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Forget the rainbows; give us clouds! This sort of approach may represent the future of men’s fashion.    A recent New York Times article offered a simple messge from Miuccia Prada’s latest show: in men’s fashion, gray is the new black. In her article, “Prada’s Gray Elegy,” Suzy Menkes writes that Ms. Prada “turned the dullness of gray, from dove to anthracite, into a shaded palette.” I have often felt that the economic meltdown has turned the whole world gray; nothing is black and white anymore, it seems.  All the more appropriate, then, that men’s fashion designers would choose to show how beautiful gray can be.

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Welcome back to the Winter Wonderland of shoe shopping deals at Shoefly! Here are a couple more of my top picks from the Shoefly Winter Sale. First up: Claudia by Report. Word on the street is that glad lip gloss could be all the rage this season. Perhaps it’s the nose-diving economic outlook that’s bringing goth into mainstream fashion. Everything looks pretty bleak these days– why not our makeup? Or Maybe the dawn of the Twilight series is bringing fashionistas into the fold of the undead. Regardless of the black lip gloss tipping point, I’m on the lookout for shoes to match. Claudias are a perfect pair to bring together the Victorian undead look I’m going for. Sale price: $50. Regular price: $67. Extra money for YSL lip gloss: $17.

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