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Wheels, Italian style…

Vespa Motor Scooter Rides Again Wheels, Italian Style... Vespa Motor Scooter Rides Again. The Euro way to buzz around town or country disappeared from the American scene for 15 years. But now, the Italian motorscooter is back and the perfect vroom vroom style staple to get around in for summer. There's something classically cool about the films of the fifties to early sixties… La Dolce Vita - directed by Federico Fellini, starring Marcello Mastroianni and Anita EkbergRoman Holiday- directed by Billy Wilder and starring Gregory Peck and Audrey Hepburn The World of Suzie Wong- directed by Richard Quine, starring William Holden and Nancy KwanAn American in Paris - directed by Vincente Minnelli, starring Gene Kelly and Leslie CaronL'Avventura - directed

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MODERN MOM– TURNING 30 IN STYLE…

It's all about easy pieces and the right hit of makeup for terrific casual style It's all about easy pieces and the right hit of makeup for terrific casual style 8 great ways to get casual right now Dear Sharon:I will be turning 30 soon and I need some advice on fashion. I dress casually most of the time since I'm astay-at-home mom. But, when I do go out for fun or to my child's school, I try to look nice. My problem is I feel like I am still dressing like a 23 year old. I want to dress more my age so I can fit in with the other mothers but I don't want to look like June

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Short on Bermuda Style…Hose No’s

Short on Bermuda Style...Hose No's I like to wear navy Bermuda shorts suits with a white blouse, ivory hose, and navy shoes. I'm not into bare legs and prefer ivory in lieu of natural color hosiery. Is this acceptable dress for someone who is 60 years old and size 8? And, is colored hose out of fashion? Should I just do what feels good and looks good to me? (Conroe, TX) If you're after the Little Lord Fauntleroy look, you've hit the right mark. Bermuda shortsuits are just not a chic style choice in most fashion circles. Always unflattering ivory or white hose is simply not stylish. If you need to wear pantyhose, you should not be wearing shorts. A

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The Decisive Shoe Buying Guide

What Shoe to Wear With What Outfit and When-- Shoe Shopping Tips Star Jones from ABC television's The View shares tips about how to select the right pair of shoes Dear Sharon: Help! I want some basic rules for shoe shopping. I'm afraid that when it comes to shoes my fashion IQ is zero. There doesn't seem to be much rhyme or reason to the shoes, sandals, boots, and flip-flops I see people wearing. The only thing I learned from my mother about shoes is: no open toe or white shoes before Easter or after Labor Day. Is this an old school myth, or is this still true? Can you wear open toe shoes in the winter? If so, should

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Booty Call The Best Boots To Update Your Wardrobe And How To Wear Them

Classic Cut Dear Sharon: I love calf-high and just below the knee boots. What outfits do these look best with? Can we still tuck in our jeans? Help me out! -- Absolutely Bootabulous (Curtice, OH) Dear Absolutely Bootabulous: What can't you wear with boots this season?!? The right pair of boots is a sure-fire wardrobe picker-upper like no other. Living in fear of what outfit looks best with a boot is dressing without any spirit of personal style. Expand your options- add contrast to flimsy, flirty dresses with a lace-up boot, continue a sleek monochromatic line of a sheath dress with a sculpted heel knee-high boot, or vamp up schoolgirl pleats with a hacked-off booty and great tights.No wardrobe should

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Friend of a Fashion Faux Pas

 Do I dare tell me friend that her taste is atrocious? Sadly, and much to my regret, our dear friend, Miss Lady-- yes, her real name-- will join us for dinner and then we will go out about town. She will often sport (IN THE DEAD OF WINTER, MIND YOU!) summer backless slides. I have gently tried to explain to her that perhaps she should try a more seasonal shoe… perhaps, one that will keep her feet warm, and she laughed, and laughed, and laughed! My friend consulted an elderly woman (I'm sure a part-timer, cleaning up the post-Christmas rubble) at Dillard's, in our fair city of Nashville, and was informed that backless shoes were all the rage year-round. Sharon,

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Taste The Hamptons

Taste The Hamptons-Recipe to take a bite out of style from The Barefoot Contessa.  You've read about every bold face gossip column name attending some Hamptons soiree or polo match. Maybe you've spotted a celeb buying tomatoes at a vegetable stand. You may have even heard tales about over crowded house shares as social-searching singles make their way into the Hamptons scene amidst cries of, "I dated him first" or "Why are you wearing my new Gucci bikini". Maybe you are just the serene type who spends weekends tooling around the mulch menu at the gardening store. If you are from New York, you've most probably, been there, done that, or live for the Long Island beach scene. In any

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AN ICON FOR MEN’S STYLE… The Thomas Crown Affair celebrity tailor tips you off on how to look great

The Thomas Crown Affair celebrity tailor tips you off on how to look great If you cannot decipher chic from geek, flash to film and television to see what an actor's wardrobe brings to mind. Think about the wrinkled raincoat Peter Falk wore as disheveled Colombo. Why Richard Gere's polished wardrobe in American Gigolo catapulted Giorgio Armani's fame. There's Will Smith's funky, but of course black suit, in Men In Black. The character Oscar Madison in any rendition of The Odd Couple should be the poster boy for Scotch Guard. Men no longer dared to wear pastels after Don Johnson in Miami Vice made Jordan Almond colors cool. And, we won't even go to where Tinky Winky of the Teletubbies

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Manly Makeover Tips To Go From Dud To Stud

Dear Sharon: I know I’m overweight and have as much sense of style as an aardvark. My hair has a shapeless (un)cut that is graying and I would consider some hair dye. In the past, this never seemed to bother me. I’m a man who has spent more time concerned about developing my mind rather than my appearance. Now that I’m approaching 50, my post-hippy club kid look has passed its prime. I’m a successful Internet designer and professionally competing with people half my age. I want to be perceived as intrinsically vital as the young guns who flood this industry. How can I look youthful without feeling like a Ken doll? I don’t want an obvert physical change that will

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Maternity Fashion Tips: How to Master Showstopper Style When Pregnant

Outfit from A Pea In the Pod
MATERNITY SHOW STOPPERS... What to Wear When You Are A Little Bit Pregnant Dear Sharon: I’m just about three months along and would love to keep my pregnancy private for a bit longer. I really need some maternity fashion tips to keep my bump under wraps until I'm ready to share it with the world. I’m exuberant about the baby, but not the type to keep talking about being a mommy-to-be and still not quite ready for “real” maternity clothes. What can I wear to camouflage my ballooning belly and appear stylish? – Seams To Be Extreme Dear Seams: Of course, you can constantly stand behind a large armchair, perpetually reposition a flower pot, or only be seen when peeking

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Sock It To Me…

The shortie sock (aka : the anklet) is "it" Forget about blisters this summer!The shortie sock is IT in a big way. Forget about blisters this summer! The shortie sock is IT in a big way. It's not the bobby soxer or the little girl anklet. It's a nod to 80's retro, but not the frilly Madonna "Like A Virgin" kind. The shortie sock--like this gumball pink one from Hue-- has a distinct touch of modern funkiness-- bold colors, wild prints, edgy lace, and wacky textures. Most important, it's worn with high-heel stunners, updated wedgies, or pointy flats. Besides the fact that the shortie sock is sooo of-the-moment cute, we like them because they are way more comfortable than stuffing

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Carrie Carre: Ditch the Big Silk Flower, This Season’s Sex and the City Trend is the Hermés Head Scarf Bandana

Get a heads up as to what trends are to be seen on television's most fashionable show, HBO Sex and the City on Sarah Jessica Parker. Gosh, I love NYC buses… if only I had more time to spend on them. Imagine a cross section of a roaming window on what's happening combined with the most expressive peanut gallery and you've got NYC Transit in a quasi-cracked nutshell. While trudging up Madison Avenue yesterday, there was a certain loquacious skirmish going on as everyone scampered to the rear right bus windows. SHOPPING GUIDE: Scarves Oooh, the thrill of seeing HBO Sex and the City filmed right before our traffic jam glazed eyes. While the not so celeb siting jaded were

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Out Of Sight…

Thong To The Rescue Thong to the Rescue.. The underwear to wear under the lightest looks. Those summer white jeans sure do look fresh, but what about the backend? Forget about the Bosanova. Blame this on the hip-swaying mama ahead of me in SoHo the other day. Why waste a good look with undies that want to take you for a ride? It doesn't matter that you don't have a hair out of place, you've got the latest look, or toned yourself silly into swimsuit shape, if your panties rear their ugly outline. We are talking about the definitive demise of VPl (that's Visible Panty Line). Here's some fashion advice-- take a clue from models who must be prepared for

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