FashionAvenue

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Fashion, beauty and style.

FashionAvenue is for people who care how things look. Thrift-store stylists, sewing teachers and boutique owners show their work here.

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	Thrift Store Chic by Nadia F., 24, Chicago · FashionAvenue/Runway How to dress well on a budget: thrift shopping strategy, tailoring, and the fall 1999 looks.
	Sew What? Beginner Sewing by Lorraine G., 4-H sewing leader · FashionAvenue/Atelier Sewing lessons for beginners: choosing a machine, reading a pattern and your first project.
	Second Glance Consignment Boutique BUSINESS FashionAvenue/Boutique Gently used women's and children's clothing on consignment, and how consignment works.
	Prom Dress on a Budget by Tanya and her mom, Deb Hewitt · FashionAvenue/Catwalk How a mother and daughter sewed a prom dress for $46, with the pattern, the fabric and the drama.
	Vintage Hats & How to Wear Them by Beatrice Lowell · FashionAvenue/Salon A collector's guide to hats of the 1920s through 1960s, and why nobody wears them anymore.
	Knitting for Beginners by Grandma Ruthie Schultz · FashionAvenue/Atelier Casting on, knit and purl, a first scarf, and the sock that took a winter.
	Marisol's Alterations & Tailoring BUSINESS FashionAvenue/Boutique Hems, zippers, wedding dress alterations and men's suits, with prices and turnaround.
	Size Twenty-Two and Done Apologizing JOURNAL by Colleen Mahaffey · FashionAvenue/Mirror A plus-size woman writes about a bridesmaid dress, a crush at work and deciding to like herself.
	Behind the Chair JOURNAL by Yvette Starks · FashionAvenue/Salon A salon owner in Atlanta writes about her clients' troubles, her son in the Army and renewing her vows after 25 years.
	Hem and Haw JOURNAL by Ana Lucia Barbosa · FashionAvenue/Atelier A Brazilian seamstress in Newark writes about wedding dresses, her immigration papers and her mother in Minas Gerais.
	*~~ Stardust ~~* by Brandi, 15 · FashionAvenue/Catwalk A fifteen-year-old's glittery page about fashion, friends, and wanting to design clothes someday.
	Mak's Barber Shop - Is There a Wait? by Allen Mak · FashionAvenue/Salon Three chairs on Alder Street in Sacramento since 1968. Check the bench on the camera before you come down. Flattops, fades and the regular.
	Fleece & Flax: Mid-Valley Spinners and Weavers Guild by Annette Kellogg · FashionAvenue/Atelier Spinners and weavers of Oregon's mid-Willamette Valley: monthly spin-ins, our sheep-to-shawl team, the October dye day, and wheels you can borrow.
	Vanessa's Hat Rack by Vanessa, 14 · FashionAvenue/Boutique I have alopecia areata, which means my hair fell out. It doesn't hurt and you can't catch it. My story, the FAQ, and my 31 hats!
	Meet Me Under the Clock at Clemons' by Barbara Thompson · FashionAvenue/Boutique I went to work at the candy counter at Clemons' in 1951 and stayed until the doors closed in 1988. The store, the tearoom and the Christmas windows.
	Still Behind the Chair by Jeanie Ashley · FashionAvenue/Salon Twenty-two years doing hair, four with rheumatoid arthritis. How I keep cutting, what's helped (including the new shots), and joint savers for anybody.
	*~Rose Ann's Debut~ May 22, 1999* by Rose Ann Labrador · FashionAvenue/Runway My debut! The gown Aling Cora made, the cotillion, my 18 roses and 18 candles, and a LOT of crying. Pictures from Tito Ramil's camera. ~*~
	Hand Wash Cold by Angela Hackbarth · FashionAvenue/Runway Content: 60% coffee, 40% stubbornness. Hand wash cold. Do not wring. Lay flat to dry. Care instructions for me, from a costume stitcher in Pittsburgh.
	Seam Allowance JOURNAL by Michelle Earle · FashionAvenue/Catwalk I came to New York in 1996 with two suitcases and my grandmother's sewing machine. Three years of design school, a fabric-store job, one internship, too much coffee, and now my senior collection.
	Don's Barber Shop - Flat Tops, Fades & Hot Towel Shaves BUSINESS FashionAvenue/Salon Haircuts the way they ought to be done since 1959. Flat tops, fades, crew cuts and a hot towel shave, no appointment needed. Prices, hours, and the rules of the bench.
	Grandma's Button Box by Norma Reavis · FashionAvenue/Mirror My mother's button tin came to me in 1952 and it has been growing ever since. Black glass, calicoes, Bakelite, picture buttons, and the stories that go with them. Typed in by my grandson.
	The Prairie Rose Lacemakers' Guild by Nancy Skidmore · FashionAvenue/Boutique Pillows, pins and dozens of bobbins clicking. Twenty-two lacemakers in Wichita keeping an old craft alive: our meetings, the fair demonstration, and how to make your first Torchon lace.

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