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Motor Trend

The debutante in you says: Outfits. Do not happen. Without diamonds.

The easy rider in you says: Ditto skulls.

Here’s your chance to get those two voices on the same page, courtesy of Ross-Simons’s Biker Chic collection. The Rhode Island jeweler has ...

Walk Like an Egyptian

Next on your list of heroines to channel: Cleopatra.

Sure, she was forced at 18 to marry her brother (ew) and got treated like dirt by Antony, who saddled her with twins before going back to his wife.

But through it all ...

The Weekend Guide

Time to heat things up around here.

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Gothic Belly Dancing Workshop
What: Learn Middle Eastern dance-meets-goth. Teachers Tempest and Ariellah lead the way.
Why: Dark and dirty — just the way you like it.
When: Sun. Workshop, noon-5 p.m.; ...

Protective Layering

In case of emergency, you’ve got your staples covered. An extra case of bottled water. Two backup bars of soap. A stash of shortbread cookies.

In the closet, same thing: that pair of black pants that always looks smashing. And, ...

How Very Big of You

In the current culinary moment, chefs have big names, big prices, and big egos. So why not call a spade a spade and go with the magnitude?

Copia co-owners David Petrilli and Anthony Caturano (chef/owner at Prezza) named their new ...

Vanity Fairy

Once there was a pouty little girl who looked at her all-black wardrobe and wanted to hurl.

All of her inky shoes looked the same, her baggy pants were midnight, and her only silk stockings were a dull, dark gray. ...

The Weekend Guide

Sure it’s getting chilly out. All the more reason to chill out.

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Joeffer Caoc
Trunk Show
What:
Canadian designer brings his killer fall/winter ‘06 collection, Beauty in Calamity, to town.
Why: Missing it would be calamitous.
When: Show, Fri. ...

Gallic Symbols

Some icons endure through the ages. And — apologies, Freud — not all of them are about sex.

Some are about food. Like the erstwhile Du Barry restaurant and its Newbury Street mural — both bastions of French flair, both ...