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'Clean look' hot at NY Fashion Week (+ photos)
NEW YORK - Fashion cleans up next spring, with lean, polished looks prevailing over the revealing styles favored by the Paris Hilton and Britney Spears set, designers say. New York's semi-annual Fashion Week kicked off yesterday with shows by Nautica, which showed sporty menswear, and BCBGMAXAZRIA, which showed dresses in delicate layers of silk in muted tones of ivory, taupe and lilac. More than 100,000 people are expected to attend Fashion Week before it ends next Wednesday. For women sick of seeing skimpy, baby-doll clothes meant for teens, this is their moment. "It's a clean-up campaign," said David A. Wolfe, creative director of The Doneger Group trend forecasters. New styles will be "not as flashy and not as vulgar as we've seen in the recent past - fewer clothes for Britney and Paris Hilton, more for grown-up women," he said.
Shoe lover's shop for shoe lovers
The first thing you'll notice about Kristen Greczyn's new shoe boutique is the decor. It's about as lush and gorgeous as the shoes.The whole place is a feast for the eyes -- glittery shoes that you want to touch, oversized handbags with soft leather and suede, a big inviting couch that you'll want to do more on than just try on shoes -- all in rich colors giving it a big-city-shopping feel.For anyone who has been trying to peek through the brown paper wrapping on the windows of Kristen's Shoe Boutique, the boutique opens Tuesday at The Arboretum in Cary, next to Ciao Bella.Greczyn, a former stay-at-home mom, has put a year into creating the store -- from coming up with the concept to researching and buying shoes. For at least a week, the store has looked ready to open. Most every shoe is in place; handbags are arranged on shelves just so; everything is painted; and the furniture is in place.
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