Fashion News

'Dirty Dancing' songwriter remembers Patrick Swayze

5 September 2010, 4:23 am

You know the song.


Got junk in your trunk? Why some carry the craziest things

5 September 2010, 2:52 am

Pop the trunk of my sand-colored 2006 Mazda 3 and you'll see clothes, some with price tags still attached, left from a move about a year ago. They are waiting to be dropped at Goodwill - eventually.


Delivering local news to Selma, Alabama since 1827

5 September 2010, 1:59 am

I’m a rule follower. I try not to speed more than five miles over the speed limit, I never broke curfew in high school, I don’t wear a brown belt with black shoes and I return my shopping cart to the designated areas in the parking lot.


Business notes

5 September 2010, 1:41 am

Business calendar Sept. 7, noon: Ribbon cutting, Holy Covenant United Methodist Church 25th anniversary, 22111 Morton Road, Katy.


Biz Buzz, Sept. 5, 2010

5 September 2010, 12:04 am

When Jesse and Virginia Sullivan closed their restaurant at 229 E. Aspen Ave. in Fruita on Sunday afternoon, Aug. 22, it was a Mexican restaurant called Pancho’s Villa II. Two-and-a-half days later, with the help of about 20 friends and family members, they reopened as a meat-and-potatoes American grill, Sullivan’s Grill, then buckled down for a whirlwind Wednesday.


Shoes I Run Away From

4 September 2010, 12:13 pm

IF Cinderella had left these footwear instead of her tiny glass slippers, do you think she’d have wound up with her Prince Charming? He would have run off


Time for dad to put his foot in it and admit he's a socks maniac

4 September 2010, 10:12 am

Happy Father's Day. As the sun came up this morning on yet another dawn of the dad, it marked 100 years of the festival, according to most counts. And long may it continue.


As her namesake label turns 25, designer Donna Karan gets down (and back) to basics

3 September 2010, 3:57 pm

When Donna Karan made her first visit to Toronto in 25 years last week, she sported a beaded necklace from Senegal, gladiator sandals and a draped arrangement of black knitwear. It was the sort of outfit that would feel comfy on a 10-hour flight but still look chic at a casual summer supper.


Fashion Q&A: Increase comfort, lower heel

2 September 2010, 11:14 pm

Choose rubber soles — they go easy on the feet.


Will sandals and socks catch on in SA?

1 September 2010, 4:05 am

Socks and sandals? Self-conscious styling device or quite a good look? Certainly, this one has, er, legs. Originating in the mid-nineties as a London-girl look, it was seen again recently on catwalks as diverse as Burberry, Marni, Dior and Alexander Wang.