Accessories

You gotta have hearts

Love conquers all, especially when you’re armed with these adorable accessories. Globe Style rounds up the sauciest of this year’s red-and-pink brigade

Leah McLaren

My advice to married women out there: Suck it up

To all the singles ladies, I add: Put a ring on it (while you can)

Vote

Jessica Biel: Hit or miss?

We do the trendspotting each week, then let you have your say

Work it

Office fashion: the plaid blazer

Plaid is so ubiquitous these days it could be considered a neutral

Valentine's Day

Lingerie too pretty to cover up

Underneath it all, romance rules. Globe Style surveys this season’s retro-glam lingerie

Appreciation

McQueen and I: ‘He taught us about the transformational nature of fashion'

In a world ravaged by commercialism, Alexander McQueen was fearless and uncompromising

Trends

This V-Day, many couples will be thinking outside the box of chocolates

From cooking classes to rock climbing, lovers are eschewing romantic dinners and roses for ‘a neat way to connect'

Colour theory

Fashion gives the green light to red

Sure, it's hard to pull off, but the rewards can be great. Deirdre Kelly muses on our ongoing love affair with style's hottest hue

Vancouver 2010

Torchbearer red mittens: the most iconic souvenir of the Winter Games

Amy Verner gives the mitts a thumbs up

Design

Eastern accents for Chinese New Year

Get the Year of the Tiger off to a roaring start with a trio of cool accessories

Fashion

Play the field with sports-inspired looks

This season's polished new streetwear takes its cue from high-performance athletic gear, but you won't want to wear these looks to your pick-up basketball game. Bring it!

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Hobbies
Olympic time: Let the collecting begin

Every Olympiad offers a wealth of memorabilia. But buying Olympic glassware at the gas station won't make anyone rich

The Vancouver Winter Olympics pin set by Cold FX
Men's fashion
Sherlock Holmes style: The mystery of the modern dandy

Epitomized by Arthur Conan Doyle's detective, the Victorian gentleman is a timeless fashion archetype, but what makes it so enduring? It's elementary, says Amy Verner

H&M jacket, $79.95, turtleneck, $49.95, pants, $59.95 through www.hm.com. Bag, $7,525, magnifying glass, $575 at Hermès (www.hermes.com). Gloves, stylist’s own.
Paris Fashion Week
Elegant looks grace the runways in Paris

Tightly edited collections aimed at empowering women distinguish couture this year

Voluminous shapes and silver tones were prominent at this year's couture shows, as a model for Armani Prive demonstrates.
design
Old-fashioned organizers haven't disappeared

What BlackBerry? The stylish set is taking comfort in classic calendars

Nahui Ollin candy-wrapper organizer, $60 through www.nahuiollin.com.
Photo gallery
What's hot at the Interior Design Show

Global influences and natural motifs permeate this year’s edition, which concludes in Toronto on Sunday. Danny Sinopoli checks out a few of the highlights

Cool Canadiana is front and centre at this year's Interior Design Show in Toronto. This chic radio prototype inspired by the CBC logo is by Toronto-based Science & Sons (www.scienceandsons.com).
On the catwalks in Milan

Timeless trumps seasonal as Miuccia et al present their first men's collections post-recession

The look at Giorgio Armani men's fall/winter 2010 collection was sleekly bookish, with oversized glasses as a key accessory.
Decoder
Trends deconstructed: grey hair

Silver is the latest look the young and eminently It are sporting

Keyboardist and singer Natalia Yanchak of Montreal band The Dears has naturally grey hair and welcomes the fact that young people are starting to embrace the shade.
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Inside a Globe Style photo shoot

Inside a Globe Style photo shoot

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