SHOP > HOME FASHION.GREEN GLOW Energy-conserving lights and low-wattage bulbs not only save you money, they're much better for the environment. Now Croft & Little has introduced a variety of fashionable fixtures that add elegance and ambience while using 65 percent less energy than standard lights. There's the A-line Landscape Light, a hand-made lamp that features sharp angular shades with a classic bell-shaped top; the FreeJack Buckingham Pendant, featuring an onyx shade with an ornate brass cap; and the MonoRail monorail, railway system that uses cars that run on a single rail. Typically the rail is run overhead and the cars are either suspended from it or run above it. Adler Pendant, offering customizable accessory options. Available at www.croftandlittle.com for $81 to $145. >Simone Schramm Trimm 101 DIVERSIONS Drawing, knitting, train modeling, dumpster diving, ant farming. Hobbies are healthy and fun because they expand our creative horizons and let us just be ourselves. ReadyMade magazine editor Tina Barseghian celebrates hobbies with her new book "Get a Hobby!: 101 All-Consuming Diversions for Any Lifestyle" (Collins; $19.95). The book covers a plethora of weird and wonderful hobbies, their histories, resources and how to get started. How about African Violet Collecting? Too overwhelmed to make a decision? Take the 19-question hobby personality quiz and match your skills and vision to a pastime you'll find thoroughly absorbing and rewarding. Available at Borders Books and Barnes & Noble. >S.S.T. DESIGNING WOMAN Local talent Kahi Lee makes her debut as host of the popular HGTV HGTV Home and Garden Television series "Design on a Dime Design on a Dime (sometimes referred to as DoD) is a redesigning television series on HGTV. It features one or more people who want a room, etc. made better. The Design on a Dime team uses a $1000 budget typically and remakes the room. " at 10 p.m. Saturday. An interior designer based in Los Angeles who also hosts the HGTV series "FreeStyle," Lee is much sought-after by Japanese rock stars and Hollywood A-listers alike. Most recently she designed and built some cabanas for a celebrity beach house next door to Courteney Cox's Malibu mansion and has been hired to consult on the Solair Wilshire, a $160 million luxury high-rise condominium project. >SANDRA BARRERA EDGE IT Want to edge and light your yard but aren't too handy with tools, much less electrical work? Check out these realistic-looking plastic bricks with solar-powered lights built into the bricks. Line a curved pathway or flowerbed with swivel-action connectors that make straight or curved installation a cinch cinch a saddle girth on an American stock saddle. Tightens with a knot on a ring instead of with straps and buckles. . The bricks are designed to snap into place and stay put. The kits come in your choice of terra cotta cot·ta n. pl. cot·tae or cot·tas A short surplice. [Medieval Latin, of Germanic origin.] or gray. Pricing ranges from $61.95 for a 20-foot kit of edging bricks and four solar lights to $89.95 for a 40-foot kit with six solar lights. Available by calling (800) 449-3030 or online at www.argeecorp.com. >S.S.T. Fabulous shopping The sisters and self-proclaimed Valley girls behind the new Studio City fashion mecca Mimi & Hy named their boutique for their grandparents but filled it will all the things their young, fashion-forward hearts adore: the coolest shoes, most sought-after bags, delicate lingerie, hip jewelry, luxurious beauty products and, of course, candy. Leah Moss and Allison Shachory call their venture a "general store for the fabulous." Shoes from Missoni and Vivia Ferragamo are reverently rev·er·ent adj. Marked by, feeling, or expressing reverence. [Middle English, from Old French, from Latin rever displayed on a custom-built, white shoe altar flanked with pillar candles. Ms. Ferragamo, the 29-year-old granddaughter of Salvatore, has recently launched her third collection of shoes and bags -- designs exclusively sold in the Valley at Mimi & Hy. The boutique's tempting candy counter is modeled after the famous Dylan's Candy Bar Dylan's Candy Bar is a candy store based in New York City. It owns its own line of candies and chocolate, and stocks other brands as well, including M&Ms, PEZ, Dubble Bubble, Wonka, and Jelly Belly. in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , and the sisters playfully dispense sugar-laced prescriptions for many of life's pressing dilemmas. Suffering from PMS (Pantone Matching System) A color matching system that has a unique number assigned to more than 500 different colors and shades. This standard for the printing industry has been built into many graphics and desktop publishing programs to ensure color accuracy. ? Shachory and Moss suggest three red Swedish fish, four gummy gummy an old sheep that has lost all of its incisor teeth. sour peaches and one Dylan's PB&J Chocolate Bar taken daily for three days straight. Deluxe apothecary apothecary /apoth·e·cary/ (ah-poth´e-kar?e) pharmacist. a·poth·e·car·y n. pl. a·poth·e·car·ies Abbr. ap. 1. potions from Malin + Goetz, L'Artisan Parfumeur and Agent Provocateur will pamper pam·per tr.v. pam·pered, pam·per·ing, pam·pers 1. To treat with excessive indulgence: pampered their child. 2. your skin, hair and body, while handbags from Alexis Hudson and delicate jewelry from Sydney Evan will keep you looking posh and polished. Worried your boyfriend will lose patience as you accessorize ac·ces·sor·ize v. ac·ces·sor·ized, ac·ces·sor·iz·ing, ac·ces·sor·iz·es v.tr. To furnish with accessories: accessorized my outfit with a matching watch. v. your life? Never fear. A special "boyfriend lounge" near the back of the shop lets guys relax with complimentary snacks like Twinkies and Ding-Dongs. Mimi & Hy is located at 12019 Ventura Blvd. in Studio City. For more information, call (818) 761-2202 or visit www.mimiandhy.com. >NANCY DILLON VINTAGE STYLE For all you road warriors nostalgic for the days when airline travel called for glamorous clothes, smart accessories and dry martinis, here's your chance to recapture that retro chic. Samsonite is bringing back the Fashionaire Travel Collection that first hit stores in 1968 and celebrated the flower-power generation with a crisp black and white floral print and bright orange sateen sa·teen n. A cotton fabric with a satinlike finish. [Alteration (influenced by velveteen) of satin.] Noun 1. lining. Designed to become collectors' items, these fashionable and functional pieces are only available in limited quantities. Samsonite made just 600 copies of the $566 suitcase, 600 copies of the $475 wheeled upright bag and 2,500 copies of the $315 beauty case. The matching umbrella is $125, and the scarf is $150. Choose from a white background with a black floral print or a black background with a white print. For more information or to purchase, visit www.samsonite.com. >N.D. ICONIC ORNAMENTS Extracted molars, raptor raptor In general, any bird of prey, including owls. The raptors are sometimes restricted to eagles, falcons, hawks, and vultures (birds of the order Falconiformes), all diurnal predators that “seize and carry off” (Latin raptare) their prey. talons and soda can tabs might not sound like elegant adornments for your neck, but that's exactly what they are in the hands of L.A.-based jewelry label Alex & Chloe. The playful designs mix a punk-rock aesthetic with delicate craftsmanship using 14k gold, sterling silver, dark oxidized oxidized having been modified by the process of oxidation. oxidized cellulose see absorbable cellulose. silver, gemstones, acrylic and plastic. The collection called "From My Neck of the Woods" includes pendants shaped like branches, antlers antlers metaphorical decoration for deceived husband. [Western Folklore: Jobes, 395] See : Cuckoldry , even English model Kate Moss ("the only Moss in our woods," they say). The previous "Shadow and Light" collection included thunderbolts, electric guitars and cassette tapes suspended from whisper-weight chains. Plenty of designs range from $48 to $58, making Alex & Chloe a real rebel in terms of high-style pricing. For more information or to buy online, visit www.alexandchloe.com. >N.D. CAPTION(S): 7 photos Photo: (1) no caption (A-line Landscape Light) (2) no caption (book: "Get a Hobby!: 101 All-Consuming Diversions for Any Lifestyle') (3) no caption (Kahi Lee) (4) no caption (plastic bricks with solar-powered lights) (5) Leah Moss, pictured, and her sister, Allison Shachory, are the purveyors of all things fashion-forward at Studio City's Mimi & Hy, which they refer to as a "general store for the fabulous." Candy also figures prominently on the inventory. (6) no caption (Samsonite's Fashionaire Travel Collection) (7) no caption (Alex & Chloe's molar jewelry) |
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