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　　The correctness of this term was reconfirmed recently when two professional shoppers, whom I shall call Wei and Aditi, showed me the hot new thing in the world of extreme shoe-collectors (“women“). 　　The latest Jean Paul Gaultier shoe looks made of toddler-cup plastic. Spotting the US$320 (HK$2,496) price tag, I said: “I am assuming this [...]

　　Lifestyle Expert Tells When It’s Worth the Extra Money for Brand Names, and When It’s Not 　　(CBS) The security of buying a name brand product may cost you a little extra, but is it worth it when the generic or store brand version of the same item is sitting right there on the store or [...]

　　 　　 　　Pirelli has been extending its brand into fashion since 2002, extending its P-Zero designation into its own label. The aim is to have PZero (without the hyphen) denote high-tech fashion, with modern materials, expanding into a full fashion line. 　　For spring–summer 2011, the company has released, inter alia, a sailing shoe, the Pirelli [...]

　　Is it that daunting to be a woman? 　　 　　Leander Suleiman and Leesa Halstead in ’9 Parts of Desire.’ (photo by KRISTEN WHEELER) 　　As a man, maybe I can’t fully grasp the tangled emotions of guilt, courage, exhilaration, cynicism and terror of the nine women of 9 Parts of Desire. 　　But the actresses depicting women [...]

　　Cam Inman: Pebble is a pain for Phil Mickelson in U.S. Open first round 　　PEBBLE BEACH ― First impressions, audibles and other fodder from Thursday’s first round of “my National Open,” as Phil Mickelson fancies it. 　　This opening round will forever be stamped as the one neither Mickelson nor Tiger Woods made a birdie (or [...]

　　I do not like wearing high heel shoes. And I do not like to spend a lot of money on shoes of any kind. I rarely pick up a pair that isn’t on the clearance rack. 　　Alas, I am virtually alone in my circle of friends when it comes to this. Women love shoes. Designer, [...]

　　"Gallus Glasgow was decked out in halter tops and shorts. Donald arrived in a suit and a pullover. His solitary concession to the temperature was a pair of sand shoes. Sand shoes of a less than recent vintage. 　　"He was in every bone and in every sinew a Glasgow man. I mean no slight to [...]