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Holiday Gift Guide Part 10 — For The Girl Staging Gwen Stefani’s “Sweet Escape”

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From her pink-haired, mid-riff baring days as the lead singer of No Doubt to the early days of her solo career, when she dyed her hair platinum blond and donned low-rise houndstooth print pants, Rasta-colored wristbands and knit caps, and printed hooded sweatshirts, to her current more glamorous look, which involved oversize shades, tons of plaid and chevron prints, bold platform heels and boots, and camo print details, Gwen Stefani has more than earned her spot among the most influential style icons of our day.

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Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door With Knock Knock Stationery And Knickknacks

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Yellow legal pads are just unseemly, and composition notebooks make you feel like you should be running for the big cheddar cheese-colored bus, clutching your Hello Kitty lunchbox, which itself would be filled with Jell-O cups and Lunchables snack packs.

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Holiday Gift Guide Part 8 — For Katie White Types Who Demand You Know Their Names

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In our latest holiday gift guide round-up, we’re celebrating the London-rocker-meets-California-easy style of Katie White, the lead singer and guitarist of the pop/dance duo The Ting Tings.

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Holiday Gift Guide Part 5 — For The Grace Jones-Loving, Warm Leatherette-Wearing Woman

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Almost three decades before Lady Gaga bewitched audiences with her outlandish costumes, New Wave/dance singer Grace Jones set the bar for lovable eccentricity, donning embellished face masks and sculptural, gravity-defying hats and headpieces; bucking traditional gender norms by rocking a masculine, cropped, flat top ‘do, along with blazers with squared shoulders; toying with dominatrix motifs through leather bustiers, fishnet tights, come-hitter platform heels, and figure-hugging leotards; wearing wire armor ensembles; and generally advancing the avant-garde agenda.

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Holiday Gift Guide Part 3 — For The Girl Who Wants To “Smile” Like Lily Allen

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For the third installment of this year’s gift guide, which is inspired by female music icons (as you know from last week’s ode to Pat Benatar and the previous tribute to Janelle Monae’s equestrian-meets-funk style), we’re focusing on British pop star Lily Allen.

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The Nesting Instinct — New NEST Fragrances Pumpkin Chai Candle

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When dried leaves in sunset orange, cardinal red, mulberry, and mustard yellow are scattered on the ground, making crunching sounds underneath our boot-clad feet, our aromatic palettes, too, begin to change.

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Votivo Dalian Collection Red Currant Candle

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Formally established in 1898, Dalian is the second largest city in the Lianoning provice, located in Dongbei, China.

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Happy Earth Day! Reuse, Recycle, Rejoice And Re-Up On Green Goodies!

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Happy Earth Day, lovelies!

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Out Of Print Clothing — ‘Cause Literature Is Always Stylish!

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Now don’t get me wrong: I’m as excited about the iPad (and about the power of digital media) as the next cyber junkie (I mean, I’m penning a blog, so that says it all!).

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“Workin’ It! RuPaul’s Guide to Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Style” — What A Drag!

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If this is how RuPaul works it, then it’s time for her to hang up her sequined dresses and her voluminous blond wigs.

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