It’s time to move beyond those trendy, lightweight, loose, fringed scarves that have been hanging around since summer. It is chilly (or will be soon) and you need a substantial scarf to stay warm. A classic, beautiful scarf that will stand the test of time, that is.
1. Calvin Klein wants to hug your neck, snuggle your chin [...]

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Bravo network’s Top Design (10 p.m. EDT on Wednesdays) is tops when it comes to reality-design shows, and it’s high time that fans of the show take a closer look at lead judge Jonathan Adler, known for that not-so-hot “See ya later, decorator” send-off for last season’s eliminated contestants. Fortunately, he has ditched the catchphrase [...]

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No, there’s no deadly mercury in these soft, shimmering pieces of art glass. Sure, back in the 19th century, when they were created, “mercury glass” contained that dangerous element, but now shiny silver nitrate rests between two thin layers of glass and shimmers like liquid gold (or other precious metals).
You can still find mercury glass in antique stores, [...]

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Perhaps you are a baseball fan - or possibly you live with someone who is, obsessed with stats and RBIs and the like.
Right now, you (or they) are oh, so happy because the playoffs are here. Want to talk ball? Here, start with this: It’s going to be one of the best Fall Classics ever.
If you’re a Chicago Cubs fan, you’re so [...]

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Pssst. . . . CW’s Gossip Girl (it’s on tonight at 8 EST) has girls - and ladies - everywhere going gaga over uniform chic.  
Serena van der Woodsen and Blair Waldorf  - the gorgeous gals of the 212 -  transform their hoity-toity Manhattan private-school uniforms into fashion works of art, and that’s prompting stores across the country to roll [...]

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Consider yourself au courant with all things stylish and beautiful? Here are a trio of new products headed to store shelves that you can tell your friends about before they see them. They could be impressed, or they could know that you have a subscription to WWD.com, like we do.
First, Maybelline, the ruling maker of mascara, [...]

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You know what’s terrifying? Waiting until the last minute to prepare for your fabulous Halloween party. It leaves you crazy in the aisles of the party stores, grabbing crepe-paper streamers and flimsy centerpieces that spell “Boo!” in cardboard letters.
Start out early and get your orders in for some upscale Halloween party decor. You will not find this exquisitely unsettling skull cloche in just any [...]

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