Veruca Salt was having a very bad day. Contrary to popular belief, being dumped down a garbage chute doesn’t make you a good person. Nor does it inspire you to start a ’90s alt rock band.

Shoulda looked into that ...

Ah, São Paulo, how we love thee. Ocean breezes. Sun-kissed bodies. And exotic inhabitants with names like, er, Paulo.

Or Rodrigo. As in, Rodrigo Trussardi, the Brazilian designer behind import line Super Suite 77.

Silky off-the-shoulder tunics and airy dresses make ...

Boy shorts and menswear? These days, there’s nothing more ladylike.

Keep up appearances with another gender-bending coup: Tivi’s new line of unisex cuffs.

The tough-but-pretty bracelets are handcrafted using recycled materials like steel, aluminum, resin, and exotic woods. Styles ...

Retro is chic. Old is new. Too bad your attempts at putting this into practice (rifling Great Aunt Bessie’s hope chest) have left you wanting (two dozen girdles, anyone?).

The search stops with jewelry designer Terri Gasway’s line Angi N., ...

Mmm-mmm. Smells like weekend plans.

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Blend Custom Parfum Studio
What: Bill Hallman’s back-of-shop apothecary and beauty bar now has its own store around the corner.
Why: Mix it up.
When: Tues.-Sat., 11 a.m.-5 p.m.
Where: 1054 St. Charles Ave., ...

Your busy schedule of spring cleaning, gutter gutting, and flower potting has left you sweaty, stifled, and at wit’s end.

Dress the part in Poppy Sam, a new local line that’s equal parts tomboy and boy toy.

Former Project E ...

They say the French are a fickle lot. Must be all that chocolate. Or having to maintain their skinny women rep.

Not that you should hold that against their cuisine. Especially not at French American Brasserie, Fabrice Vergez’s reincarnation of ...