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Discussions Posted on 4/13/2004
 
Dooney & Bourke grape
I was browsing Dooney and Bourke's site and their IT bags now come in color Grape. It looks... um, shall we say 'not good'? Surely this color looks better in person? Leigh -- "Why pay for cologne when mustard is free?" - Filburt

Perceptions of Fashion/Fashion Basic RTW Retailers
I would like to collect opinions from AFers on price and quality of some well-known fashion and fashion-basic retailers. Assuming this eliminates the true high end and boutique retailers, how you would rate the following companies on price and quality,

What I Bought Today
The drugstore sale on L'Oreal lip products was too good to pass up. This evening I purchased a petal lip duet and a color juice in golden splash. I used a $2 manufacturer's coupon with the in store buy one get one free coupon and the total for both pro

L'oreal Lipsticks
I just noticed that as of the 18th, Ulta has a 2 for 6.99 special on L'Oreal lip products. Can we have some recommendations of great shades or formulations you like. I'm a fan of the Lip Duet pencils and the now-departed Delice line.

hate fasion
i just can stand fashion i am a girl it just people r obsessed with make-up it just gets on my nerves any comments r welcome Brandi O

Paging Tungsten
It's madonnamom2001@yahoo.com I forgot to send you the year, which is the year my dear tabby passed away. Audrey

Hairstyles for women w/Androgenic Alopecia.......help
This condition among women is very similar to male pattern baldness. Is there anyone out there who could suggest hairstyles to help cover the very sparse crown area and receding hairline? TIA

Skincare
Hi. For the past 5 months i've been using Neutrogena Visibly Firm lotion and it is brilliant, nice to put on. Saw a tv ad for Dove's new firming range and was intrigued. I looked on the web and they are giving out free samples of their new lo

Topmodel Karen looking for paid assignments
go to www.modelfactory.be/Karen thxs Karen

Ribbed tanks and t-shirts for tall men?
Can anyone suggest an online resource for tall men's sizes in tee's and ribbed muscle tee's? I have checked all the major dept stores' sites. TIA

Clothing Brand
Anyone familiar with the brand "Street Wear Clothing" and where can it be found?

Tie Dye C&C
www.shopbop.com They only have the tanks and short sleeve (and only a few colors.) The rest of the stock should be in stores within a week if you can wait. Bloomie's has the tanks but nothing else.

What arrived in the mail today
Last week I received a package addressed to someone else but with my address on it. I remailed it back to the company that sent it. Today, to my suprise, the owners of the company sent me a thank you gift, a Victorian candle topper that has a hat, pu

Happy Birthday, Jjjjjulie!
.... or as my daughter puts it, "Miss Jujube." Eat cake! Drink! Shop! Read improving works of out-of-print non-fiction! ;) Priscilla -- psb2@midway.uchicago.edu "Here comes the most beautiful woman in puppetland!"

Spring Cleaning
DH and I just finished our spring cleaning. This spring cleaning was a bit more thorough than past ones in that I actually cleaned out my shoe closet and vanity. Holy. Crap. Where did all this stuff come from?!? Why do I have 2 pairs of black l

New email for the Wicked Witch
JFYI, I have a new email address! I'm keeping the same screenname and the old fashionwitch@yahoo.com addy will remain active for a couple weeks, but please begin using this addy to contact me as I'm going to be phasing the yahoo one out. ObFash: I t

Re: What are *you* wearing today?
It is supposed to be 70 degrees by noon and a bit warmer later in the day. This is quite a bit cooler than the 88s we had on the weekend. We're going to have temps in the 60s by the end of the week and possibly a "storm warm," which in central Califor

Help finding a red dress?
I'm going to be a bridesmaid in my friend's wedding this summer. She asked me to wear a cranberry coloured dress. Short sleeves or straps, knee to mid-calf length. She said ideally it would be a sheath or slip dress but is being really flexible about i

Women of CourtTV
They are always impeccable. Clothes, make-up, hair and jewelry are always perfect. Brains and beauty or clones? Sunny

Walgreens-L'Oreal Sale on face items!
Walgreens is now having a sale on L'oreal liquid foundations (but includes Quickstick), concealers, and powders- 2 for $8.99 Today, I scored a True Match foundation (1w) and Quickstick (soft ivory), used my $2 off coupon for True Match (coupon from t

Clinique CX rapid recovery cream
In today's mail I got a sample of this cream, since it's from Neiman's it is probably over priced. Has anyone got any info on this? Can any of our Clinique pros tell me why this is better than Lanacort (cortisone cream?) It promises rapid recovery