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May 9, 2008 |
Issue # 62 |
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Beach Read
South Beach: The Novel author’s home is an homage to Miami Beach
By Tina Koenig
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| Brian Antoni with the statue in front of the Venus De Milo Arms, the second building he purchased in South Beach, and the setting for South Beach: The Novel |
Long before it became SoBe, it was Miami Beach—home to Jewish people and Jackie Gleason, where legions of bathing beauties frolicked, where Coppertone and coconuts perfumed the tropical breezes—or so the advertising goes. For a while, everyone who was anyone spent time in Miami Beach, including Miss Universe. The famous pageant was held at the then named Miami Beach Auditorium from 1960 to 1971. Miss Germany won the title in 1961. Miss Thailand garnered the heavily bejeweled crown in 1965.
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Designing Women
Miami sisters hit big with their frilly fashions
By Mary Damiano
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| A characteristically ruffly blue dress from Shumaq: the bold color keeps the frills in check |
Watching this year’s Fresh Faces fashion show by GenArt at the beach-front Gansvoort Hotel last month , plenty of chic clothes came down the runway, but the Shumaq line by sisters Vanessa and Jaqueline Barrantes, was as fresh as the breeze coming off the ocean that balmy night.
The Barrantes sisters, who were raised in Miami, specialize in undeniably feminine clothes. The dresses, skirts and blouses have flattering silhouettes and well-placed ruffles and frills that fill that fashion gap between girly and womanly.
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