We don’t live in glittering palaces, but many of us do tend to think of mirrors as a tad gaudy, a bit Vegas, and not a material we can decorate with easily.
None of which need be true.

There’s a new outlook on the home-decor front for spring—a palette of fresh blues, saucy pinks and a veritable laundry line of clean whites.

Angelina Jolie, Kate Winslet and Sean Penn among them — went with black at Sunday’s Academy Awards, but light colors and asymmetrical gowns topped the broader fashion trends.

People joke about stuffing a mattress full of money. In the survivalist blogosphere, it’s called the Bank of Sealy.

The Corvette, which dates to 1953 and is the only remaining V-8 powered two-seater built in the United States, offers a lower-priced convertible this year, new standard features as well as a new ZR1 model that’s the fastest and most powerful production car ever from General Motors Corp.

New York Fashion Week kicked off Friday with a few concessions to the economic downturn, but for the well-heeled crowd and even better-heeled models, it was mostly fashion as usual.

“She’s a Kennedy, but she’s a lot like us,“ was the headline of a Dec. 28 column by Anne Glusker in The Washington Post. “If you strip away the glamour, the name and the money, then Caroline is ... me. And many of my friends.“

“People want to wear color to bring a smile to their face,“ says Jesse Garza.

Preliminary reports from several major retailers including Macy’s and Toys “R’‘ Us said that crowds were at least as large as last year’s, but many shoppers sounded notes of caution and concern.