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Retail Remedy: Venice Window Shopping, Italian Early Fall Preview

This entry is part 2 of 1 in the series Venice Window Shopping Or, how I spent my summer vacation, Part Due… Venice is quite the chic shopping mecca with Gucci, Fendi, Prada, Giorgio Armani, Zegna, Hermes, Chanel, and almost any luxury brand that you can think of in the vicinity of the ubiquitous Carnevale masks and Murano millifiore glass chotseka tourist shops. Yes, there are some rather major contemporary glass shops thrown in the mix, but it is heaven for the figurine junkie! We’ve looked at what’s in store for summer in the Venice shop windows, now for a peek at the fall clothes that are starting to trickle in. The humidity continued to soar thus making it rather

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Retail Remedy: Venice Window Shopping, Italian Summer Style

Retail remedy, what's better then that, holiday or not? This entry is part 1 of 1 in the series Venice Window Shopping... Or, how I spent my summer vacation, Part Uno: The family and I (pooch included) were lollygagging about in Venice for a bit. In true Italian style– as I know it– everything is beautiful but doesn’t necessarily work as expected. The loft apartment we rented was amazing: Brand new renovation in an Old Venice building with a fab rooftop deck and view, super clean and modern Italian style with attention to every detail, except completion. Wow, that sounds like our construction projects sans the view! As the first renters after the total renovation we had the pleasure of

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Retail Remedy: Louis Vuitton + Stephen Sprouse = Paris Love, 80’s style

The 80’s on rewind… The late Stephen Sprouse, one of the hottest New York designers from the 1980s, is B-A-C-K! His signature dayglo colors of hot pink, fluorescent green, and juicy orange are brightening the windows of the Louis Vuitton shop on the Champs Elysees in Paris. The Sprouse windows brim with his graffiti style scrawl T-shirts, swimsuits, jeans, shoes and bags that have Louis Vuitton spelled out on them along with a pink rose motif. Check out the photo gallery below. High tops with orange mesh, black patent straps, and bright green trim are the LV Sprouse must-have sneaker for spring. The bright, fun collection is an homage by Marc Jacobs to Sprouse, who was his fashion mentor and

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Retail Remedy: NY Christmas Windows Whimsical Take

Bloomingdale’s, Lord & Taylor, Macy’s, and Sak’s Fifth Avenue holiday windows for the kid in all of us… New York Christmas windows are famous for the animated displays which put put a smile on all our faces, and not just the the young children hoisted up onto their parent’s shoulder. Sak’s Fifth Avenue has whimsical animated windows about a “different” snowflake named Mike for the tots and for the glamazons, there are the opulent “Crystal Lized Made with Swarovski Elements” showstoppers. Lord & Taylor stays with its classic, vintage Christmas window display which evokes childhood memories. Bloomingdale’s Third Avenue side has a fun Juicy group of windows with fab Dangerous Liaisons type wigs. Of course, Macy’s does not disappoint in

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