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Melissa Colgan
Specialties: Fashion, Retail, Beauty, Décor.
Neighborhood: Linden Hills, Minneapolis.
Current Obsessions: Dresses with long sleeves; super high heels; Phoebe Philo for Chloe; travelling.
Necessary Extravagances: Marvis Jasmin Mint toothpaste; too many magazine subscriptions; organic food; good red wine.
Current Inspirations: Jane Birkin circa Blowup; Jenna Lyons.
Can't Leave Home Without: Lots of jewelry, MAC Russian Red Lipstick, and a spritz of Fracas by Robert Piguet.
Preoccupied with: Jumpstarting the economy.
Things I want but don't need: A cozy velvet chair for my bedroom; an oversized vintage watch; a Chanel 2.55 in black lambskin; a plane ticket to Cartagena, Stockholm, Marrakech, or Cape Town.
Melinda Nelson
Specialties: Interior design, gardening, landscaping, architecture and retail
Neighborhood: Excelsior
Current Obsessions: Connecting fascinating people, interesting places and intriguing things
Necessary Extravagances: Travel, skiing, gorgeous fabrics, beautiful design books, Cire Trudon candles and organic butter
Current Inspirations: Axel Vervoordt, Hugh Newell Jacobsen and Grace Coddington
Can't Leave Home Without: iPhone, Hermes perfume and a cashmere shawl
Preoccupied with: Keeping Sugar, my yellow Labrador, happy
Things I want but don't need: Pucci ski pants and an outdoor swimming pool
Maura Ryan
Specialties: Fashion, Shopping, Beauty.
Neighborhood: Longfellow, Minneapolis.
Obsessions: Textures, contrast, nature, music, and art.
Necessary Extravagances: Extra-virgin olive oil, bubbly, conditioner, and golf lessons.
Inspirations: Anything tropical. It's my inspiration for my painting hobby, home décor, and style.
Can’t Leave Home Without: A statement necklace, heels, and MAC gloss.
Preoccupied with: Learning how to ice skate and discovering neo-tropical cocktails, preferably at the same time!
Things I want but don't need: An ice cream maker and leather leggings.
Prized possession: The Tangle Teezer
Erin Gulden
Specialties: Party style, DIY home projects, and repurposing.
Neighborhood: Cooper, Longfellow, Minneapolis
Obsessions: New and vintage designer sunglasses, handbags, and clutches, early 20th Century British lit, and perfume bottles.
Inspirations: The Kates (Cates): Winslet and Blanchett, Lady Gaga, and The New York Times' Social Qs column.
Necessary Extravagance: Pearl earrings from Tiffany & Co.
Can't live without: SPF 70
Prized possessions: Original Life Magazine JFK memorial issue and the memory of sitting back to back with President Obama at a fundraising dinner in Minneapolis.
Friday night: Covering the hottest parties in the Twin Cities!
Saturday afternoon: Restoring my 1918 Cape Cod to its former glory.
Christy DeSmith
Specialties: Fashion, lifestyle trends, cultural criticism
Neighborhood: Uptown, Minneapolis
Current Obsession: Vintage signature label coats from bygone local department stores such as Schlampp's and Young-Quinlan
Inspiration: The New Yorker's occasional installments of On and Off The Avenue by Patricia Marx (as well as the classic versions by Lois Long), old copies of Vogue and Flair magazines, Dorothy Parker, Joni Mitchell, Beyoncé
Can't Leave Home Without: An enormous bag packed with notebooks, pens, lip-gloss, cell phone, at least one magazine and/or book, and a digital camera
Necessary Extravagance: Kinky-Curly Curling Custard
Guilty Pleasures: Celebrity gossip on Jezebel.com, Twin Cities gossip over glasses of vino
Friday Night: Orchestra Hall, followed by a late dinner at Vincent—A Restaurant
Saturday Afternoon: Running, reading, or rummaging
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