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MAYBE IT'S THE influence of the Internet and that luxurious feeling that can come from shopping in your bathrobe, but the latest trend in brick-and-mortar retail is to create an environment in which shoppers feel as if they are browsing through someone's very stylish living room, maybe even their own. Two new stores selling clothing and accessories have drawn attention to this trend--and have competitors snooping around in the shelves for inspiration...
...Muslims Only" was struck from the website, and security at the gate was beefed up. None of that hampered the hybrid entertainment unfolding within. Boardwalk barkers persevered ("Arright, at the sound of the buzzer, you want to press both buttons on the gun") but competed with a bazaar offering stylish Islamic headwear and Koranic commentaries. Standard food concessions were shuttered in favor of ritually correct halal vendors like Shalimar and Kabob King. There was no opposite-sex canoodling, and halter tops and shorts were replaced by a vast array of hijab head scarves and ankle-length jilbabs and abayas...
Americans never seem to lose faith in the possibility of self-reinvention. This fall, three new books offer inspiration and advice on how to become--or at least dream about becoming--one's most stylish self. Metamorphosis (Abrams; 192 pages) catalogs hair stylist Serge Normant's transformations of ubermodels, actresses and pop starlets into goddesses, geishas and queens for the pages of fashion magazines. For self-helpers without access to a team of stylists, there's The Fashionista Files (Ballantine Books; 339 pages). This primer provides would-be style mavens with sample-sale survival skills, tips on befriending shopkeepers...
ATLANTA Kate Spade's Vienna Travis in dark pink leather (small, $395) appeals to the Southern belle who likes her fashion stylish but not trendy...
Until recently, children's furnishings were found mostly in superstores such as Babies "R" Us. But a new crop of craftspeople and retailers are joining the $9 billion kids'-home-furnishings market by appealing to finicky parents who want more stylish options than Disney characters and are willing to pay big bucks for them. Online retailer PoshTots offers artisanal furniture like a Cinderella pumpkin-coach bed that sells for more than $40,000. Built to order by British furniture designer Mark Wilkinson, only three are in existence...