Trends on Shine

Tie-Dye: Tired Or To Die For?

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Are the eighties over as a source of fashion inspiration? Tommy Ton’s recent street-style photos seem to indicate a move toward easier seventies styles, and we found further…

Sonia Rykiel For H&M: A Spicy Little Something Extra

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There are a couple of significant firsts involved in H&M’s Christmas collaboration with Sonia Rykiel. It’s the Swedish giant’s first…

Our health report card for 2009: Are we making progress?

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The late Ted Kennedy said this in 1994 about health-care reform: "What we have in the United States is not so much a health-care system as a disease-care system." Not much has changed in the past 15 years. Although disease treatment has progressively improved, preventable illnesses prevalence is still rising, causing a lot of suffering and impairing the quality of life for many.

Will You Borrow From the Boys?

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The tomboy trend continues apace for Spring. You saw it in the plethora of pantsuits, and it surfaced in some of the active sports references to linebackers and…

Even M.C. Hammer is over harem pants

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We're all for experimental fashion, but some trends are simply not flattering. And we're not talking about items like Uggs, which, while sort of bulky and unattractive, at least provide warmth. Harem pants theoretically could work on all body types. Many have elastic waists, and…