http://www.post-gazette.com/lifestyle/fashion Fashion news and features en-us Copyright 2009, post-gazette.com. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:01:19 -0500 15 http://www.post-gazette.com/includes/2007design/images/150x30pg_now_logo.gif http://www.post-gazette.com/ 144 39 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09325/1015379-314.stm?cmpid=fashion.xml WHEN I broke up with my live-in girlfriend of five years, we divvied up our things, helped each other move into our new apartments, and then stopped seeing each other altogether -- a cold-turkey breakup that I was sure was for the best. We didn't send e-mail messages, call or meet for coffee, and we certainly didn't go out for drinks. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09325/1015380-314.stm?cmpid=fashion.xml Los Angeles Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09325/1015381-314.stm?cmpid=fashion.xml AS far back as "Father Knows Best," television has been an unintentional teaching aid for parents. To watch Mike and Carol Brady labor tirelessly to boost Jan's wobbly self-esteem, or Cliff and Clair Huxtable corral Denise's rebellious impulses with affection and wisdom, was to learn how to raise happy, healthy children. After all those hours in front of the set, you couldn't help but absorb the lessons. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09325/1015382-314.stm?cmpid=fashion.xml BABY boomers have lived during an era of unparalleled prosperity. So when this deep recession hit -- at a time when boomers were advancing to middle- and late-middle age -- much was written about them being too spoiled to cope. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09325/1015383-314.stm?cmpid=fashion.xml While finishing a meal at a French restaurant that we frequent, I spotted a three-inch water bug making its way down a wall, inches from my 14-year-old daughter's head. Happily, the bug ducked into a crevice. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09322/1014232-314.stm?cmpid=fashion.xml When Holly Lattanzi married Jacob DiCesare in Heinz Chapel last year, her heart belonged to her new husband, but her earrings belonged to someone else. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:47:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09322/1014354-314.stm?cmpid=fashion.xml WILLIAM FAULKNER once said: "The aim of every artist is to arrest motion, which is life, by artificial means and hold it fixed so that a hundred years later, when a stranger looks at it, it moves again, since it is life." Wed, 18 Nov 2009 02:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09322/1014355-314.stm?cmpid=fashion.xml IN any marriage, there is a natural division of labor. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 02:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09322/1014356-314.stm?cmpid=fashion.xml The pale gold carpet in Bergdorf Goodman's shoe salon was pockmarked with hundreds of small indentations one recent Thursday afternoon. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 02:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09322/1014357-314.stm?cmpid=fashion.xml Some are cyberexperts and others are technophobes, but most designers today embrace a variety of technology applications. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 02:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09322/1014358-314.stm?cmpid=fashion.xml It was not so long ago that the spread of the mobile phone sent waves of fear through the reserved world of fine watchmaking. The practicality of a portable phone that doubled as an accurate digital timekeeper made the necessity for a wristwatch vanish almost overnight. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 02:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09322/1010732-314.stm?cmpid=fashion.xml If you can't beat 'em, join 'em. In the past five years, more and more couture designers are partnering with corporate retailers to give the average buyer a chance to own an original design instead of the chop house version. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09322/1010738-314.stm?cmpid=fashion.xml This winter, designers have created hooded scarves and detailed tights to make accessorizing your cold weather wardrobe reasonable and elegant. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09322/1010758-323.stm?cmpid=fashion.xml The holiday season is upon us and it's time to start dreaming, celebrating and creating magical memories. This year, more than ever, is about being with family and friends. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09322/1014236-314.stm?cmpid=fashion.xml This holiday season, savvy shoppers are learning that the road to couture might run through their current wardrobe. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:01:00 -0500