Standing high on its heels among the round-toed, T-strapped and spectator pumps this fall is the Mary Jane.
A must-have accessory for this season's tailored skirt suits, wide-legged pants, empire-waist frocks, and dressed-up denim, the shoe is dazzling in patent, metallic and animal-skin styles.
- She's fashion's go-to girl this fall
- Guy style: Basic training
- Where credit is due
- Sarah Palin's Combo-Do
This season's picture of style: Clad in well-tailored, modernized vintage, the mature woman stands front and center, a fine young man on the side.
Contemporary women's style is taking its cues this fall from the late 1950s and early '60s - the country's most well-tailored and fiercely feminine era in fashion.
- We would like to thank the Hyatt Regency Philadelphia at Penn's Landing for use of the Keating's River Grill and the outdoor terrace. We'd also like to thank Boyds Philadelphia and Adresse in Center City, Shop 65 in Doylestown, and Nordstrom in the Plaza at King of Prussia for use of their clothing.
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From the moment Michelle Obama took the podium Monday night at the Pepsi Center in Denver, her tresses brushing her shoulders in a soft flip with silky edges, black women across the country wanted to know: Who did her hair?
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Mirror, MirrorMostly dull duds for Dems
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Fashion was the elephant in the Pepsi Center at the opening of the Democratic National Convention in Denver Monday night.
- The American Olympic relay team's sleek one-piece swimsuits do more than make Michael Phelps, Garrett Weber-Gale, Jason Lezak and Cullen Jones look hot.
- King of Prussia mall is chock-full of fall. Furry chocolate-brown UGG boots lure shoppers at Nordstrom. Slinky aubergine knit dresses dangle from BCBG's racks. And 1970s-era wide-legged slacks, with tailored poplin blouses, are the featured outfit at the Limited.
- The newest Barbie - named after the DC Comics character Black Canary - stirred quite a bit of controversy last week clad in fishnet stockings, a black leather jacket, and Daisy Dukes.
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Better fit? Bra-vo!
- Summer fashion? Large-breasted women can't bear it. But new bras with larger cups and smaller back bands are helping them bare it.Summertime T's, strapless dresses, and tops with backs that crisscross are all challenges to the ample-bosomed. Just look around. The spillage is hard to miss.
- Thanks to high gas prices and higher food prices, the days of the Starbucks-toting, gluttonous fashionista are over. She's stopped buying multiple pairs of $250 Citizens of Humanity jeans, opting instead for just one pair (well, maybe two) of $50 Levis.
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We all know how the burning, muggy infernos that are Philadelphia summers can tempt us into making questionable style choices for the office: bare legs, cleavage-baring tops, flip-flops, and probably the biggest offense of all - wearing shorts in the cubicle.
- When 19-year-old Sessilee Lopez went to a casting call this spring with career-making fashion photographer Stephen Meisel, the West Philadelphia native didn't know she was on the verge of making history.
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