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Pre-Season Tropicals

Saturday, April 28th, 2012
by Alix Cohen on Shopping Around

Those of us who haven’t been lucky enough to go south this winter can’t wait to at least wear something representative of palm trees, parrots,

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Trendspotting: Neon

Friday, April 20th, 2012
by Alix Cohen on Shopping Around

The street hasn’t seen neon in fashion since the 60s. Remember club clothes – part circus, part spaceman, the way Elton John used to dress?

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Tees and Trendy Crop Tops

Tuesday, April 10th, 2012
by Alix Cohen on Shopping Around

Ok, you have a drawer full of these, but how many look like handkerchiefs or have shrunk beyond attractiveness? When the weather turns, you’ll probably

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The Little Black Dress AND…

Monday, August 1st, 2011
by Alix Cohen on Shopping Around

“Something about glamour interested me. All my schoolbooks had drawings of women on terraces with a cocktail and a cigarette..” Bill Blass Ah, the eponymous

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COLOR!

Wednesday, July 27th, 2011
by Alix Cohen on Shopping Around

If you’re quiet, you’re not living. You’ve got to be noisy and colorful and lively. Mel Brooks Two thirds of the way through Winter, one

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What’s on Top?!

Friday, July 22nd, 2011
by Alix Cohen on Shopping Around

We’re all bored with our clothes. It’s the mid-Summer doldrums. Some of us are haunting consolidation sales, some living in the same four items. Time

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Woman Around Town: Magee Hickey—On the Scene

Sunday, December 13th, 2009
by Stephanie Russell-Kraft on Woman Around Town

Magee Hickey, a reporter for WCBS-TV in New York, is such a busy Woman Around Town that we have difficulty even finding time for her

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Pearl River

Soho’s Pearl River for Clothes, Accessories, Everything

Saturday, April 4th, 2009
by Woman Around Town on Shopping Around

If you venture down to Soho to check out Topshop, take a few minutes to cross the street and visit Pearl River. Billed as a

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