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Continue here: Green Village designer wins a top fashion contest (Independent Press)

Recession or not: Toys spring eternal

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Moms and dads might be tightening their belts, but they don't have to let Santa's bag be empty (New Orleans Times-Picayune)

The 2008 Annual Victoria's Secret Fashion show made a splash in Miami with plenty of glamour just in time for the holidays

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Supermodels Take Over Miami at 2008 Victoria's Secret Show (Fox News)

This week: President-elect shows his sportier side

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Fashion Forward: Obama goes casual with his kids (USA Today)

Swedish "fast-fashion" chain H & M made a big splash when it opened in Ginza in September and the line just to get into the store continues to be 30-minutes long. The company has added to its brood with a new youth-oriented store in Harajuku, kicking it off with a collaboration with Japanese label Comme des Garcons. On Nov. 8, the day of the store's opening, the CDG collection of polka-dot ...

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Fashion for the masses (The Japan Times)