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Shopping: In the Clutch
Heather Dunhill rounds up this season’s prettiest clutches.
Read More >>Shades of Glamour
If ever there were a Sarasota essential, it’s a great pair of sunglasses. And this season, you’ll get high style along with sun protection for your peepers. The latest shades are bright and bold, in oversized shapes (especially hot: round) and decorated in all sorts of colors, patterns and extravagant ornamentation. Here are some of [...]
Read More >>Shopping: Fired Up
1 Get creative with the Napa Valley collection of fire pit tables with mix-and-match tops, bases and tile by the Outdoor Greatroom Company ($1,599). American Grill & Hearth, 2881 Clark Road, Sarasota, (941) 925-3985. 2 Fireside chats are elegant and comfortable with the all-weather Canberra Surf & Sand collection by Tommy Bahama. Swivel gliders, $3,209 each; [...]
Read More >>Who’s In Store: Dianna Allaman of Tortoise and Pearl
Every day is a love-in at Dianna Allaman’s Tortoise and Pearl, a Burns Court refuge for those who eschew cookie-cutter clothes, gifts and home accents in favor of a hippie aesthetic. The New Jersey native describes her artisan wares as a “collection of things I love, whether vintage or handmade.” Indeed, she crafts jewelry and [...]
Read More >>Shopping: Patio Posh
Design knows no boundaries since classic indoor furniture styles have moved to the great out-doors. With new offerings from mid-century modern to Spanish Revival, French Provencal, British Colonial and more, you can extend your favorite indoor decorating themes to the pool and patio. But don’t let these posh looks fool you: Everything is weather-resistant, easy-care, [...]
Read More >>Shopping: Star Gazing
1. Give any room a jolt of energy with the classically carved Portuguese starburst mirror with gold leaf finish by Modern History ($1,195). Coquillage, 1515 Main St., Sarasota, (941) 487-7160. 2. Constellation is Thomas Pheasant’s design for Baker, with antiqued mirrored discs woven to gold threads creating a star-burst ($5,495). Through designers or Baker, 10800 Corkscrew [...]
Read More >>Who’s In Store: Sheila Rigoni
By Carol Tisch “Before we even opened our doors, people came by to say they were so glad we were coming to Sarasota. We’ve been open a little over a year now, and they’re still telling us how glad they are we’re here,” declares Sheila Rigoni, store manager of the Eileen Fisher boutique on Main [...]
Read More >>Insider: Shopping: Emerald City
Emerald, the color of prosperity, has been named the color of 2013 by color authority Pantone, and we found it everywhere we looked in Sarasota, from the new Sephora store inside J.C. Penney to furniture and gift shops to fashion and jewelry boutiques. It’s an equal opportunity color available in high and low prices—promoting balance, [...]
Read More >>The Looks of Spring
It’s spring, which means it’s time to refresh and renew your look, even in seasonally challenged Sarasota. Get ready to shed those nubby winter tweeds, fur accents and knee-high boots; their four-month window has closed. But no need to linger over your cool-weather-gear good-byes. Instead, let’s welcome the new, and the spring/summer 2013 runways showed [...]
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