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Tip of the day: Olympic spirit

Email thisPosted Aug 13th 2008 at 1:45PM by Boydie Beener

The Olympics are in full swing. If you are thinking about breaking out your red, white and blue leather fringed jacket embroidered with the words USA, frankly, that just sounds scary. Instead, wear your team colors and support in style.

Check out some of our favorite red, white and blue options below.

Gallery: Olympic fashion

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Top 10 most stylish cities

Email thisPosted May 21st 2008 at 2:27PM by Jonathon Morgan

Filed under: Events: On the Scene

Do you see better fashion on the ride to work than you do in Vogue magazine -- or are you stuck with JC Penny's, and dreaming about H&M? While it's certainly possible to be stylish anywhere, the fashion-forward tend to flock to a few choice locations around the globe. But where?

Forbes magazine has recently ranked the "World's Most Stylish Cities," and while some of them -- like New York, London and Paris -- are obvious, there's a few on the list that might surprise you. Here's the top 10 -- did you city make the cut?

Gallery: Top 10 Stylish Cities

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Banana Republic opens a British store and charges major mark-ups

Email thisPosted Mar 21st 2008 at 2:22PM by Kristen Seymour

Filed under: Style in the News

If you're all about the Banana and live in the States, be happy. The company just opened its first British store on London's Regent Street, and while the fashions are what you would expect to find in any Banana Republic, the prices are another story.

The Daily Mail reports outrageous mark-ups -- in some cases close to 100% more in the British shop than in American stores. For example, a dress that costs $188 there only costs $150 here in the States (and yes, I did the currency conversion for you, no need to worry). A Flatiron baby satchel had about a 40% mark-up. The 'Doris' sunglasses that sell for $118 in the U.S. sell for $149 across the pond.

While these are definitely major mark-ups, I couldn't find the examples of 100% or more that the Daily Mail reported. Supposedly there is an "orange textured coat" with a 133% mark-up -- let me know if you find something matching that description on BR's U.S. website. The other thing to keep in mind is that the American prices don't include sales tax, whereas the British prices apparently do, and from what I understand, they have considerably higher taxes. At any rate, if you're a Brit coming over for a visit, you might do well to get your Banana fix while you're here and save some money.

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