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Our site’s founder, Mary Alice Franklin, was DigThisDesign.net’s expert contributor yesterday! She weighed in on the hottest upcoming style, color and pattern trends for Spring and Summer 2012.  The article is still on Dig This Design‘s homepage, but you can visit the permanent post here: “What’s Hot in Fashion for 2012″ Article by Mary Alice Franklin Posted [...]

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FASHION New York Fashion Week paraded the new Spring 2012 looks. Fashion Week merges innovation with fashion to predict upcoming style trends and this year didn’t disappoint. To view some of the highlights, check out our new NYFW Pinterest Board, created just for you!:  NYFW Spring 2012 Highlights FIT displays never-before-seen McQueen pieces: Missed the [...]

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To whomever thinks fashion can’t be art– your mind is about to change. The long-awaited and immensely-successful Savage Beauty exhibition at Metropolitan Museum of Art is based on the career of late fashion designer Alexander McQueen. And it is: Breath. Taking. As a longtime fan, I hesitate saying simply “fashion designer Alexander McQueen” because for [...]

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Book of Mormon and War Horse nabbed top honors at last night’s Tony Awards. The charming Neil Patrick Harris received high praise for his performance as host as the presenters gave us the usual best and worst dressed, flubbed lines, network-bleeped moments we’ve come to expect from any respectable awards show. I’ll admit that I’m [...]

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Okay, I admit it, without shame. I adore Zooey Deschanel and all that she does: great actress (See: 500 Days of Summer or Almost Famous), beautiful singing voice (See: She & Him or her duet with Will Ferrel in Elf). But more than anything, her style is simply to die for. I’m jealous of practically [...]

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