Not having a car can limit the San Diego experience to some degree for freshmen. Luckily, the trolley stops at Mission Valley and Fashion Valley malls for all collegiate essentials.
For girls, it is the fail-safe option for finding something to wear for those socially hectic weekends or just to stay fashionable on campus. Many girls at San Diego State shop at these malls, so getting that formal dress for rush from Forever 21 can mean visiting 21 times that night, or buying that sweater from H&M can possibly result in it being worn by an entire group of friends.
For girls hoping to see their way out of that situation, know there is designer label life outside the malls. true religion clothing
Whatever
Being fashionably frugal in this economy works, especially on a college student’s budget. If there is a dress that has not seen the light of day for months because it has been worn too many times, trade it in for new duds at Whatever in Grossmont Center. This boutique is for the “most fashion-forward girl,” the store’s owner, Vanessa Garcia, said.
“If you’re tight on cash, over your old dress and need an outfit for the weekend, trade it in,” Garcia said. ed hardy shoes
Reuse and recycle old clothes to renew personal style. What-Ever offers 50 percent in trade value, and they offer both cash and store credit. For designer resale, this is the place to be for many girls.
“It’s addicting; I come all the time,” frequent shopper Maria Gilbert said.
“We don’t even go into Grossmont without going to Whatever,” Mendi Butera, another frequent shopper, said. ghd mk4
Designer brands such as True Religion, Coach, Marc Jacobs, BCBG and H&M can almost always be found at the trolley-accessible boutique. New clothing and accessories come in every Thursday and range in price from $4.99 to $39.99. None of its shoes exceed $25, so shopping at this boutique could have students ready to step out dressed to impress and still within their budgets.
To trade in old clothes, call 619-698-5148 for buying days.
Twirl
Although not accessible by trolley, Twirl in Hillcrest also offers fashion alternatives for college students who are looking for shopping alternatives. Adorned in purple, this “chic boutique” offers clothes that play off the vintage styles of the ‘70s, ‘80s and ‘90s, sales associate Selena Villegas said.
“We almost get new stuff every day,” she said.
From crystal ball necklaces to Vogue-worthy rompers, this store’s merchandise will not leave students counting how many clones they have at a social event.
“Don’t be afraid to be yourself; do your own thing,” Villegas said.
So as SDSU presses play on a new school year, dare to step out of the Mission and Fashion Valley box. Save the excuses not to try some alternative places that will have you stylish in Storm Hall, chic in Cuicacalli, haute in Hepner Hall or just devastatingly gorgeous in the Gaslamp Quarter downtown.
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Designers from all over the world showed their new swimwear collections during the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim 2011, which ended Monday night. true religion clothing
Bikinis and cutout one-pieces dominated the catwalks. Some designers said they focused on bikinis because of the bottom line: They sell better. Others aimed for sexiness.
MARA HOFFMAN
Mara Hoffman’s swimsuits — mostly bikinis — were a kaleidoscope of colour, including red, turquoise and neon yellow. She used prints including a psychedelic one and a geometric print that had images of an eye and a pyramid.”I definitely carried again the inspiration of the mystic journey. It’s sort of my continual inspiration,” she said.A tight, turquoise minidress had hot pink, lime green and orange with an eye inside a pyramid and black straps on the back. A black one-piece had black crisscrossing straps around the stomach area. A black cutout had embroidery in the middle. A turquoise bustier top had neon yellow, hot pink and white geometric designs around the edges of the cups and sides of the bottoms. There was also a striking multicoloured caftan for a “high priestess ’70s mystic mama feeling,” she said. It looked like it would cover up flaws, but adding sexiness. ed hardy shoes
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Swimwear Anywhere Inc. showed several of the lines it has licences for, including Marc by Marc Jacobs, DKNY and Juicy Couture.
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Carmen Marc Valvo also launched his resort wear. The theme was safari, and shapes included halter jumpsuits, dresses and cargo pants.
RED CARTER
Miami-based Red Carter said his theme was “from pop art to high art.” And he staged his show at the Bass Museum of Art in South Beach, where models walked down the ramp that connects the floors. Before the show, he had a retrospective of his work where models posed on giant white cubes placed among the art works.
“I am trying to show the expressions of what people in pop culture are wearing these days but then also take risks and hopefully look artful,” Carter said.
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LULI FAMA
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Wadhawan Lifestyle Retail (WLRPL) that brought in cult brands like Ed Hardy, and Christian Audigier to India in 2007 has tied up with Shoppers Stop for the first shop-in-shop at Juhu, Mumbai. With a vision to make high-end global brands accessible to Indian consumers, WLRPL is a master franchise to open and operate exclusive stores and shop-in-shops across India for brands, Ed Hardy and Christian Audigier. “The initiative is to primarily license global premium brands into India along with incubating original brands in new categories,” opines Abhinav Zutshi, Business Head-International Brands, Wadhawan Lifestyle Retail. true religion clothing
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Ed Hardy currently has nine stores across India of these three are EBOs and six shops-in-shops. The company is soon to launch another trendy outlet in South Delhi. This will be its second outlet in Delhi. Zutshi avers, “As far as expansion plans are go WLRPL will actively continue to deliver the best of brands and international fashion in the coming years. We are in the process of evaluating about six to seven global brands, which have a strong connect with the Indian consumer. Soon we will be launching some of these and hope to continue giving Indian consumers differentiated and high level service and experience.” ghd mk4
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Shuttered businesses litter downtown Reno these days, but pawn shops are not among them.Pawn shops in Reno are like teenage girls at a Justin Beiber concert: everywhere.
Inspired partially by my own curiosity and partially by the History Channel show “Pawn Stars” I decided to check out what really goes on at one of these shops myself.
I walked into Premier Jewelry & Loan on Virginia Street in Reno across the street from the Silver Legacy Hotel and Casino. tiffany charms
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Items in Premier include everything from DVD’s to fur coats. There is a variety of musical instruments, including a display of several guitars in the middle of the shop. Interesting items include a saddle, a table saw, a white water kayak, and an antique cash register.
Several display cases hold hand tools and power tools, guns, watches, old coins, and various art pieces. Everything in the store is labeled with a price tag and all prices are negotiable.
A pair of Tiffany sunglasses with gold wire frames catches my eye, but the $259 price tag is way out of budget.
The majority of the store, though, is devoted to jewelry.
According to Mike (last name withheld), partial owner of Premier Jewelry, the show “Pawn Stars” that inspired my visit is staged.
“They bring in things for the media. Most pawn shops don’t see hot air balloons and WWI muskets come in.”
“I would have a hard time moving a hot air balloon,” he explains. “I wouldn’t buy something like that unless I knew I had a buyer.” Mike would know. He has been in the business for over 20 years.
Mike explains his store’s focus on jewelry, “It is easy to turn gold into cash. It is a stable asset that holds its value.”
I wonder if this makes the pawn business recession-proof. Mike tells me this is not the case. “Because of the recession we must be more flexible. We sell at lower prices and our sales are down. We must work harder and smarter.”
To Mike, working smarter means being more select about the kinds of things the store buys. During the economic downturn more people come in to sell items but “there is only so much room on the sales floor,” says Mike.
The business has adapted to the changing economy in other ways. “Most pawn shops today sell on E-bay,” Mike informs me.
Mike takes innovation to another level, “I use E-bay to determine the market and make a decision to buy or loan. If I see there is a market for it online the item may never hit the floor.” He recently used this strategy to move a satellite dish.
So what about the unusual items? Mike shows me a 1956 Rolex GMT master on his wrist worth an estimated $40,000. “It has the original plastic bake light bezel,” he explains. “They stopped making bezels like this because the paint they used was radioactive.” Hmmm. I think I would rather have the kayak.
All in all, my visit to the pawn shop did not yield the “crazy” items I was expecting. Instead I received a business lesson that you can’t get on reality television – all without a hot air balloon or musket in sight.
In January of this year, an Associated Press investigation revealed that many cheap metal pendants and bracelets manufactured in China contained dangerous levels of cadmium — prolonged exposure to which has been shown to cause kidney disease, severe bone loss and even lung cancer — with many products consisting of 84% to 90% cadmium. Since that report, the CPSC has issued three recalls for jewelry items, all of which were marketed to young children and cost $1 to $12. McDonald’s recently announced a recall of 12 million Shrek-themed glasses after an anonymous tip to a California congresswoman resulted in tests showing that they contained cadmium. tiffany charms
The CPSC can regulate emerging threats in consumer products under authority granted by the Federal Hazardous Substances Act, but the growing prevalence of products tainted with cadmium, in particular, spurred the commission to study safe levels of exposure, with the aim of setting a standard for acceptable levels. The study is under way, and CPSC spokesman Alex Filip says the results should be available by the end of the summer. Until the new cadmium limits are set, manufacturers may be erring on the side of caution. The McDonald’s glasses meet all current regulatory standards, but by the end of the summer, that’s not likely to be the case.
What is the risk posed by cadmium exposure? According to Bruce Fowler of the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry’s division of toxicology and environmental medicine, cadmium on the outside of a glass would be unlikely to cause harm unless, for example, the glass was repeatedly washed in a dishwasher and the metal got onto other dishes, from which it could be ingested. For jewelry, which small children are prone to put in their mouths, the threat may be more significant. Swiss Replica Watches
While the ongoing CPSC study will analyze lower levels of exposure, the latest research focuses on long-term exposure. On the basis of the evidence available, Fowler suggests that in metal jewelry, at least, cadmium is less immediately toxic than lead, a softer metal that breaks down more easily when exposed to stomach acid; while ingesting cadmium would probably result in serious illness involving diarrhea and vomiting, it’s not likely to be deadly so quickly.
If there is a silver lining to this toxic-metal mess, it’s that cadmium isn’t likely to cause as great a public-health crisis as lead, primarily because its use is not as widespread. The CPSC’s Filip puts it this way: “We’re not looking at another lead story. Cadmium won’t be anywhere near the kind of problem that we saw with lead.” ghd mk4
New York–Christie’s New York tallied up $56 million in sales for its spring season, a grand total that was due–in part–to a last-minute boost from the auction house’s “New York Jewels” sale on Tuesday, which realized more than $15.2 million. tiffany charms
Sell-through rates for the New York Jewels sale were 84 percent by lot and 82 percent by value, making for a total $15,226,275 in sales, the auction house said in a news release.
The top lot of the sale, and of the spring season at Christie’s, was a 27.03-carat, cushion-cut, D color, VVS1, Type IIA diamond. Estimated between $2.5 million and $3.5 million, the stone ultimately fetched a price of $3,554,500, or $131,500 per carat, from a private buyer from Asia.
The June 15 auction also set two world auction record prices with the sale of a modified square-cut fancy intense orangey-pink diamond. Estimated between $1 million and $1.5 million, the 10.19-carat stone sold for $2,322,500 to William Goldberg, the prestigious diamond corporation based in New York’s Diamond District. The sale set a world auction record price per carat and for a fancy intense orangey-pink stone, according to Christie’s. Swiss Replica Watches
Other colored diamonds made it into Christie’s top 10 for the sale, including a 12.50-carat, pear-shaped light pink diamond ring that sold for $1,482,500 ($119,000 per carat); a 3.01-carat hexagonal fancy intense pink diamond that sold for $662,500 ($220,000 per carat); and a 6.36-carat rectangular-cut fancy vivid yellow, VS1 diamond that sold for $374,500 ($59,000 per carat). ghd mk4
Diamond jewelry lots making the top 10 included a pair of cushion-cut diamond ear pendants, featuring 12.02 carats and 11.60 carats, respectively (sold for $662,500); a natural pearl and diamond necklace (sold for $338,500) and a diamond riviere necklace with 64 graduated diamonds (sold for $266,500).
Tiffany & Co. showed off its first handbag collection in 20 years, including a $17,500 glazed- crocodile “Manhattan” satchel, on the Web today as part of a strategy to extend its brand beyond jewelry. tiffany charms
The full collection appeared on the website following piecemeal information released in recent months. Many of the handbags will be priced at $1,000 to $2,000, said Mark Aaron, a spokesman for the New York-based jeweler. He declined to provide sales projections. Swiss Replica Watches
Tiffany’s 12 largest U.S. stores will begin selling the bags, made of materials like suede, snakeskin and natural-grain calf, in September. The line may generate sales of “highly profitable” wallets and small leather accessories around the world, Chief Financial Officer James Fernandez said last month. Tiffany previously sold leather goods about two decades ago. ghd mk4
“A blue box from Tiffany is instantly credible as a gift,” said Steven Dennis, a former executive at Neiman Marcus Group Inc. and president of retail adviser SageBerry Consulting LLC in Dallas. “Smaller leather goods, those are very giftable categories.”
Handbags may pose a challenge since the company isn’t known as a fashion or a leather-goods brand, and shoppers may seek out a known label, such as Hermes, if they’re going to spend that kind of money, he said in a telephone interview.
Tiffany shares fell $1.61, or 4 percent, to $39.18 at 4:01 p.m. in New York Stock Exchange composite trading. The shares have dropped 8.9 percent this year.
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The collection of day and evening handbags for women; briefcases and bags for men; and accessories for both, was designed by Richard Lambertson and John Truex, who joined Tiffany about a year ago. Tiffany said in April that prices might range from $395 to $16,500 for women, and $95 to $1,395 for men.
The accessories include wallets, key holders, business card holders, and luggage tags priced at $100 to $120, Fernandez said at a June 17 investors’ conference.“They’re very high-margin, very profitable products,” he said. “The handbag collection gives support to that.”
Tiffany, the world’s second-largest luxury jewelry retailer, over time will convert space once used for china and crystal — which is “just not that profitable” — for the leather goods, Fernandez said in June.“The handbag collection, it’s probably more flagship- store-oriented around the world, where we would have a much broader kind of customer group,” Fernandez said. “But the leather accessories will be probably in every store around the world, and I think they’ll provide a great, great opportunity.”
Holly Golightly
The collection includes a $595 “Holly” clutch, a possible reference to Holly Golightly, the character in Truman Capote’s novella “Breakfast at Tiffany’s.” Golightly was portrayed by Audrey Hepburn in the 1961 film of the same name.
The handbags come in rich shades such as Tiffany blue, onyx, garnet and red, according to the website. The evening bags have Tiffany jewelry-inspired touches like a chunky beaded wrist chain and longer crystal chains inspired by diamond necklaces. Items also have Tiffany blue leather linings, as well as touches of that color enamel on their hardware.
Lambertson and Truex also created the TRT, or Tiffany reversible tote, which is suede on one side and metallic leather on the other, for $395 to $595. Tiffany bought their bankrupt Lambertson Truex leather-goods brand from Samsonite Corp. for an undisclosed price in mid-2009. Lambertson Truex filed for bankruptcy protection in March of that year.
The jeweler, which operated 221 stores and boutiques worldwide as of April 30, diversified into Tiffany-branded handbags and scarves in the 1980s. It discontinued the items in the early 1990s.
