town: Shelley White – Dressing Stars
From Boardwalk Empire, Motown, Big Fish, and Others
Wednesday, April 17th, 2013
by Charlene Giannetti on Woman Around Town
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
What’s Black & White & Red All Over?
Saturday, March 2nd, 2013
by Alix Cohen on Shopping Around
Black and white combinations have always worked. There’s something crisp and clean about these emphatic colors together. Add red for a dash of sizzle and
Rhinestone Cowgirl
Saturday, February 16th, 2013
by Alix Cohen on Shopping Around
Mamas, don’t let your babies grow up to be cowgirls. Don’t let ‘em pick guitars or drive them old trucks. Let ‘em be doctors and
“Sex and the City” Fashion Influence: Charlotte York
Thursday, January 17th, 2013
by Alix Cohen on Shopping Around
Remember Sex and The City? Really, how can you not- whether as Candace Bushnell’s groundbreaking columns or the book that followed (1997), first-run television series
Essential Leather Tops
Saturday, January 5th, 2013
by Alix Cohen on Shopping Around
A wardrobe essential, really, if one is at all fashionable. Brings up the tone of any outfit, can be dressed up or down, always stays
Sophisticated Paisley
Friday, January 4th, 2013
by Alix Cohen on Shopping Around
Personally, I think it crept back with Anna Karenina. Beginning now, the trend will increase with Spring. Etro may make the most beautiful and expensive
Not the Usual Plaid Silhouettes
Thursday, October 18th, 2012
by Alix Cohen on Shopping Around
There are lots of plaid flannel shirts out there, classic tartan kilts (with oversized safety pins,) plaid menswear-look vests (buy in menswear departments!) and plaid
Over-the-Knee Boots II (Every Color but Black)
Tuesday, October 9th, 2012
by Alix Cohen on Shopping Around
You already HAVE black boots, probably several pair. It’s time for something distinctly fashionable or sportier or perhaps frivolous. And if you’re going to do
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