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Lookbook Love: Our New French Label Crush Is Sold In S.F.!

Katie Hintz-Zambrano

Endless Summer: Beachy Pieces To Wear Now

Crazy Hair Treatments That Promise You A Model-Worthy Mane

Tinkerbell Must Have Sprinkled Fairy Dust On This Magical Lookbook

Brilliant Brocades: Party The Night Away In This Fancy Fabric

by Angela Tafoya

Cashmere Craze! Up To Half-Off Stunning Sweaters, Scarves, Tunics...

Not so in love with winter right now? One word: cashmere. Two more words: half off. Feel better? Yup, us too. Nothing makes wind chill and short days beara

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The Best Christmas Gift Ever: No More Muffin Top!

The tights-induced muffin top — it’s one of the most offensive winter-wardrobe woes, and we’re all victims of it. Even size twos can atte

Score 2 Pairs Of Super-Chic Frames And Lenses For Just $88!

Sassy spectacles are up there with some of our absolute fave accessories — partly because we can’t see without them, but mainly because they ca

Unwind This Week In Luxe Loungewear By Woodleigh!

by Nairi Najarian

Win A Galina Sobolev Dress At The Code-C Boutique Trunk Show Toni...

Meet Bravo’s Launch My Line finalist Galina Sobolev (a dead ringer for Mary Steenburgen, if you ask us) tonight from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Code-C Bouti

by Nairi Najarian

True Story: This NYC Student Lives In A $88 Million Dorm Room

Remember when mom and dad took you shopping for your brand spankin' new bed in a bag and you constructed a makeshift armoire made of straight-up Tuppe

by Gina Marinelli

NYC’s Coolest 4some Shows Us How To Throw A Tasteful Rager

We've thrown a swanked-up dinner party. We've hosted an incredibly intimate cocktail get-together. Now, in part three of our holiday entertaining

by Kristian Laliberte

Oh Boy! Boy By Band Of Outsiders Channels A Very Sweet Diane Keaton

by Kristian Laliberte

Ironic, Adorable, And Affordable: Meet The Perfect $11 Stocking S...

Having braces sucked. No argument there. But, was it just us, or did you ecstatically look forward to getting new, colorful, often holiday-themed rubber ba

Kpop Cheat Sheet: The Bands To Know Before They Blow Up

Okay, we're calling it, right here, right now. Kpop is going to be 2012's hottest trend. Straight out of Seoul, these acts are already bringing t

Meet Your L.A. Editor: 10 Things To Know About Brenna

Hey L.A.! I'm the NKOTB here at R29 and would like to start our relationship off on the right (well-heeled) foot. So here are a few fun facts about yo

A Kurt Cobain-Inspired Gift Guide: ‘Cause We All Need A Whi...

Charlize Theron Shows Us The Right Way To Get Out Of A Car

Remember the mid-noughties, when seeing a glimpse of a teen starlet's nether regions sans underwear was as common as True Religion jeans? While Lindsa

by Kristian Laliberte

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Sample Sale Score: Helmut Lang + Theyskens’ Theory This Thu...

We love when multiple good things come in one package: especially when that package includes top designer pieces of the year – on sale. Enter the sam

by Laura Jean Story

Eyewear Line Lookmatic Hosts A Party Of Lookers

Save Big Or Go Home: Our Exclusive Creatures of Comfort Discount

As you obviously know by now, there are many perks to reading our site, and we've got yet another that will surely add some skip in your Sunday step!

Rad Or Bad? Tom Cruise Goes Fingerless

What's that Vanilla Sky phrase, the sweet isn't as sweet without the bitter? Well, we think Tom Cruise might sum up his own movie line swimmingly

Watch Behati & Chanel Strip Down For A Super, Super Cute “R...

Uh, our holiday cards look something like this. Nevermind, we can't even lie about that with a straight face. In what might be our favorite spread of

by Kristian Laliberte

Guess Who This Starlet Is (We Couldn’t)

Okay, so maybe you're a lot more clued in than we are, but when we first saw this paparazzi pic, we racked our brain trying to figure out if there was a pr

by Kristian Laliberte

Joy To The World: Joan Smalls Is Our New Girl Crush

For those who think the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition doesn't quite cut it, last night's launch of Pirelli's 2012 calendar, shot by Ma

by Kristian Laliberte

There’s No Way Michelle Pfeiffer Is 53 In This Dolce & Gabbana Nu...

Is it just us, or does Michelle Pfeiffer not look a day over 30? In actuality (and in what just might be a deal with the devil), the A-lister/bonafide fox

The Limited-Edition Holiday Lipstick We’re All Wearing At T...

When we chose to have a lipstick in our limited edition Holiday Reserve, we knew we just had to team up with the best. The gloss guru. The lipstick lady. I

Attention Sock-Stalkers: The Most Accessory-Worthy Foot Candy Is ...

Socks. What’s not to love? These underdog add-ons have worked their way up from merely functional necessities to must-have accessories. We couldn&rsq

Style Syllabus: Be Unabashed With Super-Girly Dorm Decor Buys

Leather And Neon And Stripes, Oh My! Clare Vivier Talks About Her...

Shop It Now Refinery29 pals, spoiler alert: Ladies we love are totally getting one of these super-adorable Clare Vivier bags under their tree. Not only are

by Leila Brillson

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L.A. Beauty Guru Ron Robinson Spills On Beachy Scents, The Smell ...

Apothia's Ron Robinson is a majorly big deal. Any Angeleno knows his brand and boutiques, pretty much all of America is familiar with L.A. mainstay Fr

by Leila Brillson