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Why You Should Be Shopping at J.C. Penney
This past Sunday, I needed long underwear. It’s been freaking colder than cold here in New England, and when it’s like that, well, you just need long underwear or risk getting a frozen behind. I’d...
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A Quick Look at Prabal Gurung Collection for Target
Well, I was down at the local mall today, and had a chance to look at a number of pieces in the Prabal Gurung Collection for Target at my local Target. I can’t say I was all that impressed. Here’s...
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Photo of curvy Swedish mannequins goes viral, people say “Hey! That’s NOT...
Size 12 and 16 mannequins on display in Swedish department store Ahlens Perhaps you’ve seen this photo already. A friend on Facebook posted it, or someone tweeted it, or it showed up somewhere else....
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New L’Oreal Paris Global E-Commerce Site Offers All the Products You Can’t...
Sea Fleur (630) and Peach Fuzz (417) your favorite shades? Now you can purchase from lorealparisusa.com (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Have you ever been completely pissed that the local drugstore or...
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The Guys of Mad Men Season Six: Ban-Lon, Bow Ties and Bulges
All right…so by now we’ve all heard about John Hamm’s trouser troubles,* and while that is for some of us a lovely, period-perfect distraction, there’s a lot more to Mad Men’s Season Six fashions...
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JCP axes CEO Ron Johnson: a consumer analysis of JCP’s six big branding mistakes
Stunning news today that JC Penney CEO Ron Johnson–former Apple Store retail whiz and former Target merch JC Penney is one of the three department stores at the mall. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)...
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Abercrombie and Fitch isn’t the only store that doesn’t want ‘larger people’
A big hoo-ha rolling around amongst friends on Facebook is a reminder of a 2006 tone-deaf pronouncement re women larger than size 10 from Abercrombie & Fitch CEO Mike Jeffries that was recently...
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Saturday Seven: Stories you should be reading for week ending June 15, 2013
Saturday Seven makes far more sense than a Sunday 7. So here are seven stories you should have read this week about fashion, body image, trash-talking movie reviewers, and much more….. House Passes...
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Redbook’s New Design — More Fun, More Fashion, More for Us (not Them)
A couple of months ago, I noticed Ivanka Trump on the cover of Redbook. The redesign caught my attention real fast. Redbook had been, to my mind, one of those “mommy mags” up there with Woman’s Day,...
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Saturday Seven for Week Ending June 29, 2013
This week’s Saturday Seven…..a day late, so it’s really the Sunday 8….. I Wore Stripper Heels For A Day (Buzzfeed Fashion) Angela Vitello’s hilarious account of teetering around on 7 inch heels for a...
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Kardashians plan another fashion foray with Lipsy London
The kreepy Kardashian sisters bring their line of krap klothing to Lipsy London this fall. (photo courtesy of Zimbio.com) Gad! I almost lost my breakfast this morning when I read on WWD.com how the...
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The NFL knows we look great in teeny-tiny tee shirts…..
Apparently, the other day, in New York City, there was some big fashion show in Grand Central station “cementing” a relationship between the National Football League and Vogue magazine. And why does...
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Closer to fashion than you think: Why I’m not following Mecedes-Benz Fashion...
As far as I can tell, Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week is full-steam ahead in New York City right now. But I don’t feel like giving it any big-time press over here. There’s enough social going on about...
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TODAY: Catherine Malandrino for DesignNation at Kohl’s.
Today, Kohl’s launches its third Design Nation designer collaboration. This time it’s with French designer Catherine Too “retro” with a kitschy print. Malandrino, who has worked for the couture...
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Sears CEO Eddie Lampert leads company on a frumpy road to fashion nowhere
If most of your clothes shopping, like mine, is on the budget-side, you’ve probably noticed that Sears, a one time great hub for pretty, stylish, and inexpensive clothes, has been in a downward...
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Even gorgeous Jennifer Lawrence is not immune from the vagaries of Photoshopping
If you haven’t seen it yet, there’s a GIF circulating of Jennifer Lawrence’s 2011 cover for Canadian fashion magazine FLARE magazine. Hear are the two pics side by side: Before photoshop After...
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Saturday Seven for Week Ending June 29, 2013
This week’s Saturday Seven…..a day late, so it’s really the Sunday 8….. I Wore Stripper Heels For A Day (Buzzfeed Fashion) Angela Vitello’s hilarious account of teetering around on 7 inch heels for a...
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Kardashians plan another fashion foray with Lipsy London
The kreepy Kardashian sisters bring their line of krap klothing to Lipsy London this fall. (photo courtesy of Zimbio.com) Gad! I almost lost my breakfast this morning when I read on WWD.com how the...
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