HELSINKI — A gunman clad in black went on a shooting rampage Thursday at a suburban shopping mall near the Finnish capital of Helsinki, killing four people, police and witnesses said.

One woman and three men were shot dead at the Sello shopping mall in Espoo, police spokesman Jurki Karlio told The Associated Press. Witnesses said the mall erupted in panic.

The shooter was heavily armed and still on the loose hours after the 10:20 a.m.(0820 GMT) shooting, police told the STT news agency.

Karlio said there were hundreds of people inside the shopping center at the time and passenger trains to the area were stopped as police stepped up the manhunt.

The gunman, identified by police as 43-year-old Ibrahim Shkupolli, reportedly killed his ex-wife in a nearby apartment before heading to the mall, Denmark's TV2 reported.

State broadcaster Yle reported the gunman was born in 1966 and was previously known to police.

One witness told Yle that a gunman dressed in black began randomly shooting at people on the second floor of the Sello mall, one of the Nordic region's largest. Another witness told Finnish radio that chaos ensued as the shooting began.

"There were loads of people who were crying, and many vendors who were completely panicked," the unnamed witness said.

Another female witness told YLE radio news she saw the suspect carrying a long-barrelled pistol and rushing past the cashier line at Sello's Prisma supermarket where the slayings took place.

Finland, a nation of 5.3 million, has 1.6 million firearms in private hands, a long tradition of hunting and ranks among the top five nations in the world in civilian gun ownership.

Politicians, social workers and religious leaders have all urged tighter gun laws, more vigilance of Internet sites, and more social bonding in the small Nordic nation, which is known for its high suicide rates, heavy drinking and domestic violence.

Previous shootings in Finland have been linked to schools. In September 2008, a lone gunman killed nine fellow students and a teacher at a vocational college before shooting himself in the western town of Kauhajoki. In November 2007, an 18-year-old student fatally shot eight people and himself at a high school in southern Finland.

Both young men in those attacks fired guns in YouTube clips posted before the shootings, shot themselves in the head and used .22-caliber handguns bought from the same store.

Texas Tech fired coach Mike Leach yesterday after a player complained that he was mistreated by the head coach.The player, Adam James, was allegedly forced to spend time in a dark electrical closet after telling Leach he had a concussion.

A video clip purportedly showing James in the closet surfaced on YouTube and has since aired on ESPN, where James' father works as a college football commentator. The short clip shows the space where James was allegedly confined. A voice in the video also seems to explain that he has "turned the lights on real quick" to give viewers a look at the room.

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After years of use in academia and industry -- not to mention sci-fi movies, the technology, which mixes real-world elements with computer-generated images, is showing up wherever there's a webcam.

"Augmented reality" may sound like indecipherable technobabble, but the concept behind this technology is familiar to anyone who has seen any of the "Terminator" movies.

Stephanie Frost missed one credit card payment and Bank of America jacked up her interest rate from 11 percent to 27 percent. In order to get the rate lowered, she ended up having to close her account.

As Ms. Frost looks forward to 2010, one of her new Year's resolutions is to "stop doing business with companies that I feel are taking advantage of me, don't appreciate my business, treat me poorly as a customer... The first place I'm starting is with my bank."

After seeing "Move Your Money," she's decided to close her account with Bank of America and move her money to a community bank. She posted this video on YouTube documenting her trip to BofA to end their relationship.

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MADISON, Wis. — Texting while driving, smoking in public and cooking with artery-clogging trans fats will be that much harder under a bevy of state laws set to take effect around the country on Friday.

Faced with huge budget shortfalls and little extra money to throw around, state lawmakers exercised their (inexpensive) power to clamp down on impolite, unhealthy and sometimes dangerous behaviors in 2009.

Even toy guns were targeted.

Among the most surprising new laws set to take effect in 2010 is a smoking ban for bars and restaurants in North Carolina, the country's largest tobacco producer that has a history steeped in tradition around the golden leaf.

Starting Saturday – stragglers get a one-day reprieve to puff away after their New Year's Day meals – smokers will no longer be allowed to light up in North Carolina bars and restaurants. There are exceptions for country clubs, Elks lodges and the like, but the change is a dramatic one for North Carolina, whose tax coffers long depended on Big Tobacco.

Virginia approved a similar law that took effect Dec. 1, but it's more accommodating to smokers because it allows establishments to offer areas in which to light up as long as they have separate ventilating systems.

Not including Virginia and its partial ban, smoking will be banned in restaurants in 29 states and in bars in 25, according to the American Lung Association.

And 12 more states – including Florida, Michigan and Arkansas – have passed laws requiring manufacturers to make their cigarettes less likely to start fires, leaving Wyoming as the only state without such laws, according to the Coalition for Fire-Safe Cigarettes.

America's roads should be safer in 2010, as bans on texting while driving go into effect in New Hampshire, Oregon and Illinois. According to the Governors Highway Safety Association, that will make 19 states that have outlawed the practice, not including six states that prohibit using hand-held cell phones while behind the wheel.

"This legislation is important and will make our roads safer. No driver has any business text messaging while they are driving," said Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White, whose office regulates drivers.

Tina Derby, 42, of Warner, N.H., said she has no intention to stop texting while driving, despite the possible $100 fine she could receive.

"I'd better start saving my money," Derby said.

A new Arkansas law prohibits retailers from selling toy guns that look like they real thing. But it may not have that big of an effect.

Imitation guns used for theater productions and other events are exempted, as are replicas of firearms produced before 1898, BB guns, paintball or pellet guns.

Major retailers in the state also say they don't expect any major changes from the new ban. Bentonville-based Wal-Mart Stores Inc. says it already follows similar federal restrictions prohibiting the sale of realistic-looking toy guns.

California will be the first state to partially ban the use of artificial trans fats in restaurants in 2010, following several major cities and fast-food chains that have erased the notorious artery-clogger from menus.

Starting Friday, the state's restaurants, bakeries and other retail food establishments will no longer be allowed to use products with trans fats in spreads or for frying. Restaurants will still be allowed to use trans fats to deep-fry yeast dough and in cake batter until Jan. 1, 2011.

And a new anti-paparazzi law is set to take effect Friday in the state with the movie star governor that will make it easier for celebrities to sue media outlets claiming invasion of privacy.

Fans of dog races will have to find another form of entertainment in Massachusetts, as the 75-year-old tradition has been outlawed starting Friday.

In New Hampshire, a new gay marriage law will replace a law that allows civil unions, which already provided gay couples with all the rights and responsibilities of marriage.

Starting Friday, a gay couple in a civil union can get a marriage license and have a new ceremony, if they choose. They also can convert their civil union into marriage without going through another ceremony. Couples who do nothing will have their civil unions automatically converted to marriages in 2011. Conservatives are seeking to repeal the law.

In Wisconsin, both same-sex and unwed opposite-sex domestic partners who work for the state and University of Wisconsin can sign up to receive health insurance benefits. A law that allowed same-sex partners to sign a registry to receive other benefits similar to what married couples get took effect in August.

Some other laws set to take effect:

_ Teenagers going to a tanning bed in Texas will have to be accompanied by an adult.

_ Oregon employers are prohibited from restricting employees from wearing religious clothing on the job, taking time off for holy days or participating in a religious observance or practice.

_ The sale of "novelty" lighters – devices designed to look like cartoon characters, toys or guns or that play musical notes or have flashing lights – are banned in Nevada and Louisiana.

"They're cute, they're little, but they can be deadly," said the Nevada bill's co-sponsor, Assembly Majority Floor Leader John Oceguera, D-Las Vegas.

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Associated Press writers Gary D. Robertson in Raleigh, N.C., William McCall in Portland, Ore., Christopher Wills in Springfield, Ill., Norma Love in Concord, N.H., Juliet Williams in Sacramento, Calif., Melinda Deslatte in Baton Rouge, La., Sandra Chereb in Carson City, Nev., Bill Kaczor in Tallahassee, Fla., and Andrew Demillo in Little Rock, Ark., contributed to this story.

Today, right before the New Year begins, Esperanza and her two daughters came to visit my wife and me in our New York apartment. Thirty four years before today's visit, Esperanza was a runaway from a South American embassy in Manhattan that had virtually kept her a slave, having taken her to America from her native Peru to care for the Ambassador's children. They paid her no salary, gave her no days off, and confiscated her visa so she could not return home. She made her escape one night and, being homeless and penniless, began riding the subway, back and forth from Manhattan to Brooklyn, lost, frightened, and alone. She only spoke Spanish, and did not know where or how to reach out for help. It was her good fortune that Maria, a woman who worked as a housekeeper in our apartment building, was riding on that very subway car, and had heard that my wife and I needed a baby nurse for our infant son so that my wife could return to work. I've told some of this story before on the Huffington Post, but bear with me, it's worth retelling, and today I bring it up-to-date. Best of all we can all use a tale of hope in a time when so many feel hopeless.

Maria introduced herself to the frightened girl and told her of this chance for work, a decent salary and warm shelter working as a baby nurse for a family with two small boys. She advised Esperanza to keep silent, say yes when nudged, and let Maria do the talking. Maria introduced Esperanza to us as her "dear cousin" from South America, here on a visit and in need of work. Maria assured us that Esperanza understood English but was very shy about speaking it. Thanks to that wonderful lie we hired her. My wife spoke no Spanish, only high school French, and my high school Spanish, taught by the stern Senorita Pulaski, left me speechless after my first Buenos Dias. Nevertheless, we were drawn towards the small, bright eyed, intelligent-looking girl of eighteen whose profile might have been the model for a face on a Mayan ruin and whose long black braid gleamed like a raven's wings. So Esperanza arrived in our lives to take care of our two young sons, and we were privileged to watch the amazing development of a human being.

Esperanza soon proved to be our Mary Poppins, without the magical umbrella or the Disney score; her magic was her soft voice, her bright eyes, and the wondrously kind heart, all of which had its own power over our rambunctious children. Yesterday, in the closing day of 2009, she spoke of her terror during those first weeks in our apartment, not knowing how to answer the telephone and take a message for us when we were out in that long ago time before answering machines when human beings had to take messages. In a very short time we came to know and love this girl. My enchanting older sister, now long deceased, spoke an easy Spanish and encouraged Esperanza's ambition to learn English, while filling her in on all the obscene Spanish words that Esperanza had escaped learning from the nuns in her native village; words which my sister thought might come in handy in New York City. Esperanza soon made it clear to us that she wanted an education, so we took her to Hunter College, where she enrolled in an evening English class. In less than a year she had mastered the language and gained her high school degree.

In time Esperanza left us, married, had a child, Ramon, and was abandoned by her feckless husband. Sadly, in the face of all she had experienced, she remained a schoolgirl romantic when it came to love. But she understood that she had to make a decent life for her own small son and for herself. There was no going back, only going forward. Wishing to improve her lot and hating to live the shadow life as an undocumented alien, she turned herself into the immigration authoritie,s hoping to legitimize her status. Instead, she was given her deportation papers. She turned to my wife for help, and she could not have found a better ally. My wife, beautiful, intelligent, strong willed, determined (my description, not hers -- she would call herself an ordinary woman who did what anyone would do) contacted the then- governor of New Jersey where Esperanza was living about Esperanza's misfortune, praising her splendid character, and reminding him of the necessary work this woman was doing as an aide in a nursing home for the elderly. He promised to look into the case and my wife followed up, making sure he did. She reminded him that if deported, Ramon, Esperanza's six-year-old American born son -- a bright child who had only known life in America -- would also be forced to leave the country. She found an immigration lawyer for Esperanza and finally, she came to testify with me before the scowling, formidable looking immigration judge at the court hearing.

Little Ramon arrived with a flute that my wife had given the boy as a gift, and when the Judge asked him if he could play it, the boy made a noble effort at producing some Mozartian sounds, which won a grudging smile from the bench. After the testimony of the character witnesses, which included friends and employers, the Judge said he was most of all impressed by the support shown by Esperanza's friends, my wife particularly, who made the case that to send this woman back to her native country would condemn her and her son to lifelong poverty, and deny this country a productive, decent human being, one who now worked taking care of the sick and the elderly, much needed since we always have a scarcity of those caretakers in this country.

The Judge decided in Esperanza's favor. Esperanza was permitted to stay and given her green card, followed a few years later by her US citizenship. She went on to earn a degree from a local college, married again, another failed marriage that produced two daughters, the young women who visited us on this last day of 2009. The flute playing son became a HS teacher and coach and owns a small prosperous business, and those daughters were Esperanza's special triumph. One of them was awarded a scholarship to a prestigious private academy in Connecticut and graduated with honors. Esperanza herself now worked professionally as a liaison between the Hispanic community and the beleaguered public educational system. What a long journey between that subway ride going nowhere to her life today. No, she is not rich, she makes just enough to get by, is self-supporting, took no "welfare" or any job from any qualified native born American, and her beautiful daughters became exemplars of those who rise above poverty through grit, hard work, and the love of their family. In Esperanza's story I could read the story of my own immigrant grandparents whose belief in education and in hard work gave their children a hand up in life.

On this late December visit Esperanza brought with her a box of butter cookies which we ate with our store bought brownies, coffee and tea -- dieting gave way to sweets with old friends, but most importantly she was accompanied by her two beautiful grown daughters, Gloria, 23, and Carmen, 18. Gloria is a recent graduate of an Ivy League law school, and Carmen has just begun her legal studies at that same school. I am not using their true names -- not because they or I have anything to hide -- but to allow them the privacy they have earned. It is clearly their aim to become true assets to the legal profession, not celebrities on reality TV.

If there is any hope for this country in this time of xenophobia, recession, international and economic terror I find it in Esperanza's story. What I noticed most during this recent visit -- beyond the laughter and the family stories -- was the deep, old fashioned respect that the daughters showed towards their mother: the pride they took in being the children of such a woman. It was delightful for us to discuss everything from memories of relatives long gone to movies we all enjoyed to the best selling books of Malcolm Gladwell and the novels of F. Scott Fitzgerald. What was supposed to be an hour of tea lasted through the evening as the girls treated us as a part of their extended family. I've left out the hard mean streets in which they grew up for much of their early lives, how they managed to balance studies with work and friendships, with studies tipping the scales. I've also left out their sacrifices along the way, but today's visit from Esperanza and her daughters reminded me that this is a country of immigrants who give back so much more than they take from those who have preceded them.

Sure, not every immigrant is an Esperanza, but all it takes is one Esperanza to put the lie to the Glenn Becks, the Lou Dobbs, and others who would build a barricade of hate between the hopes of new arrivals and the opportunities in this country. Not every Hispanic will join the Supreme Court, but they are fast becoming a powerful group of voters who will not tolerate discrimination. Esperanza may have once ridden a train to nowhere but she raised her children to know where they were going and how to get there. I know that there are some who are upset by the "browning" of America, the changing face of this country. My advice to them: get over it. The new face is beautiful if only you take the trouble to look at it. So I wish all a Happy New Year; and I hope I get this right, Feliz Ano Nuevo. If not, apologies to the ghost of the formidable Senorita Pulaski. You tried, Senorita. Lucky for me and most native born Americans so many newcomers are eager to learn our language and join the great American adventure.

Gabourey "Gabby" Sidibe was working as a receptionist in an electrolysis office this time last year. This morning, the Golden Globe nominated star of the acclaimed Precious: Based on the Novel Bush by Sapphire was in Time Square helping to power the 2010 New Year's Eve Ball. I'll be damned if the phrase "what a difference a year makes" has ever resonated more.

At the Duracell Power Lab, Sidibe became the final celebrity of the year (guyliner extraordinaire Adam Lambert and "SNL" funnyboner Kristen Wiig are among those who took part in '09) to pedal the battery company's Power Rover, which captures human energy via the push of a pedal, and converts it into usable power. The yearlong storing of power will light up the 2010 numerals as the Ball drops tomorrow night. How appropriate since Sidibe's star has been shining since Precious dropped in Sundance nearly a year ago. As we head into the new year, I asked Sidibe about the miraculously surprising 2009 she's had, and the film which could be likened to rival battery company Energizer in that the Oscar buzz for it seems to keep "going and going" month after month.

Here's the brief but delightful chat we had about her brutally honest portrayal in Precious and what it's meant for her...

Beside the obvious, what has been the most surprising thing about Precious?
It's all been surprising. I would say the award nominations - that's been the biggest surprise, because I kind of did the movie to get out of college in a lot of ways and do something different in my life. I had no idea people were going to see it, how it would change so many people, and that they would connect with it ... And that I could get nominated for a Golden Globe and SAG Award. It's amazing.

You're obviously going to get nominated for an Oscar, and I understand you'll have to tell me "you hope so but you're not sure" but I'm curious if you'd like to take this opportunity to ask Justin Timberlake to be your date for the evening. You were beyond ecstatic when he read your name out at the Golden Globe nominations earlier this month.
[Laughs] I don't know. I'm going to keep my options open ... I'm going to keep the date open for now.

Back to the film, did the role stay with you while you were filming it? It's such a deep film - I mean I saw it movie months ago and it still sticks with me...
No, it didn't. The thing about me is it's not new information. I've known girls like Precious in my life. It's [real] life, but it didn't stick with me.

I see you on talk shows and it's remarkable how different you are from the character. It's like night and day.
Yeah, I'm very different. I'm also like such a weirdo I'll be watching and think "oh, she looks real pretty in this scene. I'm so proud of her, and then I'm like 'that's you, Gabby!'"

That's hilarious. I was going to ask you if you sort of lose yourself in the character while watching the movie ...
So, OK, yeah ... The first scene I was very aware I was watching myself. But, the second scene, I completely forgot that I was watching myself. I was just so into the story. It's so weird I've seen the movie something like 11 times now and it's like I'm not watching myself at all. It's about this girl.

You didn't necessarily set out to go into acting - now you don't have a choice really ...
[Laughs] Yeah.

Are you cool sticking with this for awhile?
Yes. More and more. It's certainly something I didn't know I was supposed to be doing and that I would enjoy as I am enjoying. I hope to do it for a long time. I really, really love it.

Lastly, as we close this year out - are you still pinching yourself?
It's been really, really surreal. I'm in a subconscious state a lot time, and then I'll look up and I'm on Jay Leno or Oprah. It's been surreal.

And when you wake up Oscar morning, I bet that'll continue.
[Laughs]

You are going to wake up Oscar morning, right?
Yeah. [Laughs]

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Hammered by a housing downturn that contributed to the state's budget crisis, California is boosting protections for home buyers and punishing brokers who mislead borrowers and steer them into costly loans.

Statutes requiring individual loan officers to register with the state, making it a crime to give inaccurate information during the mortgage-application process and ensuring that banks inform potential borrowers of all their loan products are among hundreds of California laws that take effect Friday.

Other new laws will ban restaurants from cooking with trans fats, honor gay rights activist Harvey Milk with a day of recognition, make it easier for celebrities to sue the media for invasion of privacy, ban the practice of cutting cow tails and establish a commission to promote blueberries.

The most high-profile legislation in a year dominated by budget cuts was a package of bills that seeks to change how the state uses water and manages the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, the estuary that funnels fresh water from north to south.

Part of that package is an $11.1 billion water bond that will appear on the November ballot. Lawmakers filled the bond with special-interest earmarks to win passage, a potential weak point as they try to persuade voters to pass it.

The mortgage bills crack down on what critics say was irresponsible subprime lending that left California among the states hardest hit by the meltdown in the housing market. That has led to higher unemployment and lower tax revenue, adding to budget crises for local and state governments.

"It was certainly in response to what we're seeing across the state with the increase in foreclosures and the economic downturn," said Dustin Hobbs, spokesman at the California Mortgage Bankers Association. "I think lawmakers were trying to make sure we didn't see it in future years."

A law by Assemblyman Ted Lieu, D-Torrance, will prohibit lenders from steering borrowers who qualify for fixed-rate loans into riskier higher-priced loans.

Mortgage brokers and banks will be required to notify clients about all the loans they offer. Loans that get larger the longer a borrower holds them – known as negative amortization loans – will be banned in most cases. Caps also will be placed on the penalties loan providers levy when mortgage holders pay off their loans early.

A law by Sen. Fran Pavley, D-Agoura Hills, will make it a crime for mortgage brokers to deliberately misrepresent or omit information to get loans for borrowers. Potential penalties include up to a year in prison.

"If all states had stronger mortgage laws seven years ago, I think this whole crisis could have been mitigated," Lieu said. "Part of the reason it's so important for this kind of reform law is there is a huge knowledge imbalance between what banks know and what you the consumer knows."

Lawmakers also boosted protections for Californians who already own a home. A law by Mike Feuer, D-Los Angeles, seeks to protect the growing number of senior citizens pursuing reverse mortgages. It will require lenders to give customers a list of independent counseling agencies and a checklist about the risks and alternatives to reverse mortgages, a special type of home loan that converts a portion of a home's equity into cash.

Here are some of the other laws that take effect with the new year:

GAY RIGHTS – Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger reversed himself this year by signing into law a bill honoring slain gay rights activist Harvey Milk with a special day of recognition in California. Milk is just the second person in state history to gain such a designation, behind conservationist John Muir. Each May 22 – Milk's birthday – will be "Harvey Milk Day." The Republican governor vetoed similar legislation in 2008.

PAPARAZZI – Schwarzenegger, a movie star himself, signed an anti-paparazzi bill making it easier to sue media outlets that use photographs taken when celebrities have a reasonable expectation of privacy, such as when they are in their backyard. The change updates a decade-old law that allows fines against paparazzi who illegally or offensively take photos or recordings. It allows lawsuits against media outlets that pay for and make first use of material they knew was improperly obtained.

TRANS-FAT BAN – California becomes the first state in the country to ban restaurants, bakeries and other retail food establishments from using oil, margarine and shortening containing trans fats. Schwarzenegger, a former bodybuilder who regularly talks about healthy eating and exercise, signed the legislation by Assemblyman Tony Mendoza, D-Artesia, in 2008. It did not take effect until 2010 to give outlets time to convert their cooking processes. The law affects oil, shortening and margarine used in spreads or for frying. Restaurants can continue using trans fats to deep-fry yeast dough and in cake batter until Jan. 1, 2011. The legislation follows moves by several major cities and fast-food chains to ban the substance.

LEAD-FREE FAUCETS – The maximum amount of lead allowed in faucets and replacement plumbing fixtures will drop dramatically, from the current 8 percent of total material to 0.25 percent. The standard applies to pipes, pipe fittings, plumbing fittings and fixtures that become wet.

CAR LIENS – California car buyers will get more protection under a law by Sen. Elaine Corbett, D-San Leandro. It requires dealers to prove they have paid off vehicle liens before trading or selling them. The bill was in response to a growing problem nationwide triggered by the recession: Dealers often promise to pay off outstanding loans when car buyers still owe money on their trade-in vehicle. But if the dealer goes out of business without paying off the loan, lenders can go after the previous owner or repossess the resold car from the new owner.

DOG FIGHTING – Watching an illegal dogfight in California could cost spectators more jail time. The new law by Assemblyman Pedro Nava, D-Santa Barbara, increases jail time from a maximum of six months to one year. Fines are increased from $1,000 to $5,000.

BLUEBERRY COMMISSION – Assemblywoman Fiona Ma, D-San Francisco, is author of a new law that establishes a commission to promote California's growing blueberry industry. The commission's $1.2 million annual budget will come from a surcharge on blueberries. Schwarzenegger over the summer chastised lawmakers for promoting a new commission while the state was mired in a budget deficit, but the governor later reversed himself and signed the bill.

COWS TAILS – California becomes the first state banning the painful practice of tail docking. Dairy officials say the practice of cutting off cow tails to prevent them from slinging manure is practiced on fewer than 15 percent of the state's 1.5 million dairy cows. Schwarzenegger initially mocked lawmakers for seeking the law, but the governor signed it after lawmakers agreed to resolve the state's budget shortfall.

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Associated Press Writer Juliet Williams contributed to this report.

In the shimmering fantasy realm of the hit movie "Avatar," a paraplegic Marine leaves his wheelchair behind and finds his feet in a new virtual world thanks to "the link," a sophisticated chamber that connects his brain to a computer.

As the aughts draw to a close, it's time to reflect on the best sartorial trends of the past ten years. International retailers such as H&M and Topshop hit the US retail scene, and we also saw the birth of designer diffusion lines and collaborations at Target so successful that it redefined the definition of mass market appeal and affordable fashion. For the first time, Target was able to weld its approachable price points with clothing that was actually on-trend, making itself a prime shopping destination for even the most stylish of industry insiders. Additionally, J. Crew reinvented itself, status handbags and shoes were so in demand that hefty waiting lists became the only way to get your hands on that Valentino bag or those Isabel Marant studded booties, and skinny jeans became the must-have denim silhouette. Influences from recent decades past emerged with a vengeance- we couldn't escape the flowy, bohemian, 70's inspired wares that were all the rage in the mid '00's thanks to über-stylist Rachel Zoe. More recently, the 80's acid washed thing has made a comeback, as well as combat boots, plaid shirts aplently, and anything else one might have found in Kurt Cobain's closet in the early 90's. See below for the best of the decade.

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