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Win a Darby Scott Amber Bib Necklace
One lucky winner will receive a Darby Scott necklace set with two strands of dark amber petals (a $450 value!).

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Reba McEntire Revs Up With Trainer Risa Sheppard
As featured in the November/December 2009 issue of VIVmag, Pilates maven Risa Sheppard has been training “The Queen

Recipes

Nancy Silverton's Family-Style Antipasto Salad
This quick, simple dish was adapted from one of Silverton's favorite recipes.

February 2009 Archive

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February 27th, 2009

Suits, Staples and Sexy Standouts

This latest installment of VIV’s Fashion Week coverage features men who know what women want. Today’s reviews include Calvin Klein, Oscar de la Renta and Brian Reyes.

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February 26th, 2009

VIV’s Fall Preview

Part four of VIV’s Fashion Week coverage highlights more statement-making designers. Today’s reviews include Vera Wang, Ports 1961 and Naeem Khan.

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February 25th, 2009

Fall Fashions Spotlight Glamour, Confidence

Check out part three of VIV’s Fashion Week coverage for more fall favorites. Today’s reviews include Badgley Mischka, Max Azria and Michael Kors.

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February 24th, 2009

Statement-Making Looks Set Tone for Fall

Stay ahead of style trends with part two of VIVmag’s Fashion Week coverage. Today’s reviews include Carolina Herrera, Cynthia Rowley and BCBGMAXAZRIA.

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February 23rd, 2009

VIV’s Fashion Week Roundup

With splashy Bryant Park runway shows going the way of snooty salespeople, VIVmag’s fashion editors zigzagged all over New York City during Fashion Week in an effort to cover some of the more intimate presentations.

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February 20th, 2009

Sleep Soundly to Ward Off Colds

We’ve already battled the common cold a few times this season, so we’re thrilled that preventing infection can be as easy as getting a good night’s sleep. A recent Carnegie Mellon University study found that people who get less than seven hours of sleep per night are three times more likely to develop colds once exposed to the virus, and participants who felt completely rested were 5½ times less likely to get a cold than those who didn’t get a quality night’s rest.

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February 19th, 2009

Gilt.com Offers Sample-Sale Deals

We recently had the opportunity to join Gilt.com, an invitation-only shopping site that offers luxury brands such as Botkier, Catherine Malandrino, Charriol, Thakoon and Vera Wang for up to 70 percent off. The site gives us a sample-sale experience minus the stress of fighting off other bargain hunters — deals on fashions and accessories for men, women and children (as well as on home accessories) are at our fingertips, anywhere.

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February 18th, 2009

Lux Cover Cashmere Travels in Style

Some say travel is about the journey, not the destination. Frequently, though, we find that journey is a chilly one on plane flights, whether we’re traveling for work or escaping to an exotic locale to cure our winter doldrums. Everyone else can have their Snuggies, but we prefer the elegant comfort of Lux Cover, a line of cashmere travel accessories available in rich colors such as camel, charcoal gray, dark chocolate and deep black.

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February 17th, 2009

Meet Your Goals With MyFitnessTrainer.com

With a collective national belt-tightening in progress, the word “free” catches our attention. So naturally we wanted to check out the virtual-fitness-training site MyFitnessTrainer.com, which is offering free six-month memberships to the first 50 people who sign up and share their weight-loss goals and fitness challenges on its Fitness Forum by April 1.

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February 16th, 2009

3 Ways to Battle the Winter Blahs

February may be the shortest month, but we’ve always thought it feels unbearably long. Perhaps it has something to do with our eagerness for winter’s end — the days are getting slightly longer, but the weather remains stubbornly dreary. If you have spring fever as badly as we do, here are three daylong getaways.

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