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            <title><![CDATA[Meet the Talented Musicians in Maison Kitsuné’s Latest Mixtape]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The hip French lifestyle brand has always fostered young artists—here are a few it’s fostering right now, dressed in fall’s hottest fashion.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Buy This Now: The Bossest White Shoes Ever]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Autumnizing a summer staple]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Rachel Comey: Iterate, Iterate, Iterate]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[A fashion designer’s quest to make the perfect wear-anywhere outfit]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2015 13:00:09 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Greg Chait Is Changing the Way the Fashion World Thinks About Luxury]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[A bro from Arizona makes beautiful sweaters that everyone wants to wear.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Headset Redeemed]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[A less ugly, more ergonomic phone-call helper]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2015 23:16:15 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Eight Women's Watches That Don't Suck]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Why are so many women's watches sparkly, delicate, and fashiony? Invest in one of these classics, and you'll retire before it does. By Stephen Pulvirent | Photographs by Sarah Anne Ward/Bloomberg Business]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2015 22:00:48 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Birth Control Pill Advanced Women's Economic Freedom]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[1960: Enovid is approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration as the first oral contraceptive.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2014 12:59:37 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[For Hot Restaurants, Going Out of Business Can Be Big Business]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Restaurants recoup some losses by refusing to go quietly into the night]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2014 20:42:49 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Your Desk Is a Coffee Shop]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[How to make the best cup of coffee—from pro tips and travel kits to bean and app advice]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2014 20:40:22 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Best Coffee Brewers]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2014 20:35:59 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Tory Burch's Beautiful Lie]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[One of the most powerful female CEOs in America releases a very pretty book]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2014 19:06:25 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Arrivals: A Line of Coats From a Venture Capitalist and an Architect]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[A venture capitalist and an architect decide to try on coats]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2014 19:06:22 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Bear Market: How the Griz Coat Became a Millennial Phenomenon]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[How twin brothers turned a $199 grizzly costume into a millennial phenomenon]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[American-Made Boots for Fall]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The best American-made leather pairs, because no nation makes them better]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Haspel's New Take on Seersucker Is Tailor-Made for Fall]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The progenitor of summer’s preppiest fabric makes a play for all seasons]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Band of Outsiders and the Business of Casual]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[With his first U.S. store, Band of Outsiders’ Scott Sternberg proves that—e-commerce be damned—brick-and-mortar is still the best way to sell stuff]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2014 19:42:57 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Summertime, When the Hitmaking Is Easy]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Musicians get crafty in an attempt to win this season’s chart war]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2014 20:21:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Birkenstocks Are Still Ugly—but at Least Now They're Cool]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Birkenstocks, the preferred sandals of hippies, have risen again. This time, the company has a plan to keep them on top]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2014 19:09:05 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>The preferred sandals of hippies have risen again. This time, the company has a plan to keep them on top
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            <title><![CDATA[Caspersleep.com Wants to Sweeten Your Dreams]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Mattress shopping sucks. A new company tries to fix it]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2014 02:24:13 GMT</pubDate>
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