Polarn O. Pyret: From Sweden to the Twin Cities!
SPONSORED Since 1976, Polarn O. Pyret has been dressing children for all the challenges of the weather—from rain to snow to even sun. Happy, warm, and dry children is their promise. The brand, known by...
View ArticleAnother Reason to Shop Local
Designer boutique Bumbershute at 50th & France is reminding customers to shop local...even when the Nordstrom Half Yearly Sale beckons. Bumbershute, which carries super chic lines like 3.1 phillip...
View ArticleChinook Book
I've been a fan of the Chinook Book for years—the environmentally and community minded coupon book includes hundreds of deals for places I actually frequent, including Patina, Creative Kidstuff, the...
View ArticleNow Open: Goorin Bros.
Goorin Bros. hat shop is open in Uptown. The old-school San Francisco-based hat maker has your head covered, from fedoras and flat caps, to Gatsbies and 1920s-inspired cloches. The shop is compact, but...
View ArticleA Vote, and New Lingerie
Get to the polls, then get to Flirt lingerie boutique in St. Paul today. Your "I Voted" sticker is good for 10 percent off your Election Day purchase. Civic-minded shopping makes it so much easier to...
View ArticleA Prada Boutique at...
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View Article8 p.m. is the New Midnight
Back in the day, a shopper had to suffer for a Black Friday deal. This year, you'll simply take your after Thanksgiving dinner coffee in a to-go cup to Wal-Mart or Sears, which will open at 8 p.m. More...
View ArticleThe Gust-o Blowout
This is me, three days after my blowout at Gust-o, the latest blow dry bar to open in Minneapolis. I consider it a striking success, if I do say so myself, considering I worked out once, and slept on...
View ArticleBlack All Week
Game on. It’s the biggest retail week of the year—the National Retail Federation estimates 147 million people will shop this weekend, either in stores or online. Here's what you should know before...
View ArticleIntelligent Nutrients Opening
For an oasis of calm at the Mall of America this weekend, step into the new Intelligent Nutrients store, now
View ArticleBlack Friday Lounge
Forever 21 wasn't able to get its huge new Mall of America store open for Black Friday, and the mall still hasn't told us what will fill the rest of the former Bloomingdale's space, but MOA is covering...
View ArticleGet Your Bad Bathroom on HGTV
If you've been dreaming of DIY Network host Matt Muenster crashing your bad bathroom, here's your shot. Muenster, a Twin Cities-based licensed contractor and interior designer, will pick his next...
View ArticleCheers for Tervis
Stand back, you fancy stainless steel coffee mugs. Tervis, the double walled tumbler that has been keeping hot drinks hot and cold drinks cold for 66 years, is riding a huge wave of publicity and...
View ArticleHappy Green Monday!
It's been, what, a week, since we had a holiday season day with a shopping title of it's own. So, phew. Here's another. It's Green Monday!! No, this is not at all tied to Emerald being the Pantone...
View ArticleROAM: Great Gift Ideas
SPONSORED 'Tis the season to bundle up, and wrap up that list! You know the gal who's always cold? ROAM's got gifts that will keep her warm! Pleated fleece scarves and hoodies from Sweden will keep her...
View ArticleDress Up
It's party time, that time of year when sparkles are always in style. I combed the racks of several local boutiques and found lots of fabulous dresses just itching for an invitation. Show some...
View ArticleThymes Pop Up Sale
Minneapolis-based bath and body brand Thymes has decided to throw an impromptu sale on this, the last weekend before Christmas. Could this be an end-of-the-year mea culpa after Thymes cancelled its...
View ArticleHere Come the After Christmas Sales!
Hard to believe the deals can get much better than they've been, what with so many retailers offering 50 to 70 percent off before Christmas. The entire sale cycle has been accelerated, with Black...
View ArticleIce Castles at MOA
When Mall of America builds an ice castle, you know it's going to break some sort of record. And so, Ice Castles LLC has created its largest ice structure ever outside the mall (north parking lot, just...
View ArticleThe Art of Louboutins
The powwow just got a lot more WOW. These Christian Louboutins are on display at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. Titled Adaptation II, they were revamped by Native American artist Jamie Okuma,...
View ArticleBig Change at Corner of 50th & France
Chico's is out; Paper Source is in at the northwest corner of 50th & France in Edina.
View ArticleHoneyshine Move
Honeyshine—the Bryn Mawr design shop that sprang out of nowhere just over a year ago and quickly garnered lots of praise and high profile ink—is relocating to Linden Hills.
View ArticleInauguration Fashion: All About the Coats
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View ArticleHighcroft Merch
We have many swank hotels in the Twin Cities. Every one of them boasts a bar and restaurant; a couple have spas and health clubs, but shopping has largely been overlooked. Until now. Graves 601 Hotel...
View ArticleMN Fashion Week + Macy's Flower Show
After a post holiday lull....that persisted all month...the calendar is beginning to come alive with fashionable events that just might get me out of the layers of thermals that have been my wardrobe...
View ArticleWow Bar Gets its Star
Expect to see more local luminaries flipping their fabulous hair up and down France Avenue: Veteran hairstylist Jason Deavalon, a fixture in Uptown for 16 years, is moving his esteemed styling chair to...
View ArticlePrabal Gurung for Target
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View ArticleSpray the Gray Away
That moment—at the culmination of a professional blowout, when the stylist sets down the drier, hands you a mirror, and you can't resist throwing your head back like the star of a shampoo commercial....
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