Fashion briefs on planning for kids clothes
The piece notes children seek brand-name garments as they age, prompting parental budgeting and tough choices. Pamela Norum of the University of Missouri advises planning, prioritizing needs, and compromising with similar but cheaper styles to balance peer influence and finances.
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Pamela Norum
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Coach Spring Collections Highlight Leather and Canvas Textures
The Bleecker Canvas line priced 198 to 278 features linen cotton fabric backed in cotton with glove-tanned leather trim and water stain resistance. The Vachetta line priced 398 to 498 showcases natural vegetable tanned French leather whose patina deepens with age.
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Chanel launches Precision skin care site with diagnostic tools
Chanel offers two sites www chanel com and www chanel com precision. Precision site guides users through concept diagnosis products and formulas with tests usage recommendations and CERLES research center insights funded by Chanel.
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Beneath It All A Century of French Lingerie
Paris fashion historian Farid Chenoune’s book traces lingerie from Victorian corsets to 1990s body-conscious push ups. Published by Rizzoli at $65, due February.
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Farid Chenoune
Rizzoli Publications
Hair Jewelry Tops Fashion Trends This Summer
Sue Davis Smith notes hair jewelry has surged in popularity with celebrities like Cameron Diaz and Lisa Kudrow driving the trend. Faux gems in clips, pins, and headwraps are priced under ten dollars, offering versatile looks from bejeweled accents to illusion wire designs for multiple hairstyles.
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Natural hair dyes mislead about safety and permanence
Paula Begoun discusses why permanent hair dyes marketed as natural are misleading and often harmful due to high pH levels. A reader asks about Kromenuka Bijin Facial Cleansing Grains, and Begoun notes preservative-free options can reduce irritation though pricier and perishable.
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