fashion trends

The stores that dress the nation are turning to fashion blogs for direction on styles and trends -- and even marketing partnerships -- as they work to lure in today's digitally-connected shoppers.

Nowhere is the past more prologue than in the fashion industry, and again in 2009 the past-popular returns with updated details to make them appear fresh. Three noteworthy trends for the coming year are the resurrection of platform and thick shoes, fringe hairstyles, and the oh-so-comfortable Ugg...

This post is part of our series on people, places and things that have found new life in 2008. Men (non-rapping men, that is) frustrate the hell out of jewelers. If we would only show the same enthusiasm for wearing jewelry that women do, imagine the increase in business! Accordingly, the industry...

This post is part of our series on people, places and things that have found new life in 2008. I was a child of the seventies, so my grade school pictures are liberally sprinkled with earth-toned turtlenecks, polyester leisure suits, and bell-bottoms. The thing is, though, when I was a kid, I...