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Design on a Dime 2009

Ty Pennington for Sears Vignette for Design on a Dime. Sears was one of the event’s title sponsors.

Thursday night I attended the opening night party for Housing Works’ annual Design on a Dime fundraiser. Each year, Housing Works enlists some of the top names in interior design to create spectacular room vignettes with donated, brand new luxury home furnishings which are sold at 50-80% off retail to benefit Housing Works’ charitable programs for homeless and low-income people living with HIV and AIDS in New York City. This year’s vignettes were filled with amazing pieces for sale and were also …

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At Home With Frankie Foye

Celebrity hairstylist Frankie Foye has been fortunate enough to travel the world with her job which involves styling the tresses of celebrities and supermodels like Shania Twain, Jennifer Nettles, Molly Sims, Adriana Lima and Marisa Miller. Her list of credits includes fashion editorials for Glamour, Numero and the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue as well as photoshoots for regular catalog clients including Berdgorf Goodman, Bloomingdales and Victoria’s Secret. Frankie is constantly inspired by the beautiful and exotic places she’s visited and counts Morocco, Thailand, Mexico and India among her most inspirational. This global influence can definitely be seen throughout her bohemian …

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{Haute Happenings} Housing Works’ 4th Annual Design on a Dime Benefit

If you’re in New York next week you must check out Housing Works‘ 4th Annual Design on a Dime Benefit. For this yearly fundraiser, Housing Works enlists some of the top names in interior design to create spectacular room vignettes with donated, brand new luxury home furnishings which are then sold at 50-80% off retail to benefit Housing Works’ charitable programs for homeless and low-income people living with HIV and AIDS in New York City. A group of 30 A-List design stars are on the roster for this year’s event and names include Charlotte Moss, Jamie Drake, Thom Filicia, …

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{Haute Shops} Housing Works

Inside Housing Works’ West Village location

There’s an amazing vintage store chain here in New York called Housing Works. They sell everything from clothes and jewelry to furniture and home decor items and whenever I’m in the neighborhood of one of their seven locations I always stop in to check out their goods. The very best items are merchandised beautifully in the store windows and put up for auction on the Housing Works website. The cool thing is that Housing Works is more than just a chain of thrift shops…it’s a charity that benefits homeless and low-income people living with …