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don’t want to pay $90 for a new pair of skinny jeans?  look through your closet for a pair of bootcut jeans you haven’t worn for a while, a pair of scissors, and a sewing machine and you can have a new pair of skinny jeans! watch this video to find out how:

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perfect for a back-to-school gift..indie designer NokHoo Design is giving away a laptop bag.  NokHoo Designs makes practical, artistic laptop bags that are easier to carry around than typical laptop bags and look better!

here is how to enter the giveaway to win a free laptop bag:
1) draw (paint, sculpt, whatever) a picture of an owl
2) post [...]

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indie clothing designer, alena hennessy, is an artist who designs tees, scarves, totes, and prints. she is inspired by simplicity, stillness and a sense of little things relating to one another and you can definitely see that sense of calmness and softness in her clothes. plus a lot of her items are made of eco-friendly, [...]

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She-bible is pair of bffs who create clothes in their hometown, San Francisco. the clothes include tops and dresses and coats and are all comfortable, cute and a little different.  read on for my interview with one of the designers behind She-bible, Deirdre, and if you are in San Francisco, visit their shop!

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happy summer!  i don’t know about you, but one of the things i love the most about the summer is getting together with friends and family at cookouts, enjoying good food, drinks and weather.  but..what do you wear to a bbq?  here are some ideas from casual on the left to more formal on the [...]

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lucky for us, denim is big this summer.  bigger than jeans and jean skirts, denim is showing up in all forms – dresses, bags, denim on denim, colored denim, and the list goes on.  for more on how to wear denim, please read denim: the trend of the season and if you want to add [...]

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i’m not sure why it has taken me so long to put the indie spotlight on one of my favorite indie clothing designers, Every Little Counts, but i guess it’s never too late, right?  Every Little Counts is a line of tee shirts inspired by romance and love.  every season, a new collection with new [...]

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last week was adult education and literacy week in boston.  i know this because i am a volunteer for the literacy volunteers of massachusetts. for the past year, i’ve been meeting every week with a girl my age who moved here on her own from Africa 8 years ago.  i help her with her writing [...]

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independent clothing designer Ex-Boyfriend has a huge selection of unique, quirky, fun t-shirts, hoodies, and messenger bags all designed by the company’s founder, Matt.  i love looking through all of the designs; they will put a smile on your face and the face of other people when you wear one of them!  check out my interview [...]

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what’s great about this year’s spring trends is that there is something for everyone, like the different choices in colors and prints.  here’s a quick spring 2010 fashion guide that shows you the variety in these options:

stripes – stripes can be scary, but they look great if you wear them right. find shirts where the [...]