So this is it, ladies and gentlemen âÄî my final column as your handy-dandy Minnesota Daily Fashionista. WeâÄôve been together for a little more than a year, which is quite a bit longer...

Ets y, an online marketplace for handcrafted gifts and vintage treasures, is a treasure trove of sweet trinkets and one-of-a-kind finds that you can brag about snapping up before your hipper-than-thou...

Last weekend was Spring Jam, wasnâÄôt it? IâÄôd completely forgotten until I happened to notice more than a few hot messes stumbling home on Sunday morning from whatever salacious activities...

Move over muffulettas and poâÄô boys. Báhn mi, a French baguette sandwich with a French-Vietnamese twist, is having its 15 minutes of fame in Twin Cities cuisine. The sammy is so popular even the...

When Twitter was developed all the way back in 2006, who would have known that its succinct manner of condensing life and self-promotion into 140 innocent little characters would have become so incredibly...

Ricochet Kitchen WHERE: Bedlam Theatre WHEN: April 3, 8:30 p.m. TICKETS: $5 (21+)/$10 (18 and under) On a typical night at the Bedlam Theatre, bands, plays and community events fill up the sprawling space....

ARTIST: She & Him ALBUM: âÄùVolume TwoâÄù LABEL: Merge Records Confession: I am not a Zooey Deschanel fan. In fact, as of late I have come to detest all that Ms. Deschanel stands for:...

I am drinking coffee with the ladies of Cake Eater Bakery, and though IâÄôve only known them for about three minutes, I already know that their soon-to-open shop may become my new favorite hangout....

Thursday, March 25 Music âÄî Bella Koshka, Me & My Arrow, the Alpha Centauri 7th St. Entry 701 1st Ave. N. 8 p.m. $6 Fresh off of a stop at AustinâÄôs SXSW music festival comes darkly...

IâÄôd been emailing back and forth with local photographer Jennifer Cress, 32, about chit-chatting with me for a Fashionista column and she was all for it âĦ except at the time,...

Yo Gabba Gabba Live! WHERE: U.S. Bank Theater at the Target Center WHEN: March 13, 3 p.m., 6 p.m. TICKETS: $17-45 Way back in the summer of 2007, Aidan, the 3-year-old I nannied, used to race to the TV...

Paris Fashion Week is in full swing, but the majority of Hollywood starlets nixed Dior and Chanel for the Oscars, in what was not necessarily a wise choice. I can't imagine what it's like to choose a dress...

Last year at this time, I was a Darque Tan devotee. How can you not be? Have you visited the place? ItâÄôs clean, sparkly and certain beds even come with aromatherapy. ItâÄôs heaven in...

âÄúChelsea Chelsea Bang BangâÄù AUTHOR: Chelsea Handler PAGES: 247 PRICE: $25.99 Chelsea Handler is a funny lady. SheâÄôs funny when sheâÄôs not-so-secretly making mad fun...

âÄúThe CraziesâÄù STARRING: Timothy Olyphant, Radha Mitchell, Joe Anderson DIRECTED BY: Breck Eisner RATED: R PLAYING AT: Area theaters "The Crazies" had me so unnerved about silent, empty...

As Twitter trending topics and incessant âÄúTodayâÄù show coverage would suggest, Americans are fascinated by figure skating. Maybe itâÄôs the glittery costumes and romance of it,...

âÄúThe Vagina MonologuesâÄù WHEN: Feb. 19-20, 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. WHERE: The Ritz Theater, 345 13 Ave. NE TICKETS: $19 Playwright/actress/activist Eve Ensler had to have known that âÄúThe...

Aside from the blue gingham âÄúDorothy dressâÄù I wore daily from ages three to five, the first time I was ever truly enchanted by fashion came courtesy of Alexander McQueenâÄôs...

February is a tough month. The weather is frigid, the sky is gray and everyone is relatively miserable, myself included. IâÄôm already hankering for March, mainly because of what TargetâÄôs...

Before I dive into this edition of Fashionista, I have to mention that I completely neglected to mention one of my favorite models, the gorgeous Crystal Renn, in last weekâÄôs âÄúModels...

NICK JONAS ALBUM: âÄúWho I AmâÄù LABEL: Hollywood Records I have very little shame in admitting my Nick Jonas fascination. The kid is the musical mastermind in his sibling three-piece,...

Best of Midwest Burlesk WHEN: Jan. 28-30 WHERE: Varsity Theater (Thursday)/The Ritz Theater (Friday-Saturday) WHEN: 9 p.m. âÄî Thursday/7 & 10 p.m. âÄî Friday-Saturday Burlesque, just...

I talk a lot about fashion designers, runway shows and celebrities in this column, but I rarely talk about one of the most vital parts of fashion in general: Models. WeâÄôre not going to get into...

Lil Wayne ALBUM: âÄúRebirthâÄù LABEL: Universal RELEASE DATE: Feb. 2 âÄúRebirthâÄù may just be Lil WayneâÄôs âÄúChinese Democracy .âÄù Granted, the...

Shopping in New York Nothing beats winter break âÄî endless hours of âÄúJersey ShoreâÄù reruns, spending all my days in my frigid apartment and, best of all, taking a trip to New...

The Princess and the Frog STARRING: Anika Noni Rose, Oprah Winfrey, Terrence Howard RATED: G PLAYING AT: Area theaters YouâÄôd like to think going to see a Disney film at the ripe old age of 22...

The end of the semester means the end of four glorious months of me spewing out my opinions on everything from runway shows to Bumpits. But despite losing my soap box, it also means holiday parties. And...

Thursday Music âÄî Andrew Bird St. MarkâÄôs Cathedral 519 Oak Grove St., Mpls. 8 p.m. $29-32 Andrew Bird is an ace whistler and a fantastic fiddler. HeâÄôs doing a tour of churches...

Any good âÄúend of the decadeâÄù list must mention the people who raised our blood pressures by power of sheer hotness alone. Here are our favorites. LADIES 1. Olivia Wilde We kicked Angelina...

How was your Thanksgiving? I eschewed Black Friday shopping (rare for me) in favor of my bed and turkey leftovers. (Plus thereâÄôs nowhere to shop in North Dakota. Bebe just made its way to Fargo.)...

Model Daul Kim dies Things are not always glamorous and gorgeous in the fashion world. There are drug overdoses, murders and other horrible tragedies that sometimes cancel out the glitz. On Friday, it...

Razor-sharp sentence-wielding writer Mary Karr has lived such a life that itâÄôs allowed her to pen not one, not two, but three gripping memoirs. Her latest is âÄúLit,âÄù the story...

Since 2009 is almost over, IâÄôve been thinking affectionately of the golden years in which I came of age, and felt a fashion history column was in order. (Plus my editor failed a quiz on fashion...

Each year, talented designers are busy stitching and draping away over at the St. Paul campus. Sometimes, all that hard work gets them noticed in a big way âÄî take senior Emily Bryngelson , whose...

WHAT: Shoppe Local WHERE: 813 50th St. W. Mpls. As the Twin Cities become more and more celebrated for their burgeoning local design scene, plenty of people are taking notice and itching to get involved....

In this past week, I indeed managed to find some fantastic fashion lurking on our campus. Check out your sartorially minded peers and learn from their success. Name: Cinnamon Janzer Year/major: senior,...

Food scribes Rick Nelson and James Norton go out to eat âÄî a lot. They estimate that they fill a booth or take a seat at various restaurants around the metro anywhere between four to five times...

Cinnamon Janzer.

Alexandra Baldwin and Adrian Pansch.

MNFashion WeekâÄôs SCENEaSOTA event was a bevy of inventive, impressive designs from a diverse pool of local designers. One line of particularly sophisticated pieces came from Kathryn Sterner,...

When I saw Leighton Meester at the recent Louis Vuitton S/S 2010 show, I thought one thing and one thing only: I absolutely must duplicate that outfit. A click of my mouse sent it into my inspiration folder,...

Kings Wine Bar WHERE: 4555 Grand Ave. S., Minneapolis ItâÄôs Friday night and Kings, a teeny little enclave housed comfortably within a placid South Minneapolis neighborhood, is packed. The overflowing...

You know I wanted to write this column about the epidemic that refuses to cease âÄì leggings as pants âÄì but IâÄôve made my opinion on this subject perfectly clear. (If youâÄôre...

âÄúDamn Good Food: 157 Recipes from HellâÄôs KitchenâÄù AUTHOR: Mitch Omer, Ann Bauer PUBLISHER: Borealis Books PAGES: 214 PRICE: $27.95 Recipe follows story Mitch Omer is the 6-foot-5-inch...

The Lyndale Tap House ADDRESS: 2937 Lyndale Ave. S. PRICES: $5-15 My brother, my companion to the newest addition to Lyndale AvenueâÄôs ever-changing lineup of restaurants, the Lyndale Tap House,...

âÄúCoco Before ChanelâÄù STARRING: Audrey Tautou DIRECTED BY: Anne Fontaine SHOWING: Landmark Edina (opens Oct. 16) The legendary Coco Chanel was a chain-smoking, tweed suit-wearing grande...

Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour is not the only fashion mogul on the planet, folks, despite what the media might tell you. She alone does not dictate the entire world of fashion. ItâÄôs a big...

âÄúFameâÄù DIRECTED BY: Kevin Tancharoen STARRING: Naturi Naughton, Asher Book, Megan Mullally RATED: PG SHOWING: Area theaters Though none of its stars turned out to light up the sky like...

âÄúWhip ItâÄù STARRING: Ellen Page, Drew Barrymore, Kristen Wiig RATED: PG-13 PLAYING AT: Area theaters No one thought that perennial flower child Drew Barrymore could ever add âÄúfilm...

New York Fashion Week might be over, and LondonâÄôs is in the midst of happening as we speak, but Minnesota has a fashion week of its own. It might not attract the Olsens or KanyeâÄôs hot...

I met MPLSart founder/Target corporate employee/first-rate local fashion plate Emma Berg for lunch at Masa âÄî an airy, modern Mexican restaurant owned by the DâÄôAmico partners on Nicollet...

âÄúThe September IssueâÄù STARRING: Anna Wintour, Grace Coddington DIRECTED BY: R.J. Cutler PLAYING AT: Landmark Edina Cinema, 3911 50th St. W., Edina To the outsiderâÄôs eye, the...

La Nouvelle Femme WHERE: Varsity Theater WHEN: Sep. 18 TIME: 8 p.m. TICKETS: $8 pre-show, $10 at door If you pay the $8 to attend the upcoming MNFashion event La Nouvelle Femme, an all-girl artist collective...

âÄúHomer & Langley: A NovelâÄù AUTHOR: E.L. Doctorow PUBLISHER: Random House PAGES: 224 LIST PRICE: $26 In 1947, New York City police received a call saying there was a rotting corpse...

OK, so it might sort of suck that school is already upon us âÄî summer came and went in a flurry of blasé weather that rarely reached 85 degrees. But I donâÄôt really mind;...