As a child, she made clothes for her stuffed animals, and later in life, she sewed her own clothes.

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She wore fancy (though Soviet-made) clothes.

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Kandace Barker, a freshman public relations major at Howard University, said shopping with credit cards made her feel as though she could still buy clothes even if she didn't have money.

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Another shopper at Zara, Mary Park, said she isn't bothered by where the clothes are made.

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Three-time Academy Award-winning costume designer Colleen Atwood avoided the classic outfits that made Audrey Hepburn such a style icon when she designed the clothes for an adaptation of "Breakfast at Tiffany's" that opens this week.

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Ms. Akter, who made clothes for Phantom on the fifth floor, said she was evacuated with other workers on Tuesday after a large crack appeared on an exterior wall near the third floor.

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And she has read of people on Twitter collecting clothes and food for people made homeless by the fires.

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Among the many legendary rules associated with Saint Basil's Cake, the most important is that it should be made by the mistress of the house and no other, and she should wear her very best clothes and jewels while putting it together.

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She believes that there are people like her who care about where their clothes come from and how they're made.

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