• Tip deLuxe

    BE A RECESSIONISTA It’s a tough time for fashionistas. Most of our pocket books are quite a bit thinner these days and [God help us] the 80s are making a comeback on the runway and in department stores.  So I was more than a little discouraged when I started my spring shopping a few weeks ago.  Faded blue jeans, buttoned shoulder details and ruffled skirts?  Bleh – If I couldn’t pull it off at 16, it’s not going to work at 39.  However, while amusing myself with a tour de force of the local retailers in Carefree, Arizona this weekend, I found my salvation in the least likely of places … the strip…