Lady Fashion Trends

must-shop sample sales January 5 – on Gilt: L’agence, Kooba, Charlotte Ronson, Line, M Patmos. on Refinery29 Reserve: Vanessa Mooney jewelry, Qi Cashmere, With & Wessel basics.

WEARING: T by Alexander Wang slit-back tee Bordeaux (Anthropologie) skirt Theyskens Theory shoes (similar style, on sale for $147) Jerome Dreyfuss Billy Bag

Its not often you get an outfit view from the back but its way more exciting than the front! And unlike the Shopbop models, Im wearing a tank top underneath. Thank goodness.

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Eyes coated in metallic shadow glinted out from the fall runways of Chanel, Gucci and Vera Wang, but Tim Quinn, head honcho at Giorgio Armani Beauty, prefers gleam to glitter.

For a festive New Year’s Eve look, Quinn prescribes a light-reflecting foundation; a sheer wash of color on the eyelid; a defined, not smoky, eye; and lots of mascara. Here are ways to put on a new face for the coming new year.

If one’s eyes are what one is, then make them shimmer with color and intensity from the mixed pigments in Armani’s Eyes to Kill Intense Eye Shadow. $32 each at select stores and www.giorgioarmani .com .

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Last week I went to meet people from the Crimean Republic center for HIV-infected youngsters and children, situated in Pochtovoe, Ukraine. Before going there, I tried to find some information about this Center online, but I found just a few records of them in articles with official statistics or state documents. No pictures, no references, but enough contacts to call and get an appointment. Pochtovoe is a distant village close to the Crimean mountains with bus and railroad connections to the nearest cities Bahchisaray and Simferopol.

Looking at the village, I expected the Center also to be destroyed and poor.

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Tags: Children, Crimean Republic, Crimean Republic Center, Republic Center

Typically a shoe relegated to purely utilitarian purposes, the humble sneaker has been revamped for the New Year; so ditch the drab footwear and look for a stylish pair that still serves its purpose. Head to the gym in a chic pair of designer shoes and turn heads in a bold pair of runners this season.

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Remember Michael Douglas suits as the rapacious Gordon Gekko in Wall Street?

What about Al Pacinos wardrobe as the irascible Frank Slade in Scent of a Woman?

Both were the work of menswear designer and fashion author Alan Flusser, who is making two stops in South Florida both free an open to the public for a book signing at Steinmart stores Thursday and Friday.

I’ve a fair share of Boca winter folk as clients up in my NYC custom shop, said Flusser. H

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Tags: Al Pacino, Michael Douglas, Pacino