Issue date: 9/9/05 Section: The Verge

Media Credit: Carrie Hollis

Whether trying to liven a daytime look for evening or just keep warm without shielding style, attain chic comfort in shrugs.
Eastern's fashion-conscientious females already have gone vintage vixen and justly adopted this trend.
Shrugs' shrunken proportion may be half the length, but all the fashion as an essential fall layering piece.
This perfect cover up for a dress, tank or tee transcends casual attire to a more formal look no matter the hour.
The options are endless: short sleeve or long sleeve; wool, cotton or denim; tie, button or open.

Decadent dressings for personal items, rather than the person themselves, are heavily stocked on shelves and likely to inherit at least minimal attraction. Protective casings for iPods, cell phones and Palm Pilots are key for the occasional spill, but technological devices do not need to be accessorized into your attire--Avoid jumping on the Paris bandwagon: accessorizing everything in your path (ie-her infamous fashion with a heartbeat, Tinkerbelle).

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