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• - Southern California-based site has money-saving tips, bargain shopping and consumer information.
  
• - Style and beauty news and advice, featuring articles, message boards, chat and photos.
  
• - Links to millinery designers, schools, associations, suppliers and discussion groups.
  
• - New York-based site with trend reports and personal shopping events. Newsletter available.
  
• - This online guide discusses the importance of colour in developing a wardrobe and offers suggestions on how to select colours to complement an individual's personal colouring.
  
• - Offers tips and advice on recombining old clothes into new outfits.
  
• - Forums, search, auctions and information about various ethnic, tribal and traditional styles and current fashions. Updates weekly by way of subscription newsletter.
  
• - How to dress well for a job interview.
  
• - Down-to-earth beauty, style and shopping advice for the everyday woman from syndicated columnist Sharon Haver.
  
• - Fashion trends, wardrobe advice for petite, tall and plus-size women, and other useful articles. Fee required for some sections.
  
• - Style and fashion trends and fashion world news highlighted in this UK site.
  
• - Fashion site featuring advertorial, listings of New Zealand designers, competitions and email subscription to weekly report.
  
• - Detailed visual retrospective of vintage Hawaiian shirts with images, descriptions and history. Includes personal commentary from the collector.
  
• - How to look your best for less. Find out about the latest styles, secret celebrity fashion tips and discount designer fashions.
  
• - Background information on T-shirts, including a buyers' guide.
  
• - A weblog on fashion, shopping, style, cooking, cosmetics, writing and the arts.
  
• - Features reviews of hiking boots, running apparel, packs and luggage, digital devices, and more. Includes some shopping links.
  
• - Gives consumers a chance to review their favourite and most hated brands of clothing, shoes and accessories, and groups them under user-friendly categories.
  
• - New Zealand-based site has articles on style and culture, a directory and an online shop.
  
• - United States Dept. of Agriculture consumer information on the use of protective clothing and shoes when applying pesticides.
  
• - Image consultant Conselle includes articles about how to effectively shop catalogues and encouragement for dressing for self-expression in the 'Image Education' section. Weekly newsletter available.
  
• - Illustrated narrative shows how computerized clothes will be the next step in making computers and devices portable.
  
• - A guide to Louis Vuitton products with articles, reviews and tips on how to spot counterfeit ones.
  
• - Fashion site for the petite, includes wardrobe tips, discussion forums, jokes about height and selected links to retailers.
  
• - Fashion news, articles, business section with career centre, and links to brands and online stores.
  
• - Clothing tips and advice for those recovering from abdominal surgery.
  
• - Including selection, care and reviews. Sponsored by REI.
  
• - Swap fashionable clothing and cosmetics with women from all around the world. Includes forum and magazine.
  
• - Discusses qualities of colours and fabrics to help consumers chose clothing that slenderizes and flatters their figures.
  
• - Includes selection, care, history and information on the allure of denim.
  
• - Personal image, professional dress and business casual resources with tip-of-the-week archives, fashion and dressing articles, and seasonal lists.
  
• - Style and fashion forecasts from the site's editors; also includes style in other aspects of life features.
  
• - Style solutions, shopping suggestions and trend information presented with engaging "bakery" metaphor.
  
• - Features fashion news, style and dressing tips and articles, an ask the fashion experts column, and fun craft projects for recycling dated fads.
  
• - The latest fashion, beauty and lifestyle trends for consumers by Judy Gordon, the Today Show's Style Editor and international trend consultant.
  
• - Provides information on the different types of Brazilian bikinis, including selection type and different styles.
  
• - Compilation of news snippets on designers, fashion, accessories and personal style.
  
• - Site ranks the top 10 of numerous categories, including several in fashion, beauty and accessories.
  
• - How jeans' manufacturers make blue jeans and what to know when buying or ordering them.
  
• - Advice from style guru with fashion tips, style advice and finding good buys.