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Kenneth Cole Sally LaPointe Deep rich colors have hit the runway during NYFW RTW Fall 2013. Designers like Kenneth Cole and Sally LaPointe introduced colors in their fall lines that can serve as a stand-in for all of that black in our wardrobes! We think the rich burgundy wine color is regal and subdued.

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In an effort to get a glimpse of the fashions being shown during Fashion Week Fall 2013, one of the CC members noticed a gallery of  Project Runway , which airs on Lifetime Television , photos shot for their Fashion Week show and clicked on it. As our member kept clicking she realized she was seeing what she didn't want to see, who the three finalists were! Or, at least it appeared to be the final three. Photos later in the gallery did have the other contestants from the show walking down the runway, but our guess would be the photo with the initial three tells the real story. Oh, well, most of us thought, at least it appears that one designer  Patricia Michaels,  who brings something fresh each week, seems to be a finalist.  We were disappointed when she wasn't chosen for the Heidi challenge! The upside to this inadvertent snooping, we still don't know who won!

Yes, some in the Conversation Circle did binge-watch House of Cards. However, we don't think releasing all 13 episodes was a big gamble for Netflix as some in the media have questioned. Mainly because HOC was a gripping miniseries when it ran on PBS in the 1980s. Having great material to work with, excellent writers, direction and a stellar cast takes some of the risk out of the equation. It is/was possible that viewers would watch all 13 episodes then cancel their subscription. However, Netflix's possible calculation that binge-watching HOC would become a social and media event was right. As the CC noted in another posting we first learned about HOC and the "drop" on Facebook. While we in the CC watch AMC's Mad Men and HBO's Boardwalk Empire waiting for the next episode does get tedious. Interestingly, one CC member has Netcast on their big screen TV and had access to Netflix for nearly three years and never tried it until HOC was released.  Having wat...

The  Conversation Circle  and social media was buzzing all weekend about  House of Cards . (We first heard about it when a friend posted on Facebook.) There are a few of us who actually saw the original HOC that aired on PBS in the late 1980s and were gripped by Ian Richardson's portrayal of the Machiavellian Francis Urquhart.  What we liked about Netflix's updated version is the well developed characters and backstory that help to explain the why and how of it all. Kevin Spacey is well-suited for the role and unlike Frances Urquhart, whom we seemed to view with wariness and fear from the beginning, Kevin Spacey's portrayal of Francis is at times sympathetic -- making him all the more dangerous!