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My condo has the tiniest front entrance. You open the door and you are bombarded with shoes. I've tried the traditional shoe rack but it ends up looking like a jumbly mess and more often than not, the shoes end up on the floor like this:

I've been looking for a good shoe solution for awhile and finally found the CIAO shoe cabinet from Structube. It's a 3 drawer shoe system where you...

The Ready-To-Wear Spring/Summer 2010 Fashion Weeks of Los Angeles and Tokyo fell in line with their European and East Coast counterparts for basic trends.  Leave it to Hollywood and the Far East to put their own stamp on the latest collections, proving the versatility of the season's vogue.

Kevan Hall, Matohu, Skin Graft, Araisara

Stark contrasts of brilliant white and jet black were...

Ah, wedding stress. Sleepless nights spent muttering over Mommy-in-law's critique of the exact shade of ivory for the napkins, or your band who has just a few too many Barry Manilow songs on their playlist are bad enough. Worrying about your not-so-toned armpits and underarms creeping out the top of your strapless gown is enough to make you want to strap on that...

In a perfect world, my closet would be overflowing with high-end designer pieces. Also, ice cream and chocolate would be calorie exempt.

However, I doubt a designer wardrobe makeover is in the cards anytime soon. Now that more top designers are collaborating with affordable brands like H&M, Payless, and Target we no longer have to dream about owning a designer piece!

On par with trends hitting catwalks in Europe, black and crisp white had a definite presence at T.O. Fashion week. But between the tailoring, detail and bright accents, rest assured, fashionistas, spring 2010 is shaping up to be anything but “Bland!”

(from left) David Dixon, Pink Tartan, Pink Tartan, Joe Fresh

Canary Yellows and bright purply-blue hues dominated early in the week, and David...

This morning after attending an event for Lancome and the launch of their newest innovation (a vibrating foundation!), I impulsively picked up this statement necklace from Anthropologie.

I was so excited when I saw it in the store but then I got home and now I'm just not sure. Is it too much for my wee upper body? I tend to buy classic clothes and have a lot of black in my closet so I thought...

That 'blink and you'll miss it' summer we just had has morphed into an equally rapid autumn, with unseasonably low temperatures across much of North America seeing us hunkered down longing for the favourite balmy days of fall.

Until then, it makes for a great excuse to get some holiday shopping in - online. This Frugalista scoffs at paying full retail, and so should you.

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