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Retail Therapy

It's kids' fashion season: Keeping the little ones trendy

By Heather Staible

Mar 12th, 2010 at 6:17 AM

There’s just something about azaleas, candy Peeps and warmer weather that makes me think of little girls in poufy pastel dresses and little boys in blazers and ties. Parents ...


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Working Your Closet

Make your cowgirl dreams come true: A simple country changeover

By Heather Staible

Mar 10th, 2010 at 12:05 PM

Going from regular girl to cowgirl need not be any daunting rodeo challenge. All it takes is a few quick wardrobe moves.


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Pop Up Fashion Mobile

Style on wheels: Cynthia Rowley's shopping truck rolls into Houston

By Heather Staible

Mar 10th, 2010 at 6:00 AM

In New York and Los Angeles, it’s nothing new for a vacant storefront to be secretly taken over by a design team and then, voila, a new store "pops ...


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Bubbles and Benefits

Live out your champagne dreams while shopping: It's a week of drink at area retailers

By Heather Staible

Mar 9th, 2010 at 8:41 AM

There’s lots of bubbly and benefits this week at local boutiques, so why stay at home when you could be living your champagne dreams? — All of River Oaks Shopping ...


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Throughly Modern Natori

Tootsies & Twitter: A fashion heavyweight reveals all over cyber bonding

By Heather Staible

Mar 4th, 2010 at 12:56 PM

One would think that after 33 years in the fashion business, Josie Natori would be content to sit back and relax. After all, her apparel empire includes undergarments, lingerie, sleep ...


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Make it work

Tim Gunn shoots for a Galleria stopover

By Heather Staible

Mar 4th, 2010 at 6:01 AM

Since moving to Lifetime, Project Runway isn't getting the buzz it used to, but the reality show's breakout star, Tim Gunn, is still the hottest style guru around ...


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Retail Therapy

Doucette Duvall at Coquette, Neiman Marcus gets artsy and an SOS from DFS

By Heather Staible

Mar 3rd, 2010 at 6:00 AM

A Texas girl shows off her green side, Neiman Marcus plays by the rules and you have a chance to give some good this week. Yep, it’s that time ...


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Retail Therapy

Galleria's newest boutique, Nordy on the scene, Halston hangs around

By Heather Staible

Feb 25th, 2010 at 3:41 PM

The “I don’t have a thing to wear” excuse just won’t fly right about now. New stores are open and exclusive lines are debuting in Houston with such ...


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Retail Therapy

Snow? We say shop

By Heather Staible

Feb 23rd, 2010 at 3:35 PM

The weather forecast is saying snow, but we are saying shop. Bundle up and get out there. It may still be winter, but all signs in the stores point to ...


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Retail Therapy

Cookie Johnson jeans a sweet treat and Nordstrom Rack's big reveal

By Heather Staible

Feb 19th, 2010 at 9:14 AM

The word “curvy” is often used as a blanket term to describe women who may in fact have actual curves or, truth be told, may need to drop a little ...


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Bar Hoppin'

How I worked out my inner Shakira

By Heather Staible

Feb 16th, 2010 at 12:39 PM

There’s a scene in Sweet Home Alabama where Reese Witherspoon runs into a childhood friend at the local watering hole. Witherspoon’s character Melanie Smooter greets the friend, who ...


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Retail Therapy

Jeweler Joan Hornig's celebrity wish list, Twitter swag and something sweet from the mall

By Heather Staible

Feb 12th, 2010 at 3:24 PM

Joan Hornig is honest about loving potato chips, wanting Meryl Streep to wear her jewelry and wishing she had thought of the name “Recipe for Success.” The philanthropic designer braved ...


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Love notes from the kitchen

Chefs dish on their funniest Valentine moments

By Heather Staible

Feb 12th, 2010 at 12:27 PM

While many of us are sitting moonfaced across the table from our funny Valentine, chefs everywhere are turning up the heat in the kitchen. The most romantic night of the ...


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CultureMap Valentine's Day Gift Guide

Can't buy me love: Gifts for your Valentine

By Heather Staible

Feb 10th, 2010 at 6:00 AM

 We've picked the best of the romance trifecta — flowers, candy and jewelry — for our first-ever CultureMap Valentine's Gift Guide


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Retail Therapy

Before the Super Bowl: Shopping

By Heather Staible

Feb 5th, 2010 at 9:43 AM

Shopping odds and ends: Silver Lining at Rebecca & Drew If you’ve been looking for a silver lining in this whole recession mess, there’s good news from Lindsay Aronstein ...


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Retail Therapy

Lady Gaga agrees: When it comes to hats, Philip Treacy is tops

By Heather Staible

Feb 4th, 2010 at 2:12 PM

Couture milliner Philip Treacy thinks American women can learn a stylish lesson from their European counterparts. Don’t wait for Derby Days or Easter to don a hat. Instead make ...


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Retail Therapy

Getting to One Green Street and staying in the Loop

By Heather Staible

Jan 29th, 2010 at 11:53 AM

Staying in fashion on the eco front just got a lot easier to do in Houston. Forget granola Web sites selling flowing, tie-dyed all-natural clothing and chunky brown shoes, One ...


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Retail Therapy

The case of the curious H&M tweet and sales for accessory junkies

By Heather Staible

Jan 22nd, 2010 at 6:00 AM

H&M at the Galleria after all? So what is one to make of this cryptic tweet released Thursday morning by the Galleria? “Your H&M Tweets have been heard ...


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Retail Therapy

In the bag: New Washington Ave. boutique, Penners are off to Italy, plus-sizes on the Web

By Heather Staible

Jan 16th, 2010 at 5:00 PM

Back in the day, Richmond Avenue and Shepherd Plaza were the Houston nightlife destinations. Open-air clubs and velvet rope lounges gave all the pretty people a place to be seen ...


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Stylist and the City

A Houston gal becomes a Hollywood stylista

By Heather Staible

Jan 16th, 2010 at 1:30 AM

Somebody really needs to give Ali Marie Kahn a reality show, because those Hills girls have nothing on her. After working as a fashion stylist in Houston and around Texas ...


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