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Life After the Gap: Must Fold Clothes
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The ranks of obsessive folders have swelled as a generation of Americans has done stints as clothing-store clerks. Now, after countless hours spent nearly folding and stacking, their peculiar idea of perfection is straining marriages and leading to bizarre behavior.
 
WHAT'S IN YOUR CLOSET
Animated Style
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What's in Your Closet: 'WALL-E' producer Lindsey Collins talks about dressing for Pixar, pregnancy and red-carpet premieres.
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 Questions For ... Marka Hansen
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Gap
Marka Hansen, president of Gap North America, discusses how the clothing retailer is marketing its brand, why the brand is skewing older and how it's returning to its roots.
 

 
 Wal-Mart to Test New Casual Lines
Wal-Mart is taking another step in its move back into the fashion world. The retailer plans to show its recently licensed children's and teen fashion brands at Fashion On The Square in San Francisco on July 19.
 

 
 Europeans Take Beauty Trip to U.S.
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Plastic surgeons in the U.S. say they are seeing an influx of overseas patients who are taking advantage of the weak dollar to schedule cosmetic surgery. U.S. hospitals are targeting Europeans with ads touting medical expertise and lower cost.
 

 
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De Beers Polishes Its Image
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De Beers, the world's biggest diamond producer, has a new business model and its CEO is trying to renew its image and tackle flaws.
 

 
 Master of a Fading Art
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Stars and business titans prize master tailor Romualdo Pelle, but his breed of pros is vanishing.
 

 
 The Shoe Olympics
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Adidas and Nike are rolling out new designs for the Beijing Olympics in an effort to showcase their footwear technology and generate brand buzz -- even if they don't end up selling many archery or weight-lifting shoes.
 

 
 ON STYLE
A Chinese Fashion Moment?
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As young designers, Karl Lagerfeld and Yves Saint Laurent dueled in a 1954 contest that helped put both on the fashion map. This year, the competition has been resurrected, and the finalists reflect the emergence of a new source of fashion talent: China.
 

 
 Summer Styles for All Shapes
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Some of this year's fashion trends look hard to wear for women who aren't long and lean. But Jose Solis, the designer of Bill Blass New York, likes to figure out ways that women with all kinds of figures can wear current styles.
 

 
 ASK TERI
Rules of Wearing White Linen Pants
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When wearing white linen pants, avoid unsightly panty lines by wearing full-cut briefs, thigh-length shapers or thong underwear. Buy white pants a little looser since too-tight white pants are usually too revealing.
 

 
RETAIL NEWS
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 Paris Haute Couture Shows Hold Strong
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Reporter's Notebook: Judging by the number of Hermes Birkin bags visible at the Paris haute couture shows this week, there are some places where conspicuous consumption isn't yet out of fashion -- slow economy or not.
 

 
 Race on the Runway
[Liya Kebede]
Italian Vogue's new edition featuring only black models once again brings to attention the issue of diversity in the predominantly white fashion world.
 

 
 A $150,000 Magazine Collection
[Visionaire]
This summer, Visionaire magazine will offer 10 complete sets of its first 50 issues in custom-made Goyard trunks for $150,000.
 

 
 WHAT'S IN YOUR CLOSET
Books and Looks
[Lauren Weisberger]
As the author behind "The Devil Wears Prada," Lauren Weisberger knows fashion. On tour for her third book, "Chasing Harry Winston," she took a break to discuss packing for an extended trip, dressing for power, and how she clothes her characters – and herself.
 

 
 ON STYLE By CHRISTINA BINKLEY
A Younger Look on Paper
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At 49, Lisa Johnson Mandell found her career "kind of sputtering." So she started making herself look younger in ways other than surgery, starting with erasing some age lines on her résumé.
 

 
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Packing for a Monthlong Trip
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When packing for a monthlong trip, take the time to create outfits that are versatile. Anchor your look with navy or black knit pants or skirts and a pair of jeans, which don't wrinkle and hide dirt.
 

 
 Steve & Barry's May Shut Stores
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Steve & Barry's is readying plans to close more than 100 stores and is contemplating a full liquidation should it not find emergency financing.
 

 
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ASK TERI
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Teri Agins is the Wall Street Journal's senior writer on the fashion/retail beat, which she has followed for 18 of the 23 years she has been at the paper. She writes the weekly Ask Teri column, where she answers readers' questions related to fashion, retailing and style. Teri is also the author of "The End of Fashion: How Marketing Changed Fashion Forever" (Harper Paperbacks, 2000).

 
ON STYLE
[Christina Binkley]
Christina Binkley writes The Wall Street Journal's On Style column each week in the newspaper with dispatches on the role of fashion and luxury in our culture. In 14 years with the paper, she has covered real estate ploys, travel, toys, and gambling. The fashion world may be the wooliest of them all.

 
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