Rose Cantine

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The documentary “September Issue” about Anna Wintour and Vogue Magazine is coming out at the end of this month. I can’t wait to see it.

I write a weekly article for NBC San Francisco Bay Area news fashion section. This week, it’s about cool luggage. Go to my article about Hideo Wakamatsu bags.
Also recently on Shopplr: beauty tips from Benjamin Puckey, international stylist, on how to contour the face. I know it sounds frightening in a retro 1980s sort of [...]

I wrote an article for NBCBayarea.com about Rickshaw Bagworks, a San Francisco-based company that makes chic laptop and messenger bags inspired by the city’s urban cycling culture.  Go to:
Geek Chic: Laptop bags from Rickshaw Bagworks

You’d never expect sporty Japanese women to run or work out in ugly sweats, would you? Of course not. Read this article about the recent trend among women in Japan: exercising, but in chic outfits.

Stunning photographs of the Korean traditional dress, the Han Bok, in Vogue Korea (October 2007).

The New York Times has a funny article about shopdropping, the opposite of shoplifting, where people put products in shops:
Anti-consumerist artists slip replica products packaged with political messages onto shelves while religious proselytizers insert pamphlets between the pages of gay-and-lesbian readings at book stores.
I can’t imagine it’s fun for the personnel of the stores who [...]

The Guardian UK has an article today on how British high street clothing chains are using factories abroad that exploit workers and endanger their health:
Two of Britain’s major high street retailers launched inquiries last night into allegations that factory workers who make their clothes in India are being paid as little as 13p per hour [...]

I just posted a review on Pajama Enterpreneur about Stylefeeder, the latest online shopping companion that matches people with the same tastes and makes recommendations. I like Stylefeeder more than Kaboodle (a social shopping site that’s been around for a while) because the interface looks better and is easier to use, but Kaboodle has a [...]

Stylefeeder.com is the latest personal online shopping site that allows you to bookmark items you like (an iPhone, Gucci shoes, Dior bag), find “style twins” (people who share your taste), get product recommendations specific to your taste and solicit advice from others in the community about items you are thinking of buying. It’s a social [...]