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OK, so Sears is in big trouble. But what does that mean for you as a consumer?

Sears is down, but not totally out. Yet. The company announced it had filed for Chaper 11 bankrupcy on Monday. Here is the latest.

Since becoming first lady, Melania Trump's style selections have been questioned on several occasions, most recently after she wore a white pith helmet in Kenya – viewed by some as a symbol of colonialism.

Fashion

Balenciaga, Goya once again prove that black is anything but basic

The Kimbell Art Museum occasionally dips its toes into the deep pools of fashion and printmaking – but rarely. (Neither is represented in the museum's permanent collection.) So, it is with excitement that we see a pairing of two great Spanish artists – couturier Cristobal Balenciaga and painter/printmaker Francisco Goya – that reveals all the subtleties and powers of the color black.

Business

Electrical shocks, explosions and burns caused 235,000 hair dryers to be recalled

Xtava recalled 235,000 Allure and Allure Pro hand held hair dryers after 193 reports of the hair dryers or the power cords dangerously overheating and causing at least 20 injuries. They were sold online separately or as part of hair care kits.

Community

CocoWalk is getting revamped

CocoWalk and the nearby Coconut Grove area will be adding hotels, shops, and restaurants.

Several African American models who were in town for Miami Swim Week said they were turned away from a casting call on Miami Beach after the six-day fashion event opened on Thursday. In a screen grab from this Facebook video they said it was because they were black.

Fashion

Models say they were turned away from a Miami Swim Week casting call for being black

Several African American models who were at a casting call for Miami Swim Week said a California-based swimsuit line turned them away Thursday. The reason? Their race, they said on a video posted to Facebook.

Fashion

Miami used to be a textile powerhouse. This L.A. transplant is helping revive it.

Entrepreneur and publisher Jason Prescott sees potential in the ability of Miami's fashion and clothing scene to revive itself. His Apparel Textile Sourcing show in Wynwood was a leap forward for the city.

Fashion

$30,000 sneakers? As demand grows for coveted shoes, so do prices

People will pay thousands of dollars for sold-out sneakers, and entrepreneurs are turning the once-underground resale market into big business.

Models hit the runway showcasing Hiromi Asai-designed kimonos.

Miami Beach

Kimonos to be modeled at Japanese Spring Festival in Miami Beach

St. Thomas Aquinas High School senior Risa Shimizu, 18, will take a trip down memory lane when she models kimonos Sunday during the free annual Japanese Spring Festival at Miami Beach Botanical Garden.

Fashion

How do we know spring break has arrived? Look to the hairkini

A photo on the Clearwater Police Department’s Facebook page is getting a lot of attention. It shows two officers smiling and posing with a beachgoer with what appears to a hairkini. Apparently it’s all the rage with tourists and locals alike. Males.

Fashion

This hair dryer can throw off flames. That’s why 73,000 have been recalled

ISO Beauty’s recalling its Ion Pro 2000 and 2000W hair dryers after receiving several reports of sparking or smoking and two reports of flames.

Entertainment

Move over, Milan. Miami just got more fashion cred with new school opening

Prestigious Italian fashion and design school Istituto Marangoni is expanding to the Americas with a campus in the Design District in Miami. The city was chosen for its accessibility and culture.

German-born movie and concert legend Marlene Dietrich smiles at the Moscow Variete Theater in May 1964.

Fashion

Famed designer Pierre Cardin, 95, recalls his ‘dear friend’ Marlene Dietrich

Famed French designer Pierre Cardin still loves his work — and at age 95, he won’t slow down. His most-recent project: a play about legendary film and concert star Marlene Dietrich that recently played Miami Beach.

Crystual Pereda, Jazmin Pereda and Jennifer Tejeda

Miami-Dade County

These three women stole over $69,000 in cosmetics from drugstores, cops say

Miami-Dade police announced last week’s arrests of Jennifer Tejeda, Crystal Pereda and Jazmin Pereda, who cops say comprised a crew that stole over $69,000 worth of cosmetics and beauty products from Walgreens and CVS stores in 32 robberies. They also arrested Ihosvania Guerra-Ferriero, who they say bought the stolen goods.

These phone cases were recalled for leaking liquid and glitter that burned some consumers.

Business

That recalled Victoria’s Secret or Tory Burch iPhone case might burn your skin

MixBin Electronics recalled all its iPhone 6, 6s and 7 liquid glitter phone cases worldwide because they can cause skin irritations and burns from leaking liquid and glitter. There have been customer reports of chemical burns, including one of permanent scarring. The recall covers cases made for Victoria’s Secret, Tory Burch and Henri Bendel.

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