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Transition to Fall in DKNY

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I’m soooo over 100-degree days, aren’t you? To keep sane (and cool), I’ve been window shopping fall offerings on the Web in the comfort of my air-conditioned abode. I don’t know about the rest of you in the northern hemisphere, but every year about this time I can’t wait to fast forward to autumn. I’m anxiously [...]

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Gucci Style iPad App—Why It Should Matter to You

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Ladies and gentlemen, the future is officially today, at least for the house of Gucci. Just released is the Gucci Style iPad app, Version 3.0, and if this is the what we can expect from fashion in the 21st century, then honey, I’m even more in love. Gucci’s iPad app is a major breakthrough in [...]

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Seduced: Shoppable Gucci Fall 2011 Video

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Oh, Gucci. You tempt me with your sultry ad campaigns, with those glossy images of that girl living that life. You libertine—you entice me with snake and gold and silk and luxury. And now, for your 90th birthday, you take it one step further with an interactive, shareable, shoppable fashion video. With all that black [...]

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Cream of the Resort 2012 Crop: Alexander McQueen

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OK. Don’t hyperventilate. I’m trying not to. I’ve been studying looks from the resort 2012 collections, and actually created a whole “best of” post, until I laid eyes on Sarah Burton’s resort 2012 collection for Alexander McQueen. It is the best of the best of the best. That’s it. I have nothing else to say [...]

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Guest Post: The Meaning of Mehndi

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Recently, Leia of Leia’s Delights wrote a guest post for G&G about The Stunning, Sensual Sari after I read a post on her blog about the traditional dress of her culture. I asked Leia if she’d be willing to share more because I have been fascinated by the beauty of the sari for years. Along the way, [...]

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The Stunning, Sensual Sari

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You know what I love most about the fashion blogging world?  Meeting fascinating fashion lovers in faroff places. Somehow (I can’t quite recall), I discovered the exquisitely gorgeous (and equally brilliant) Leia, of Leia’s Delights, or she discovered me. Once I began reading her blog regularly, I was hooked. I have so enjoyed learning about the food [...]

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The ABCs of Jersey Style

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In case you haven’t noticed, New Jersey is the new black. Although reality TV is suddenly saturated with all things Joisey—Real Housewives of New Jersey, Jersey Shore, Jerseylicious, Jersey Couture—Jersey’s climb from red-headed stepchild to golden child has been years in the making. What, you think Snooki started this? No, loves. It wasn’t Snooki. Or [...]

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Friend Friday: The Style/Confidence Relationship

For this week’s Friend Friday* post, we were asked to share our thoughts on the relationship between personal style and confidence. Below are the questions Katy asked, and I responded via video…hope you like! One disclaimer: this is my first “vlog,” so I hope that future videos will be clearer. Call it on-the-job training. When [...]

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