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Cheapskate Wisdom … About Fashion

“Fashion is made to become unfashionable.” — Coco Chanel

“Women dress alike all over the world: they dress to be annoying to other women.” — Elsa Schiaparelli

“A fashion is nothing but an induced epidemic.” — George Bernard Shaw

Q&A: 365 Days, 365 DIY Dresses, $365

Bored, without a job, facing the mini-crisis of turning 30, and inspired after watching “Julie & Julia,” Marisa Lynch decided to take on a new project last summer: For 365 days in a row, she would mend, cut, dye, stitch, and otherwise transform secondhand clothing into a new dress daily, and she would do so with a budget of just $1 a day.

Personalized Deals Coming to Groupon

Group-buying discount site Groupon is getting personal. Instead of offering one and only one daily deal to members in a given city, the site will select from a handful of deals and send you one you’re most likely to actually want.

It’s a Deal: JetBlue Flights from $43

A sale from JetBlue Airways offers discounted flights this fall, with one-way prices such as $43 (between New York-JFK and Pittsburgh), $49 (Richmond-Boston, Nantucket-JFK), $52 (Las Vegas-Long Beach), $119 (Boston-Cancun, JFK-Kingston), and $123 (Austin-San Francisco). Tickets must be booked by July 27, and travel is generally valid …

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