Nine-time Grammy Award winner Sheryl Crow will headline Macy’s 2013 Glamorama on Aug. 2 a the State Theatre, the retailer announced today. The theme for this year’s annual fashion fundraiser—still a hot summer ticket after 29 years—is “Fashion in a New LIght.” The show will also feature a performance by Cirque du Soleil, and a…
Escada Comes To Town
The Perks of a Mall Hotel for a U.S. Senator
In her keynote address at Wednesday’s grand opening ceremony for the Radisson Blu Mall of America, U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar talked about the significance of the luxury hotel opening in challenging economic times—creating jobs, enhancing tourism, reviving the hard-hit new construction industry. And then she touched on the hotel’s primo…
Silhouettes for Mother’s Day
Something about the silhouette—it makes a child seem so sweet and innocent. Moms deserve that for Mother’s Day, so get your little monsters—I mean darlings—to one of two silhouette events happening this week. Sittings take just five minutes, and you’ll have gifts in time for Mother’s Day.
Little Bean Photography: Get a 4×6 print of your…
Hair Salon Chitchat with Chris Kluwe
Since gaining a national reputation as one of the most outspoken players in the NFL in the course of one letter, Chris Kluwe can’t even get a haircut without making a statement. Yesterday, the Minnesota Vikings punter got…
Our Food Editor Gets Chopped
Mpls.St.Paul Magazine’s senior food and dining editor Stephanie March is known for many things: insider intelligence on the restaurant scene, smart reviews, and an impressive ability to hold her whiskey. You always know when she’s stepped into the bar because, well, she laughs a lot, and it’s loud. Like Anna Wintour, she’s had a…
Help Aveda Set Earth Day Record
Great news: Getting a haircut is every bit as valid an Earth Day contribution as planting a garden. On Monday, April 22-Earth Day-The Aveda Institute Minneapolis will host local Aveda stylists participating in a global, 24-hour cut-a-thon. Stylists in Aveda salons worldwide—from Tokyo to Sydney, Moscow, London, New York and Minneapolis will volunteer their time to offer haircuts in return for a donation…
Weekend Picks
I don’t even want to hear that there is nothing to do this weekend, what with the yucky weather. Can’t let a little snow ruin the fun and glamour, so here’s what I’d suggest:
Weekend Prep: I do love a clever promotion and here’s another from Covered . . . It’s Denim and Dysport at the Uptown boutique with 20 percent off all denim all day…
Tandem Vintage
Maybe we’re all finally old enough to appreciate the way clothes used to be made, or young enough to discover them for the first time. Maybe we’re getting a bit bored with fast fashion, and starting to take recycling more seriously. Whatever the reason, vintage shopping seems to be getting better in the Twin Cities. Dealers are getting more creative—staging pop-ups, opening occasional stores, participating…
Yes They Did.
This could be one of the greatest retail coups ever. More than 1,200 One Direction fans—Directioners—camped out at Mall of America for the privilege of shopping the ID World pop up store, where cardboard cutouts of band members, who were not there, sell for $30 and the must-have item is an adult…
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