Staten Island Advance Fashion News

Fashion, style, shopping trends & more

• New cold warrior debuts in Times Square
STATEN ISLAND ADVANCE -- Offer people free clothes from a giant human vending machine in Times Square, and they will come.

• Keeping your typing finger warm
STATEN ISLAND ADVANCE -- Too cold to text?

• Positive By Design
STATEN ISLAND ADVANCE -- When Jack Mackenroth was diagnosed with HIV nearly 20 years ago, there weren't many treatment options available. The diagnosis was like a death sentence and he underwent therapy to cope.

• Former child bride is among 'Women of the Year'
STATEN ISLAND ADVANCE -- A 10-year-old Yemeni girl who made history when she took the stand against her arranged marriage and was granted a divorce was among Glamour magazine's 2008 Women of the Year.

• Find a little lift, keep straps in place with Bralief
STATEN ISLAND ADVANCE -- Remember when you were little and your bathing suit top didn't quite fit and your mother would tie a shoestring through the straps in the back to keep them from slipping?

• T-shirt celebrates 50 years of the Peace sign
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the peace symbol, the National Geographic Society and Chaser Merchandising have launched a line of Peace Tee shirts with Delia's, the national retailer specializing in trendy clothing for teenage girls.

• Compress yourself
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- With bathing suit season behind us and the sun fleeing the sky earlier and earlier, temptation to skip the ab workout, lay off the lunges and drop the dumbbell is great. Somehow, macaroni and cheese becomes more acceptable -- even necessary -- as the temperature drops.

• A dose of Vitamin C for the face
STATEN ISLAND ADVANCE -- No amount of sunblock can prevent those dark brown spots from forming on the faces of women past a certain age once summer is in full swing.

• Compress yourself