Monthly Archives: October 2011

Kate Spade’s Springy Styles & “Preppy 70′s Knits”

While we do hate to be the bearers of bad news, if you’ve ever pondered the potential answer to that burning question, “Is there anything too good for my little princess?” we have an answer: “As a matter of fact, yes.” Continue reading

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In Which We Speak of The Blue Book (No, Not The One About Cars)

It would seem to our little pea-brain that if not enough people find value in Denver’s Blue Book (sniff), then perhaps it should belong to the past. Our issue would never be with the fact there don’t seem to be quite that many people finding the book vital to their world, we can be anachronistic enough to fret over the social situation creating that condition, not its resultant impact on Blue Book sales. Continue reading

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College Classics Get an Update & That Dale Carnegie Cyber Guide

But it turns out we couldn’t leave well enough alone, nay-nay, the book had to be re-imagined and re-issued, now titled “How to Win Friends and Influence People in the Digital Age,” Continue reading

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Grand Openings and Wacky Costumes

Hello-Hello, what a glorious Friday it has become, these are the days you dream of if residing in The Great Midwest.  Today we have a few news Bits and Bytes, the majority with a retail overtone, we’ll cap that off … Continue reading

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A DVF Flash Mob…? Also, a Cute Menswear Move and ‘Preppy Goes Pop’

Blame it on Thom Browne, whose twisted prepster went mainstream(ish) when Brooks Brothers signed him up to design their Black Fleece line, which this season offered white silk lapel tuxes with black scout shorts. Continue reading

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