Although it may pale in comparison to the $49,000 you’d have to pay for Michael Jackson’s infamous bejeweled glove, this fantastic Michael Jackson Billie Jean Halloween Costume will still set you back $150. And that’s about $100 over budget, according to the latest findings from the National Retail Federation’s Consumer Survey about this year’s Halloween [...]

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What started out in life as a piece of military apparel during WWI, later adopted as a practical overcoat to protect civilian men and women from the rain, has established itself in recent years as a classic icon of style.

The trench coat is a timeless trend that’s getting a modern makeover. Modern day trenches are [...]

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Nordstrom recently launched a dedicated area on its site featuring fashion, quizzes, and makeup inspired by the Twilight movie series. The launch precedes the November 20 release of the next movie in the Twilight series, Twilight: New Moon, starring actors Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart. You can watch videos, pre-order the new Luna Twilight cosmetics, [...]

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On rainy days like today, I just long for a splash of bold, bright color. My lust for splashy hues has been magnified lately in the kitchen where I cook in a sea of brown. The floors, cabinetry and builder-beige walls are so monotone, they just scream “dull”! So until I decide on the perfect [...]

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I think it’s practically impossible to beat a children’s book about a town where it rains everything from hamburgers to pizza to ice cream. Then I actually saw a movie about it and realized that I was, indeed, wrong. And that is why I am highly recommending that everyone go see the new Cloudy With [...]

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One of my favorite retailers, both in-store and online, is CB2. So imagine my excitement when I heard they were one of the newest retailers featured on SHOP.COM!
CB2, which is the younger, more modern and less expensive offshoot of Crate and Barrel is my go-to place for fun, funky accessories. I am always amazed at [...]

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So I was up early yesterday morning. Really early. 6 AM to be exact (it was a Sunday, after all). But I have to say that it was totally worth it. Thanks to Beauty.com, I was able to live and breathe the behind-the-scenes scene at the Lela Rose show.
Lela Rose is a native Texan, who designs [...]

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Forget about  boring gold, silver and platinum. The word of the day is NIOBIUM. This matte gray metal is rarer than gold and more precious than sterling. It’s a refractive metal that produces brilliant colors when it’s heated or anodized -a process in which metal is dipped in an electrically-charged bath.
In both anodizing and heating, a [...]

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So September may signal the start of school, but in NYC, it can only mean one thing: Fashion Week. I’m lucky enough to be a fly on the wall, with the help of Beauty.com, who let me go backstage today at the Jenni Kayne show in Soho. (I’ll be covering more shows too, so keep [...]

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If you haven’t yet heard, the new Beatles Box Stereo box set is pretty extraordinary. Beatles fans have long been clamoring for a definitive catalogue of the best Beatles music around, and now they’ve got one. The box set includes all 12 studio albums, starting with their first album Please Please Me through their final [...]

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