Available now, gone in a flash

In the realm of online flash sale shopping, high-end items are sold at mouth-watering discounts. But typically, you have to act fast. It's just after 9 a.m. on the West Coast and the competition is already out in force at GiltGroupe.com. The countdown has started on the $129 turquoise Oscar de la Renta peep-toe pumps in my virtual shopping cart, where they will stay for just 10 minutes. If I ...

Faith Hope Consolo: The Faithful Shopper: Summer Sales

Despite the record-setting heat, the stores are filling up with fall goods -- which means they have final clearance sales on summer merchandise while it's still warm enough to use. I've searched around, and found some of the best bargains in the city.

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Local labels go national

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Best of the Bay 2010 Editors Picks: Shopping

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The best and worst fashion trends of the decade Style Matters In a decade of war and catastrophe, the advent of ...

This rocky decade of war, terrorism, global warming and economic catastrophe is at last drawing to a close. Such things aren't normally considered to have a profound effect on fashion, but fashion, li