Ray-Ban's New Denim Wayfarer; Costco's Pricing Secrets

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National
· Do name-your-own price sites actually work? [Racked]
· Is Carol's Daughter selling out or growing up? [Racked]
· Peek at the 2015 Pirelli calendar [StyleCaster]
· How Shinola's capitalizing on Detroit [WaPo]
· The secret code to Costco's pricing [Business Opportunities]
· Christian Louboutin made a $675 nail polish [Fashionista]
· Ray-Ban releases a denim Wayfarer collection [Nitrolicious]
· Designer who ripped off Prabal Gurung has resigned [TFL]
· Humberto Leon of Kenzo talks Solange's wedding dress [The Cut]
· Security breaches at Staples and Michaels might be linked [Consumerist]

Local
· Twelve SF bloggers in boots [Refinery 29]
· TechCrunch is trying to humanize techies [Re/Code]
· Three easy hairstyles for dirty hair [Stylenik]
· Possibly the best-dressed men in SF [SFGate]
· A gift guide for the cute cook in your life [Apartment 34]