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budget
1 Savvy Tip: Don't Dry-Clean All the Time
Fashion
2 Your Two Cents: What's Your Fashion Budget For 2010?
Food
3 Your Two Cents: Do You Allocate More For Fashion or Food?
Food
4 Would You Rather Spend on Good Food or Good Clothes?
Shopping
5 How to Find Designer Clothes For Really, Really Cheap
community
7 How Reader prblms4loki Bought Designer Dresses For $15
community
8 Simplicity Is Key to Stress Management: Save Money and Keep Your Sanity
Office Wear
9 The Office: Look Good (but Not Distractingly Hot) at Work
career
10 Dress For Success: 9 Famous Women Rockin' Business Suits
In what is perhaps one of the chicest runs through airport security ever, Isabeli Fontana suits up in Mango's Spring '11 pieces for the label's latest lookbook, shot by Terry Richardson. While we long to appear as effortlessly put-together on our own travel days, we'll happily settle for a few pieces of the bright, floral-and-denim-injected collection. Click to see the gorgeous Isabeli, and the Read more
If dressing more professionally at work is your career resolution this year, you might be inspired by some of these famous faces. Looking the part can improve your work attitude, because it can help make you feel the part and motivate you. And at the same time, you'll be presenting a good image of professionalism. Click on to see which famous women look great wearing business suits. Read more
A new guy joined Dunder Mifflin on last night's episode of The Office, and he's making everyone swoon. In fact, Danny Cordray, who is played by Timothy Olyphant, is so handsome, Michael thought he was a male model. I'm excited to see how Danny's going to stir things up at work. After all, he dated Pam a few years ago, and before he was hired, he used to steal clients away from Dunder. I admit, Read more
We're thrilled to present this smart Learnvest story here on Savvy! As the weather cools and we start to rotate our closet into fall, we can’t help but think about the fact that having lots of stuff comes with a lot of nonsense: fixing broken furniture, dropping clothes off at the cleaners, reheeling shoes. That’s not to mention the stress of losing expensive items. The New York Times Read more
Most of the time, I ignore those "dry-clean only" tags and wash my stuff at home. Apparently 65 percent of clothes can be machine washed, according to financial adviser Randy Hardy. So far so good, none of my clothes have been damaged and I've managed to save some money here and there. Just to be on the safe side, I still dry-clean the clothes that I don't want to risk damaging. Here are some Read more
I recently wrote about a New York Times reporter who decided to make copies of designer clothes in China for cheap after getting the OK from law experts. Well, turns out reader prblms4loki had already done that and she kindly decided to share her experience with us. Read on for the highlights of the interview: Traveling to China: My parents decided to take a trip back to China this summer and Read more
Women spend more money on jeans than necessary — the average woman is found to have seven pairs of jeans, but only wears four of them, according to the Consumer Reports Shop Smart magazine. To lengthen the life of your jeans, Levi Strauss Brand Director Carl Chiara says that "the less people wash their jeans, the better their jeans become. Denim really does shape to people's bodies, and when Read more
My friend really wanted a pair of crystal studded Christian Louboutin shoes that retail for over $3,000. She's a shoe fiend and budgets her money properly so she can splurge on the occasional pair of designer shoes. Unwilling to fork out thousands, she bought a pair of plain suede Louboutins for about $600 and painstakingly stuck Swarovski crystals on them. It took her two days, but the final Read more
With Spring finally here, there are a couple of things I'm looking forward to this season. Thanks to Fab, I'm getting a look at all the beautiful Spring clothes, and keep adding the season's new items to my wish list. On top of that, this season is all about getting back outdoors, and I'm looking forward to more time with friends, like grabbing drinks and dinner at a nice spot outside. Still, Read more
Do You Grow Tired of Your Purchases Quickly? Totally. I'm always on to the next thing. Nope — I'm content with the things I buy for a while. When it's a trendy item, yeah. Read more
