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Von Maur Inc., a family-run department store from Iowa,tiffany bracelets, is stepping into the fast-fashion business.

The 138-year-old merchant, known for its white-glove service, said it plans to unveil a concept store aimed at young women called Dry Goods. The store is slated to open this fall at Fox Valley Mall in Aurora.

The 4,200-square-foot store will carry a constant flow of trendy clothing and accessories. But the decor will reflect a vintage 19th century theme,tiffany pendants, symbolic of Von Maur’s early days as a dry goods store in Davenport, Iowa.

Von Maur is looking at Dry Goods as its growth vehicle. The retailer said it plans to open more Dry Goods stores within the next year, focusing on Midwestern shopping centers that are not already anchored by a Von Maur. The company’s long-term goal is to expand Dry Goods beyond the Midwest.

Fast-fashion chains such as Forever 21, Zara and H&M have been expanding during the economic downturn as department stores in general have struggled.

Von Maur has two dozen stores,tiffany key rings, mostly in small Midwestern cities,tiffany necklaces, and does little advertising. The chain is known for its neatly stacked displays, free gift wrapping, abundant sales staff and interest-free charge card.

The department store entered the Chicago area in 1994 with a flagship store at Yorktown Center in Lombard. It added a store in St. Charles in 2001 and in Glenview in 2003, making Chicago its largest market.

Before the real estate crash, Von Maur was preparing to build two more department stores at malls planned for the southwest suburbs, but those projects never got off the ground.

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Larimar is the buzzword in the gem and mineral world right now.

"Larimar comes from one square mile on one island in the Caribbean," said Van Wimmer, director of Treasures of the Earth gem and mineral shows.

"It is extremely rare and extremely expensive because it is found only in one place. I pay $540 per pound for a piece of it. To give you a comparison, Sleeping Beauty turquoise (rare,discount tiffany, high-quality material) is $125 to $250 a pound."

Folks who haven’t seen the rare blue Larimar stone can do so this weekend at the 19th annual North Georgia Bead, Gem, Mineral and Jewelry Show.

The gem show opens today in Northwest Georgia Trade and Convention Center, continuing through Sunday afternoon. Twenty-five vendors from across the country will showcase everything from rare gemstones to stone beads, amber and fossils.

"We try to keep bead dealers who only deal in first-quality beads," said the show director. "Mei Leung of Canton Collectibles’ beads are made of real stone,tiffany earrings, and she also has high-quality pearls from China."

Wimmer said there will be gold and silversmiths on-site, along with wire-wrap and wire-sculpture artists.

"A common occurrence at these shows is that customers will come in, pick stones and settings that can be put together on the spot. Visitors can bring pieces for repair or bring in stones and choose a new mount for them," said Wimmer,tiffany bracelets, who adds the repairs are made only in real metals.

The show director said the $3 ticket permits admission throughout the three-day event to allow time for custom pieces to be made; the customer avoids a second admission when returning to pick up the completed piece.

Wimmer said vendors are happy to verify stones or metals used in customers’ jewelry pieces brought to the show and will give estimates of approximate prices but not appraisals.

"A true appraisal takes from a half to full day and requires taking stones out of the mount,tiffany cuff Links," he said.

He said no selling is allowed by anyone other than the 25 paying vendors.

"Our show dealers do not buy scrap gold or other metals including old jewelry or gemstones. That’s illegal now," he said.

"Our specialty is helping people get custom-made jewelry or jewelry repair. We have jewelry makers, goldsmiths and silversmiths from all over the U.S. who can reconstruct, repair, design or make original jewelry from customer-selected gems, stones, opals and crystals," Wimmer said.

Show Services

Custom-made jewelry

Jewelry repairs/sizing by gold and silversmiths

Demonstrations of wire wrap, wire sculpture

Custom-bead stringing

Stone setting

Hourly door prizes

Grand prize of gold ring set with tanzanite stone

Source: Van Wimmer

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Most car dealers like to be as specific as possible when describing store location in their advertising, using lines such as: "We’re situated where the 405 and 5 collide."

But for The Auto Gallery Audi in Canoga Park, Calif., it’s more like: "Go in the back way at Neiman Marcus and hang a left at women’s handbags. "

The Auto Gallery chose to locate its Audi showroom inside Westfield Topanga, an upscale shopping mall in the San Fernando Valley,Tiffany earrings, until a permanent store is erected a mile away on Ventura Boulevard.

Both financially and logistically, that made better sense than working out of a double-wide trailer while construction equipment roared nearby. In fact, it has worked out so well since the store opened in December that Auto Gallery’s principals are considering keeping the mall store as a satellite sales center after the $10 million Audi dealership opens in August.

"The facility we had was dreadful; people didn’t even know it was an Audi dealership," said Tony Schwartz, co-president of Auto Gallery,Tiffany pendants, which also sells Porsche, Maserati, Ferrari and Lamborghini. "But we had been waiting seven years for permits [for a new dealership] . We had to find an alternative."

Schwartz, who is careful to refer to the mall location as "a showroom, not a facility," said the rent is not inexpensive but is cheaper than operating out of a trailer at a street location.

Breakfast at Audi?

Schwartz was wowed by the demographics of potential customers roaming the mall, where 14 million shoppers a year walk down the corridor of elite storefronts that include Tiffany, Cartier, Louis Vuitton and Salvatore Ferragamo.

The mall also brings more shoppers from outside the area than would normally visit a car dealership. The shopping center previously displayed Audis in its walkways. But the relationship expanded when prime retail space opened next to Neiman Marcus.

Usually,Tiffany bracelets, five or six Audis are displayed in the 5,700-square-foot showroom. The aim is to represent each Audi vehicle. But Westfield Topanga has dedicated a big chunk of the covered parking structure to the rest of the vehicles in inventory, which are brought around by a porter for test drives.

"The showrooms make an exciting and progressive addition to the luxury wing of Westfield Topanga," said Erick Klaster, senior general manager of Westfield Topanga and Promenade.

The Auto Gallery Audi is a salesready environment, complete with an accessories area. The back door of the showroom leads shoppers to the valet parking circle, where cars are delivered for test drives. But the pitch is definitely lower-key than at a traditional dealership.

"People just trip over us here," said Lonnie Decker, chief marketing officer for The Auto Gallery. "We are planting seeds with people who haven’t put Audi on their shopping list. They may not be in purchase mode now, but we can get their contact information now."

The Auto Gallery also has a Lamborghini showroom next door to Audi in the mall. The Lambo outlet, which is 3,800 square feet, will stay even if the Audi showroom doesn’t.

"It will be a permanent location for at least the next several years," Schwartz said. "It’s a destination showroom, and we don’t have to pay for bricks and mortar."

Most visitors to the Lamborghini showroom just want to gawk, although Schwartz said the store has a slightly more liberal test-drive policy than most exotic dealerships. But for most people, the dealership is a place to purchase Lamborghini logo merchandise, such as backpacks, T-shirts and baseball caps.

Not that the Westfield Topanga Audi showroom isn’t selling cars.

The store’s previous Audi store,tiffany, at the Ventura Boulevard location, typically sold 50 new vehicles and 20 used vehicles a month. In the shopping center it’s more like 40 new and 20 used, but that’s in a down economy. The new store on Ventura is expected to sell 70 to 80 new vehicles and 30 to 40 used ones.

Vince Scandone, Audi’s Los Angeles area general manager, said the benefits outweigh the difficulties.

"It’s not a traditional path" for car buyers, Scandone said. "You don’t get die drive-by. You don’t have a usedcar display. You don’t have the curb appeal. But you do get the benefits of shoppers who wouldn’t go into an Audi dealership, and die next thing you know Audi is now on their list."

Operating out of a mall makes for some logistical, storage and insurance issues. Scandone admits Audi would not approve the shopping center location as a long-term home. But as a temporary solution, it has worked.

An added benefit: The mall’s parking lot provides an excellent gathering place for "Supercar Sunday," a get-together of Audi gearheads and their cars sponsored by the dealership. Some Sundays the event attracts as many as 1,000 people, many of whom then wander over to the showroom.

And if the rest of the family is bored, there are countless other stores where they can pass the time. Decker says: "They can make a day of it."

A lot of what a college freshman needs to know about campus

fashion, she knew in kindergarten, such as …

Clashing is a figment of parents’ imaginations.

Cute socks, often ruffled,Tiffany bangles, should be worn with skirts, dresses, shorts and Mary Janes (kindergarten) or clogs (collegians).

All you need for grownup glamour is bright, almost garish, lipstick.

The bigger the hair bow, the better.

A backpack can be the height of sophistication.

Clogs declare to the world, "I have arrived" — in terms of noise (kindergartners) or fashion awareness (collegians).

Those are some of the style statements that young women have made lately on college

fashionista.com, a photo-driven site launched a year ago with 12 writers and Big Ten aspirations. It got so much buzz that it has expanded to 150 writers and 72 campuses, some in the United Kingdom. When its founder, Amy Levin, 23, finishes her graduate work at the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising in Los Angeles, it will be her full-time occupation, thanks to investors.

One explanation for the site’s popularity is a rise in the style IQ at campuses:

"Sweats and jammies aren’t really big anymore," Levin said. "People really want to be comfortable — but fashionable."

There’s an art to that combination, partly because of budget limitations.

"Jeggings," a cross between leggings and jeans, have replaced sweats as a comfortable staple that, unlike sweats, can cross over to a night out.

As part of students’ thrift, cutoff shorts from summer also will remain in rotation for fall, said Stephanie Boridy, 27, a graduate of McGill University in Montreal who blogs about fashion (lecheapcestchic.com) and is the Web and social media editor at louloumagazine.com.

"In the early fall, cutoffs work so well with a vintage T or casually dressed up with a blouse," Boridy said, recommending thrift store jeans cut to individual specifications. "And in the winter months they pair really effortlessly with opaque tights."

Here, a fashion syllabus for fall 2010, starting with core requirements.

The freshman 4

1. Good jeans: Mandatory. Baggy "boyfriend" or skinny jeans dominate for women; boot-cut jeans are for an "older generation," Levin said. Stylish guys are wearing pairs that are "a little tighter" than in the past. But, Levin said, "You want to be comfortable, trendy or not trendy."

2. Great white T-shirts: A basic school supply. Levin cites shopnastygal.com as one of her favorite sources for the boxy styles she currently prefers, to contrast with snug leggings and skinny jeans.

3. A stylish book bag: A backpack in leather or faux leather (see us.topshop.com) works day to night, Levin said.

4. Game-day apparel: For women, Victoria’s Secret Pink sweat pants and sweat shirts,Tiffany earrings, including the brand’s college-specific apparel for football games,Tiffany cuff links, seem to be a freshman prerequisite. Levin also likes Redjacketshop.com and Shopschoolhouse.com. But wear sparingly. If you must flaunt school pride, a vintage college shirt of your dad’s, or a shirt from your friend’s faraway campus, is cooler than your own new one.

Upperclasswomen

1. Clog-style ankle boots: These earn extra credit for stability plus style. These and other heels are being worn with socks, Levin said. (See freepeople.com/shoes-clogs/solvang-clog.)

2. Maxi-dresses: A summer one can transition into fall. "Put a blazer over it when it’s cooler," Levin said. (See the T by Alexander Wang line at shopbop.com.)

3. Military-style jacket: Great for in-between weather, Levin said. (See the BDG cinched anorak at urbanoutfitters.com.)

4. Accessories: Levin and Boridy said many college women wear barely more than a swipe of bright lipstick by day. That doesn’t mean they’re plain. Hair bows and head bands are huge at the moment. Forever 21 remains a go-to for cheap jewelry.

Upperclassmen

1. Loafers: Leave the ratty tennis shoes in high school.

2. Geek-chic glasses: An affordable way that guys are distinguishing their look.

Entire student body

1. Flannels: "I’ve found great flannels at Walmart that I wear and my brothers wear,Tiffany bracelets," Levin said. Bonus: They forgive novice laundry mistakes.

2. Blazers: A fall staple for both sexes in black or navy. "You can wear one dressy for a date and for something professional, like an interview," Levin said.

After pugilist Vijender Singh’s multi-crore endorsement deals, it’s the turn of women’s boxing sensation M.C. Mary Kom to step into the marketing arena, albeit on a modest scale.

The diminutive four-time world boxing champion, tipped as India’s best medal hope in the 2012 London Olympics,Tiffany Watches, is getting not one, but two sponsorship deals.

On Friday, nutrition company Herbalife India announced its tie-up with the Manipuri boxer, dubbed ‘Magnificent Mary’ for her superlative showing in the pin weight category (46 kg).

Sports management company Infinity Optimal Solutions (IOS), which represents the boxer,Tiffany Sets, also revealed to Business Line that Sahara Group too has signed up Mary Kom and the deal will be made public shortly.

However,Tiffany bracelets, IOS officials did not disclose how much these deals were worth – though they admitted that 27-yearold’s brand value is far less than badminton star Saina Nehwal.

"In terms of visibility and brand image, women’s boxing is not as prominent as badminton, though if Mary Kom brings back the gold from the World Championship later this year, things could change," said Mr Neerav Tomar, Chief Executive Officer and founder of IOS.

The deceptively fraillooking Kom, who is a mother of twins,Tiffany necklaces, pulled no punches when she revealed her determination to bring home a medal from the London Olympics, where women’s boxing will be introduced for the first time.

However, since Mary Kom’s category is not included, she will have to bulk up and fight in the 48-kg light flyweight segment, which could prove to be a challenge.

Mary Kom is one of the few sporting stars handpicked by Olympic Gold Quest (OGQ) for training support for the London Olympics. Founded by Geet Sethi and Prakash Padukone, OGQ is a nonprofit sporting body set up with the aim of winning some golds for medalstarved India.

Even though women’s boxing is not an event at the CommonWealth Games this October in Delhi, Mary Kom has been named one of its six brand ambassadors – clearly proving the star boxer’s growing brand equity.

Slang announced that they have repositioned the highly-anticipated Lucha Libre AAA: Heroes del Ring launch date to October 12, 2010 in order to maximize the game’s potential, while taking full advantage of the upcoming holiday season in U.S., Canadian and Latin America markets. Furthermore, the strategic new launch date will grant first time publisher Slang with ancillary time for expanded marketing and development efforts to ensure that Lucha Libre AAA: Heroes del Ring truly provides fans with an entertainment experience that captures the sport’s passion, tradition and over-the-top high-flying action.

"Based on the positive feedback we received at the 2010 Electronic Entertainment Expo we decided to push the launch of Lucha Libre AAA: Heroes del Ring closer to the upcoming holiday shopping season. The additional time provides us with several key benefits including the ability to market to a larger audience,Tiffany key rings, build greater street buzz with consumers and continue the development cycle," said Abraham Bautista,tiffany, president of Slang. "The new launch date will facilitate our goal of creating an addictively fun game that combines an entertaining pick-up-and-play experience with Lucha Libre’s passionate history and majestic Luchadores known for their brute strength and extreme aerial acrobatics inside the ring."

Developed by Immersion Games and Sabarasa, distributed by Konami,Tiffany bracelets, Lucha Libre AAA: Heroes del Ring is an addictively fresh and entertaining first look at the highly acrobatic fighting sport and the compelling luchadores who risk life and limb to deliver electrifying battles inside the six-sided ring. Slang’s Lucha Libre AAA: Heroes del Ring features an evolutionary popularity-based scoring system allowing fans to unlock increasingly acrobatic and devastating signature moves based on the user’s ability to gain the support of the audience through the execution of taunts aimed at humiliating one’s opponent.

Lucha Libre AAA: Heroes del Ring also introduces more than 30 different real life luchadores from the AAA league,Tiffany necklaces, authentic Mexican wrestling venues, fully customizable character and mask editor system, and unique online gameplay modes including Mask vs. Hair where up to four players wager their mask or hair against their opponents in a winner-takes-all battle royal. Slang’s Lucha Libre AAA: Heroes del Ring will be available at launch on PlayStation(R)3 computer entertainment system, Xbox 360(R) video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, WiiTM and Nintendo DSiWareTM. Lucha Libre AAA: Heroes del Ring will be available on PSP(R) (PlayStation(R)Portable) system at a later date.

It’s not wrestling; it’s Lucha Libre AAA: Heroes del Ring.

Lucha Libre AAA: Heroes del Ring has not been rated by the ESRB as of yet. For more information on Lucha Libre AAA: Heroes del Ring please visit www.HeroesdelRing.com.

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This article was prepared by Entertainment Newsweekly editors from staff and other reports. Copyright 2010, Entertainment Newsweekly via VerticalNews.com.

Two women watched from just feet away as Phillip Beale Jr. shot Floyd Wilfred-Linn Wright Jr. in the parking lot of a Radford apartment complex more than a year ago, they testified Thursday.

Courtney Linkous, Wright’s girlfriend, and Samantha Dulaney, his friend, were two of 15 witnesses to testify during the first day of a trial for Beale in Radford Circuit Court. He opted for a bench trial, meaning his case is being heard by a judge rather than a jury.

The 23-year-old is charged with first-degree murder, using a firearm in the commission of a felony, possessing a firearm as a convicted felon and discharging a firearm in public in connection with the April 2009 killing of Wright, a 33-year-old from Christiansburg.

Phillip Beale Sr. faces a second-degree murder charge in connection with the killing. A jury trial is scheduled for him in October.

A possible motive for the killing has been unclear since Wright’s death. But in his opening statement Thursday, Radford Commonwealth’s Attorney Chris Rehak said "this case is about jealousy."

Beale Jr.’s girlfriend, Tamika Meadows, had once been involved with Wright.

"Hard feelings developed between the defendant and Floyd Wright,Paloma Picasso Loving Heart lariat," Rehak said.

He said Beale Jr. left his job at Salsarita’s in the Radford University food court the night of April 2, 2009, and killed Wright in the 500 block of Calhoun Street. As police searched for a suspect, the university locked down its campus.

Meadows testified that she and Beale Jr. dated from 2002 to 2009, but that she was involved with Wright while Beale Jr. was in jail on a drug charge.

She said Wright, nicknamed "Sisco," often was around Beale Jr.’s family because he sold them marijuana.

The day of the killing, she said, she and Beale Jr. fought because he accused her of continuing to talk to Wright. She said she threw things at him, and he hit her, puncturing her eardrum.

She left their home in the 600 block of Clement Street to get away from him for a while, she said. It was while she was away that Wright was killed.

She said she had talked to Wright two or three days earlier.

"I asked him not to come around anymore because it was causing problems," she said, adding that she was afraid the situation would escalate.

Linkous testified that Wright called her that night to ask her for a ride from his home in Christiansburg to Radford. Dulaney went along.

When they pulled into an apartment complex on Calhoun Street, Wright told the women to stay in the car, they testified.

A few minutes after Wright got out of the car, they saw him walking quickly back toward it,Elsa Peretti Starfish necklace, with two men directly behind him.

One of them told Wright, "I’ll blast your ass," Dulaney testified.

Wright put one foot inside the car the women were in and said "go, go, go," Dulaney testified. But the two men jerked him out, beat him in the back of the head and shot him repeatedly, both she and Linkous testified.

They said they couldn’t identify one of the men, but that the other was Beale Jr.

Wright was shot in the arm,Elsa Peretti Round pendant, the thigh and the side of his torso, a medical examiner testified.

Radford police Detective Chris Caldwell testified that a .40-caliber Glock pistol was found at the site of the shooting along with casing from both a .40-caliber and a 9 mm.

A 9 mm Ruger pistol was found later in a storm sewer drain directly in front of the home Beale Jr. and Meadows shared, Caldwell said.

However, Beale Jr.’s attorney, Richie Davis, said "he is innocent of murder."

He said the person who killed Wright did so in self-defense, but, Davis said, that person wasn’t his client.

"Floyd Wright Jr. came to Radford prepared to shoot, he did shoot, and he lost his life because of it," he said.

When he was arrested a few days after the killing, Beale Sr. told police he had killed Wright. He later told them his son had pulled the trigger. Attorneys said he recently told them again that he had been the one to kill Wright.

Linkous testified that Beale Sr., whom she had seen before,Tiffany bracelets, was not the second man who took part in the incident that led to Wright’s death.

Beale Sr. is expected to testify, and the trial is scheduled to conclude today.

A woman upset with her ex-boyfriend after a hearing in small claims court on Tuesday hit him twice with her car in a parking lot, police say.

Clayton Police Chief Tom Byrne said the victim, a 40-year-old Florissant man, suffered serious injuries, including two broken legs, and was taken to Barnes-Jewish Hospital.

A 52-year-old woman has been arrested for first-degree assault and is in custody. Byrne expects to file charges against her today.

The woman hit the man once then hit him a second time, pinning him against another car about 9:30 a.m. in the parking lot at the corner of Carondelet and South Central avenues,tiffany bangles, Byrne said.

They had just come from a civil court hearing in which the woman was seeking $480 from the man,tiffany rings, said Judicial Administrator Paul Fox. The man brought his fiancee to the hearing. She was inside the victim’s car at the time of the incident, Byrne said.

"I think there were a lot of things that got her (the ex-girlfriend) riled up," Byrne said.

A third car was damaged during the incident.

Fox said court officials who had presided over the small claims hearing were shocked to learn of the assault.

"There was no altercation between them in the courtroom, and as far as anyone could tell, it was a routine case,tiffany bracelets," Fox said.

Rulings are not revealed during small claims court hearings, instead, the results are mailed. "If there was any animosity between them, it was not based on the judge’s ruling because he hadn’t ruled on it at the time this occurred," Fox said.

But court records show that the judge later ruled against the woman,Charm pendant, ordering her to pay a $27 fee.

The Post-Dispatch is not naming the driver until charges are filed against her.

Credit: St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Amy K. Pollard lives by the mantra "Never get so busy making a living that you forget to make a life."

Pollard, 25, has taken that idea to the next level through bringing positive thoughts and encouragement to friends and neighbors with her hobby — painting and decorating signs, hairbows and flip flops.

By day, Pollard is a teacher at the First Baptist Church preschool in Newnan,discount tiffany, but at home she creates what she calls "fun things" under the umbrella of "All Kinds of Pretty."

"I love to cook, bake, paint and spend time with our wonderful family and friends, and attend church at Faith Baptist Church,tiffany key rings, where I started a mom’s group called ‘Time Out,’ which gives moms a chance to fellowship together, swap ideas, recipes and advice on mothering in a Christian way," she said.

"All Kinds of Pretty" started when "I was painting canvases for children’s rooms and making hairbows and ‘frilly flops’ and all kinds of pretty things. After some comments from others about making this a side business, I thought I would go for it. I love it," she said.

She and husband Torey Pollard live in Franklin with their two daughters, Anabelle, 2 1/2, and Amelia, 9 months.

"I’m always looking for something else to create," Pollard said. "We thought it would be neat to name the business with the initials AKP because those are mine and both my daughter’s initials. I started making hair bows for my girls and I loved the idea of matching frilly flip flops so the girls can be pretty from head to toe."

With two girls, Pollard said she "can’t go wrong with the color pink," but she said in choosing colors for the craft work she does, she relies on Anabelle.

"She loves fun colors and polka dots,tiffany bracelets," she said. Working with bright color "brings joy to the kitchen table where I do all my work."

Pollard is among the vendors at the Hogansville Homemade market.

"It is great there. Not only can you buy fresh,Charm pendant, local produce, but you can also find great homemade crafts right here in our local area," she said.

Hogansville is Pollard’s hometown "and it is a small market where I can get some great experience. I’ve always loved to attend craft shows and now I have the opportunity to be a vendor at some."

Pollard’s family is active in her work, she said.

"My family is the best support system I could ask for. They have all been willing to offer ideas or lend a hand when I need it. My husband always helps me prepare for shows and keeps our girls during the market days. My mom is always there to help with shows and sometimes, even my dad, sister, brother and sister-in-law come to lend a hand.

"That is what it is all about — my daughters inspire me and it is a fun way to make someone happy."

- Pollard will be on hand at the Hogansville Homemade Market every other Saturday through the fall. Contact information for Pollard can be found at www.facebook. com/allkindsofpretty.

- "Neighbors" is a feature of LaGrange Daily News which spotlights people who are in the news, have unusual hobbies or are otherwise interesting. To suggest a person who could be profiled, contact Becky Holland at bholland@ lagrangenews or (706) 884-7311, Ext. 229.