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If you've never known the sweet liberty of owning flip-top gloves, you've been missing out. Thanks to my MIL, who thoughtfully sent me my very first pair, I'll never go for five-finger coverage again.  Because the question isn't what can your flip-tops do for you, my friends, it's what you do with your flip-tops. Send an accurately spelled SMS? Check...
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We can destroy ourselves by cynicism and disillusion, just as effectively as by bombs.  - Kenneth Clark It's been said that cynicism is the death of humanity. While that's a tad severe, I am happy to see the trend of ironic tees fall away as designs bearing more enlightening missives emerge, a more accurate reflection of the state of our nation as we...
Joe & Jesse of Visual Therapy get serious about making plans with Gossip Girl's Margaret Colin: a style plan, a plan for what you've already got, a plan for what you need, and a plan for how to buy.  When in doubt?  Make a plan. 
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I've read that some couture designers devote more time to the creation of the back of a dress than the front. Why? Apparently the impression you make as you walk away is more valuable and memorable than the one you made when you arrived. In other words? The booty, my friends, is a mighty powerful thing. And even more powerful when well-defined, which...
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The Boyfriend Blazer is a great winter layering look and if you missed last week's exclusive Chaus Boyfriend Blazer giveaway with our Savvy Gift of the Week, (shame on you!) or you don't have a boyfriend's closet to raid (we don't either!), we didn't want to leave you out in the cold. Our favorite blazers are tautly tailored, pristinely cut, and create...
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As we count down to 2010, let's take a trip down memory lane, shall we, and acknowledge, that although the evidence sometimes demonstrates faint hints at fashion missteps in the last decade, wherever we have gone astray, we did it with a sense of calm savvy, confidence, cheerfulness and aplomb. And thus, we still consider these a Savvy Seven.  And we...
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24/Savvy Fashion: Miami, FL Girls, as our Miami Beach version of winter approaches (low 50's), I'm taking out the lightweight cashmere. The thought of maintenance crosses my mind. Never a big fan of the dry-cleaning chemical smell that nestles into the fine wool, I wonder, "Can I really WASH my camisole and featherweight hoodies?" South Florida...
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Folklore has it that La Wintour got her pedicured feet wet in the fashion world at Biba, brainchild of style legend Barbara Hulanicki and the swinging London sartorial hotspot that helped define the era.  Long before H&M and Zara, there was Biba, offering up high design at affordable prices whether you were true blue proletariat or blue blood...
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