A few Carefree merchants have banded together for a spring fashion show and luncheon to say thanks (and bid adieu) to seasonal residents: Cafe Bink and Latitude 33 Day Spa wil host the event, noon-2 p.m. April 28, to raise money for Carefree-area charities like Foothills Animal Rescue of Cave Creek.

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Haircare line Garnier Fructis (cue the “woo-hoo!” from the song “Diamonds and Guns” from The Transplants) will offer free hairstyling and product tips this weekend to customers who swing by the mobile Style Bar as it travels through Scottsdale and Tempe.

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Twist Boutique at Scottsdale Waterfront shopping center will host a fund-raiser event for Mothers Against Drunk Drivers as a warm-up for the Walk Like MADD at the Phoenix Zoo.

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Opening credits, and this, like every week, I’m struck by how much better Anya looked before La Tyra decided to superbleach her hair into flax.

And they’re already in Rome! We’ve been denied the annual Little Bouncing Jet footage? Whitney informs us that “Rome is a huge fashion capital,“ which leads me to believe she might be confusing it with Milan, since that’s a bit like saying that Phoenix is a huge fashion capital. Her and Anya’s interviews make me suspect the girls got touch-ups before they got on the plane, since they’re looking particularly blonde.

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It looks like I’ve got a few trips back to Mystery City if I’m going to stock up on anything from Martin + Osa anytime soon: The manager at the store at — fine, alright, Cherry Creek shopping center in Denver!* — called me back today to say that she talked to her divisional manager and that plans for the Chandler store had fallen through. But a store in Scottsdale is on the books for 2009.

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* Sorry, Mark and Francesca and Tina and Erik. But I was there for such a short time!

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WHAT SAM WORE: 4/23/08
The shirt: Pink print button-down by Robert Graham (hand-me-down from roommate, who was cleaning out his closet)
The sweater: Navy cardigan (Martin + Osa)
The pants: Cotton-blend trousers by Co-op, the house brand at Barney’s New York(Barney’s outlet store, Palm Springs, CA, 2005)
The shoes: Black leather loafers by Gordon Rush (Last Chance, 2005)

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Turn in three, get one free!

VH Spa at Hotel Valley Ho in Scottsdale is participating in a promotion by Butter London that offers a free bottle of nail polish.

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I spent this weekend in … a city that will remain unnamed because it will get me in trouble with certain relatives I didn’t visit while I was there, and I stopped into Martin + Osa, a store by American Eagle Outfitters, only for adults. (Sort of like Abercrombie & Fitch has Ruehl 925.)

The good news: I found a navy cardigan to wear at work when the AC vent I sit under kicks on. The better news: The staff mentioned they’re opening a store in Scottsdale soon — as in, “a few months.” It would be the first in the market.

So my first instinct was to call the folks at Scottsdale Fashion Square, where the property manager said she couldn’t confirm or deny anything, because they “haven’t seen a lease come through.”

Which, in industry terms, usually means: “Sure, a store’s coming in, but we can’t comment on it because the ink’s not dry on the contract.” Sometimes stores don’t sign the lease until the day the store opens, to allow it wiggle room.

So I called the store I went to in Mystery City, where the manager said she heard the store would be in Chandler — “Is that anywhere near you? Is there even a place called that?” — but it wasn’t scheduled for this calendar year. Tomorrow the West Coast divisional manager will be in the store, so hopefully I’ll have an update then.

(And I love my cardigan. I’m wearing it now, as you can see below.)

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WHAT SAM WORE: 4/22/08
The sweater: Navy cardigan (Martin + Osa, Mystery City)
The shirt: Cotton button-down (J Crew, also from Mystery City)
The pants: Wheat-colored low-rise khakis (Old Navy)
The shoes: Sneakers by Skechers (Last Chance)

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If you read my Great Stuff column in Sunday’s Tribune (and I will post the item on my blog when I return from vacation on Tuesday), you read about the giveaway: The folks at Bath & Body Works were kind enough to hand over some booty from their lemon skin care line — everything from creamy body cleanser to hand soap.

To enter to win, Click on this link to send me an e-mail that includes your name and the mailing address to which I should send the products if you win. (No, I won’t forward them to our circulation department or anything.)  Make sure to use the words LEMON LINE in your subject field.  I’ll draw one winner from the entries received by Friday, Aril 25. Good luck!

Previously: There were go-sees, and Claire went home. Were it not for her behavior the week before that, I would be more devastated.

Speaking of, here’s one of the first sound bites of the night: “If I ever went home, I would be devastated,” says … Stacy Ann. My dear, welcome to devastation.

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… by making your reservation for the April 23 event before Friday.

Fashion Group International will host a preview of what will be hot for Fall 2008, including footage from runways in New York, London, Milan, Paris and Los Angeles. Plus, a prescreening party at the new Michael Kors store at Scottsdale Fashion Square gets participants a sneak peek ofthe designer’s fall 2008 accessories collection, along with drinks and hors d’oeuvres.

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