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Fleur-tation

Delicate flower that you are, you rise each day and ponder what threads will best do justice to your rosy lips and petal-soft skin. You shudder at the thought of synthetics. (Although stretch jeans never hurt anyone.) Your preference? Clothing ...

Metal Shop

Class, today’s topic of discussion: What is the primary thing that modern-day dressing has taught us?

You in the back? Yes, that’s correct: fractured shopping. The advent of successfully individualized style has led to widespread buying from disparate sources. You ...

Hip Pockets

Come summer, the weekend getaway is to Boston what Viagra is to Bob Dole: equally crucial to both our mental and social health.

But how many times have you giddily hopped the boat to Vineyard Haven, only to arrive, unpack, ...

Novel Romance

Our society talks an awful lot about romance. You know: true love, unconditional love, unrequited love, and seemingly every other form of the stuff.

Except, that is, for funky love. And edgy love. And love with attitude. Don’t hear much ...

The Coast Is Clear

You know what it’s like being near the beach: Your relaxation factor goes up; your blood pressure goes down. Your to-do list gets shorter, and your attention span gets longer. Your tally of pet peeves gets smaller; your need for ...

On a Whim

Work woes? Fight with a friend? Bored with your boy? Very little cures a case of the blahs like impulse shopping.

Which is exactly the point at Whim, the just-opened Back Bay boutique. It’s stuffed with clothing (for men and ...

Hawaii Ono

With only eighteen letters from which they can be formed, Hawaiian words can be a mouthful. And each one needs at least two or three English words to define it.

Take, for example, ono. It means delightful, delicious. Or, just ...

Pulse Monitor

For years now, Boston’s been holding its own against other international cities.

Fine dining: Radius puts Balthazar to shame. Spas: Kinara’s got nothing on Bella Sante. Sports? Culture? Education? Please, quit your trash talk.

But then there’s fashion. Though local ...