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Shopping tip of the day
Secrets of a bargain hunter
Real style mavens always manage to find bargains, because they've developed strategies for getting the best price on whatever they're shopping for, be it Italian leather shoes or wenge nesting tables.
New Harvard dean has future designs
Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design dean has been thinking about how his students can be futurists, meaning how they can use their tools today to plan for the cities we will inhabit in the years ahead.
Channeling energy into home Front
Martin and Michele Yeeles are so enamored of their Fort Point Channel surroundings that they are embracing the role of retail pioneers. Tomorrow they open their gift and accessories shop, called Front, in a tucked-away location in the burgeoning district.
New glamour from old Hollywood
He is known for dressing Catherine Zeta-Jones, Eve, and others, but designer Carmen Marc Valvo admits that he draws much of his inspiration from classic Hollywood rather than the current crop of lovelies.
Curl power: Big hair makes waves again
Big curls, voluminous waves, and teased ringlets have been filling up the pages of Vogue, bouncing down Fashion Week runways, and boing-boinging down the red carpet.
Students show off their creative side
It's hard to pick just one. But that's what we asked instructors at local fashion programs to do: Tell us about their top grads. Here's a look at the students and their designs.
Sew what, you ask? Just about anything
The crafting craze is still in full swing, but the continued success of "Project Runway" has also made fashion design and sewing attractive to the mainstream, spurring wannabe Christian Sirianos to pick up needles and thread.
A taste of spring
With sweeping views of the waterfront and Financial District as a backdrop, the State Room atop 60 State St. was the setting of the annual Beyond Shelter fete last week, with more than 850 partygoers clinking glasses and sampling fare from 30 area restaurants.
Book on shut-eye is a real eye opener
Sleep is finally getting its due. When it comes to health, beauty, and mood, sleep is the new water. You simply have to get enough of it. Vermont's Ellen Michaud, co-author of the new book "Sleep to Be Sexy, Smart, and Slim," thinks the recognition comes not a minute too soon.
One winner's 'Runway' reality
Breaking into the fashion business hasn't been easy for "Project Runway" winner Jay McCarroll: He still doesn't have his own line for sale. A new film documents his first runway show.
Childhood hobby turns into global charity
MIT senior Alia Whitney-Johnson created Emerge, a nonprofit organization that makes and sells jewelry as a form of economic and psychological redemption for teenage survivors of rape and incest living in Sri Lanka.
Bag man
For nearly 10 years, Michael Tonello supplied some of the world's wealthiest women with one of the most in-demand and expensive purses on the planet: the Hermès Birkin bag.
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