Erykah Badu's Stunning Modeling Shots; How to Unshrink Clothes

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· The fat corporate holiday party has returned to San Francisco [SF Biz Times]
· Gifts for the SF jet-setter [7x7]
· Meet the LA company that trademarked the word spin [Racked]
· The sad story of Wal-Mart's biggest fan, who was just banned from the store for life [Racked]
· Irish Spring: worst soap ever? [The Wire]
· The man who's helping Beyoncé and Jay Z go vegan [Cosmo]
· See singer Erykah Badu as the new face of Givenchy [StyleFile]
· Charting the rise of Waris Ahluwalia, unlikely style icon [NYT]
· Retailers carefully choose playlists to keep you shopping [WSJ]
· Why are animal rights groups losing the battle against fur? [I-D]
· How to unshrink clothes after the laundromat shrinks them [xoJane]
· Platform Shopify raises $100 million to expand brick-and-mortar operations [FastCo]