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In Recovery: The holidays are finally over. Here’s how to unwind and chill out, stat.

by Heather Bouzan | December 17, 2007
ALL THE THINGS we love about the holidays - the expensive bottles of wine, the multi-course meals, the fancy soirées that end with breakfast - are also the things that leave us bleary-eyed, pudgy, and hating ourselves come the season's proverbial...

Better to receive: Having trouble forgetting the worst gifts you've ever been given? Purge your memory with these cooler alternatives

by Heather Bouzan | December 03, 2007
Worst gift: Rocking the reindeer sweater won’t win you any style points. And if Rudolph’s nose blinks, all the worse. BETTER ALTERNATIVE: SNUGGLE UP IN THE PRINGLE CABLE-KNIT SWEATER ($175) FROM INTERMIX (186 NEWBURY STREET, BOSTON, 617.236.5172). IT...

Socked in: Stocking-sized holiday treats for all kinds of people

by Heather Bouzan | December 03, 2007
WHENEVER WE’RE desperately seeking inspired gifts for those random people on our holiday shopping lists, we inevitably settle on the themed stocking — with unanimously positive results. Want to do the same? We’ve put together six stockings for the personality...

Now and then: Hot trends from the last decade — and their contemporary counterparts

by Heather Bouzan | November 02, 2007
WE’RE GLAD that one of the inherent qualities of a trend is its brevity, because if we’d had to endure a lifetime’s worth of leggings, scrunchies, and New Kids on the Block, we’re not sure we’d still be around to talk about it. In the last 10 years, what...

Master Class: Many in Boston’s fashion community can trace their style education to one place: Louis Boston. Their teacher? Debi Greenberg.

by Erica Corsano | November 02, 2007
BOSTON IS renowned for a lot of things: universities, hospitals, sports teams. Still, we’ve never been known for our fashion scene. That’s not a dig — it’s just the truth. But thankfully, that’s changing. Gone are the days of pearls, ribbon belts, and...

Style council: Local experts share their fall must-haves

by Erica Corsano | August 27, 2007
WHILE I love department stores as much as the next girl (here’s looking at you, Saks!), there’s nothing like the rush I get from uncovering a hidden treasure at a local mom-and-pop or specialty boutique. So after you’ve thumbed through Vogue, Nylon, Elle...