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What the Heck is Haute Couture? -- My first introduction to style (outside of the movies) was when I stumbled upon a show called "Style with Elsa Klench" on CNN one weekend. One show and I was hooked. I was fascinated by all the different designers and I discovered this show just in time to find out what "Fashion Week" was all about.
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Fashion Faux Pas: How To Avoid The Most Common Mistakes -- What was I thinking? Was I thinking? Well…we’ve all been there. The moment is time stopping. There I was, just happily and innocently window-shopping when I see her. The reflection was startling! The cute outfit I put together that morning had betrayed me!
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Corsets: To Cinch Or Not To Cinch? -- Up through the Victorian Ages, corsets were very popular with women. Corsets were worn to reduce waist size. A tiny waist made for an attractive figure. Corsets were made from different materials over the years, including: stiffened linen, wood, whalebone, and wrought iron.
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How to Buy Used Baby Clothes Online! -- There are multitudes of ways to purchase used clothing for your baby. In this article I will cover only the online options available in the hopes that it will help you to maximize your spending money with the least amount of hassle, stress or risk.
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Clothes Closets Chaos -- This month we'll look at downscaling and organizing our clothes closets and dressers. With a doublewide phone booth to hang my clothes I don't have much room to work with.
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Emphasizing Your Best Features When Making Apparel Purchases -- When purchasing clothing, people want to buy an item that will ensure that they are looking their best. There are many different factors to look at when buying clothing, but often, people don’t even consider the most important factor: body type.
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Buyer Beware: Clothing You Buy May Inform On You -- Management strategists are touting a miraculous new computer system that promises to revolutionize the way manufacturers and retailers track consumer goods from factory to cash register. But pranksters and profiteers could co-opt the technology to shadow customers and record their every move — a chilling prospect that business must anticipate and prevent.
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RFID 101: Radio Frequency Identification Explained -- Radio frequency identification technology (RFID) is beginning to revolutionize the way business is done. Already, the U.S. Department of Defense and Wal-Mart are requiring their top suppliers to have RFID technology implemented in their supply chains by January 1, 2005. As more manufacturers of RFID tags, readers and software solutions enter the market, the price of implementing the technology will continue to decline.
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