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Zappos Hacked and 6PM Hacked Too!

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Wow, wow, wow. As we often suggest products from both Zappos and 6PM, we feel it important to share the security breach news. It's reported that 24+ million customer accounts are affected by the security hack on Zappos. Read the Zappos security release here for tips on what to do and what not to worry about and how to change your password. The release states, "THE DATABASE THAT STORES OUR CUSTOMERS' CRITICAL CREDIT CARD AND OTHER PAYMENT DATA WAS NOT AFFECTED OR ACCESSED." 6PM hacked Also hacked was sister site 6PM; its security release is here. Please follow the suggestions for changing your password.

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Giorgio Armani Spring 2012 Ad Campaign for Menswear and Womenswear

We recently gave you a first look at some gorgeous designer Spring 2012 ad campaigns, and have some new to-die-for images to add to the it-list! Giorgio Armani just unveiled their ad campaigns of both menswear and womenswear, and we love them! MORE: Giorgio Armani and Armani Brand We are particularly enamored with the strong shouldered menswear look of the striped jacket in the photo of model Milou Van Groesen, pictured above. [nggallery id46] Details: Photographed by Mert Alas & Marcus Piggott under the creative direction of Giorgio Armani. Campaign features models Milou Van Groesen and Simon Nessman. Debuts around the world in fashion and lifestyle magazines starting in February. Images: Giorgio Armani

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NY Christmas Windows- Sak’s Fifth Avenue Frothy Fabulousness

Saks Fifth Avenue Holiday 2011
 Snowflakes and bubbles and gorgeous clothes with a giant Yeti whose footprints also appear inside the store. MORE: Holiday The theme for this year's whimsical yet elegant holiday windows at Sak's is Land of the Bubblemakers. Based on “Who Makes The Snow,” a children's tale by Naresh Ramchandani of the firm Pentagram who also conceived the window's concept.  SHOP: Saks.com But the real star of the Christmas display is the 3-D holiday window projection that veils the storefront and captures the attention of almost every tourist from Rockefeller Center across the street! See Pentagram's site for behind the scenes. [nggallery id45]   Photos: FocusOnStyle.com

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Online sample sales, private flash sales, and simply good deals

Shopping List to Savings   Deals, bargains, sample sale are all magic to our ears. But did anyone say,"online sample sales" around here? Wowza! You know we love a good deal around here. We have shared plenty of discount designer style tips for life secret's to look great on the cheap, shopping on the cheap tips, shopping secrets to bargain your way to style, and even what to wear to sample sales tips that you don't even have to worry about communal dressing rooms or finding a tucked away spot to try-on when you are shop online sample sales. We've culled some favorite web sites to bring you our favorite online sample sales and flash sales faster than you can say S-A-V-E...

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Save your shoes and go to Rome- the city is repaving streets to be high heel friendly!

If anyone needs further proof as to how much Italian men love women, look no further than this: Rome's mayor, Gianni Alemanno acknowledges that the historic cobblestone city streets destroy high heels and "has announced plans to begin a makeover on Via del Corso, one of Rome’s central (shopping) streets. The plan is to smooth the sidewalks and roads to make walking along them less dangerous 'especially for women in heels,' reports ItalyMag, with Via del Teatro Marcello, Via Petroselli, and Piazza Bocca della Verità to follow in the re-paving as reported in The Daily Mail. Of course, we can all still have our fantasies of driving around Rome with Marcello Mastroianni a la La Dolce Vita but our Gucci heels will be all

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Chloe – Spring 2012 Fashion Show Photos

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CHLOE Fashion Show Photos / Runway Collection Spring  / Summer 2012 Paris Fashion Week MORE: FASHION SHOWS AND RUNWAY REVIEWS [nggallery id28] Peek at CHLOE in store now: More Chloé... In their words... Chloé Spring/Summer 2012 In her first season for Chloé, Creative Director Clare Waight Keller considered the mood of the Chloé girl and discovered a multitude of feminine personalities that define the brand. "I looked at festival girls, girls on the street and David Bailey’s photos of Marie Helvin and Anjelica Huston on a beach," says Keller. "There’s a sense of feminine complicity, sensitivity and sunniness in this collection." Powdery pastels, makeup shades with nudes and pinks and soft bright accents define Chloé’s spring palette. The attitude is confident, but charming

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Paris Fashion Week Preview- Pierre Balmain, Spring-Summer 2012 Film Peek

Pierre Balmain Femme, Spring Summer 2012
Balmain is getting a less extravagantly priced sibling... Who can't resist Balmain, especially the cool French chic way Emmanuelle Alt can rock one of their jackets? But the prices?! Mon Dieu! Debuting this Sunday during Paris Fashion Week, Pierre Balmain, the new women’s and men’s collection with an "international, downtown cool style" created in partnership between Balmain Paris and Ittierre SpA. MORE: FASHION SHOWS AND RUNWAY REVIEWS Watch the first  first instalment of the teaser for the film by Inez and Vinoodh, featuring model model Abbey Lee Kershaw with her band Our Mountain and their single “Devils Banquet;” the full version of the film will be will debut at the at the Pierre Balmain presentation on Sunday in Paris. Pierre Balmain, Spring/Summer 2012 Video: In their words... Inspired by

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Giorgio Armani- Spring 2012 Women’s Fashion Show Video

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Watch Giorgio Armani Spring / Summer 2012 Women's Fashion Show video: MORE: Giorgio Armani and the Armani brand Photos of the Giorgio  Armani Spring 2012 fashion show: [nggallery id26] In their words... Giorgio Armani Spring / Summer 2012  Nacrée Collection Milan Fashion Week    The sheen of mother-of-pearl, the iridescence that transforms colours    into watery reflections. Light that becomes shape, shape that is    distilled into the purest lines. The more important the role of the    fabric, the more conceptual the line of the garment. Defined, even    beneath skirts and dresses, by wafer thin trousers with a slight slit    at the front. The jackets, cut on the bias for greater fluidity and    freed from collars and buttons, are fastened at the bust

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Marni – Spring 2012 Fashion Show Photos

Marni - Spring 2012 Milan Fashion Week
MARNI Fashion Show Photos / Runway Collection Spring  / Summer 2012 Milan Fashion Week More: Marni MORE: FASHION SHOWS AND RUNWAY REVIEWS                 Marni - Spring 2012 Fashion Show Photos during Milan Fashion Week: [nggallery id24]   Peek at Marni in store now: More Marni... In their words... Innocence is put out of context in the Marni collection for S/S 12, creating a tension between instinct and control. The execution is graphic, the tone twisted. Pure, architectural shapes - top and skirt combinations, compact little jackets, pinafores - are contradicted by the unexpectedness of lengths, proportions and textures, suggesting a slightly-off take on demure and ladylike. The discourse is multisensorial: either printed, intensely embroidered or characterized by

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