Fashion

The Luxe Starts Here

Fall/winter fashions go upscale

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Mimi James, Inside magazine feature

Call it 50 Shades of Grey meets Kate Middleton: leather, lace and shimmery metallics sewn into tailored, polished garments are the biggest look for fall and winter. “When I was in New York looking at the fall collections, I saw influences of Kate everywhere I looked,” says Susan Cooper, co-owner of Gabrielle, the Bala Cynwyd boutique. Long sleeves, A-line skirts...

Fashion

Royally Mad For Color

“Mad Men” and Kate Middleton are summer fashion’s big influencers

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Mimi James, This Summer Feature

O f course shopping should be on summer’s itinerary. It stimulates the economy, provides quality bonding time, counts as exercise if done with gusto and results in longer-lasting purchase pleasure than, say, salt water taffy. Plus, every fashionista knows the unadulterated joy of finding a unique item that fits perfectly. And if it’s on sale? Even better. Sales are a...

Fitness

Working Assets

The latest in workout togs, treads and technology

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Mimi James, Perfect Fit Feature

If you’re still working out in a T-shirt from Super Sunday 1998, shorts with holes you hope no one sees, and a pair of cotton socks — it’s time to upgrade your gear.

Fashion

Modesty and Style

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Deborah Hirsch

At a time when the hottest clothing designs often show off more skin than fabric, the concept of Orthodox fashion might seem like an oxymoron.

Fashion

Filling Her Philly Fashion Plate

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Michael Elkin

The design business is not for the fashion weak, which says much for Lower Moreland's Paula Shapiro that she's reached its upper echelon. Indeed, the Upper Dublin graduate has proved a class act with accolades from the design elite for filling her fashion plate with casual, cost-effective yet high-end appearing apparel courtesy of the Huntress, the New York-based firm she...