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July 16 Fashion Fights AIDS, a benefit fashion show supporting the 2010 AIDS Walk Foundation, will feature the works of several Bay Area...

Béatrice Amblard's covers fit iPad like a glove

Beth Hughes

How to counter iPad data-plan limits? With the unlimited chic of a handcrafted, leather-lined iPad cover. Béatrice Amblard, a graduate of the...

Sunscreens that tame the sun, tone your skin

Anastasia Hendrix

Despite the scorching debates over how much and how often one should use sunscreen, there's no arguing that the better it feels and the lovelier...

Caviar-inspired hair treatments

Anastasia Hendrix

Caviar is practically synonymous with rich, luxurious decadence, so it's a natural inspiration for products promising to transform tired tresses...

Chris Botti a hit at Vuitton salon

Anastasia Hendrix

The Louis Vuitton store on Union Square was transformed into a salon one recent balmy evening. No hairdressers in sight (though the crowd was...

Florence Broadhurst prints applied to rugs

You don't have to be a vaudeville vamp, a globe-trotting socialite or a French fashion designer on London's Bond Street to appreciate the work...

Party marks Impressionist show's opening

Catherine Bigelow

An interesting trend was noticed by John Traina amid toasts and tributes during the Fine Arts Museums' recent black-tie dinner at the de Young...

Marmol Radziner jewelry from architects' scraps

Zahid Sardar

Architects frequently divert their attention to miniature constructions such as furniture and even teakettles. Lately they seem to be downsizing...

Runway show of de la Renta wows

Carolyne Zinko

When it comes to exotic locales, globe-trotting Boaz Mazor is hard to surprise. If the top sales executive at Oscar de la Renta is not holding...

Tuck away the trinkets in sleek safety

Wendy Ilene Friedman

While visiting an Australian cathedral on a college road trip, Sheela Murthy's purse was stolen. Her money, identification, even a treasured...

Ed Hardy bows out with party for LeavittWeaver

Carolyne Zinko

By the time you've hit your 30s, in life or in business, it's likely that you're an established player on the scene. If you can't weather a few...

Art and design's staying power

Zahid Sardar

Art and design's staying power Dzine, the modernist Italian furniture store near San Francisco's Design Center is like the little engine that...

New boutiques: Robindira Unsworth, Luna, Gigi + Rose

Laura Compton, Lorraine Sanders

Atelier at Robindira Unsworth Robindira Unsworth's jewelry has always drawn inspiration from the designer's world travels, but with the opening...

SFMOMA celebrates 75th anniversary

Carolyne Zinko

Most people invited to the 75th anniversary of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art got the memo: They received their invitations, responded...

Real diamonds in the rough

Sylvia Rubin

When Richard Raya went shopping for an engagement ring recently, he did what men are programmed to do: "I did consider a more traditional cut...

Petchitecture fundraiser for PAWS

Steven Winn

Arthur, sporting a miniature Nicole Miller necktie and a puffy white coif, sauntered across the Garden Court of San Francisco's Palace Hotel...

Jewelers sparkle in their creations

Mandy Behbehani

We picked a handful of talented Bay Area jewelry designers - of which there are hundreds, if not thousands, to showcase. Marsha Varrow: A world...

Ford School mansion a lesson in restoration

Bertrand Pellegrin

The Bay Area counts several storied mansions that made headlines in their day for their opulence and splendor. The Pullman family's Carolands...