One Hater on the Williams-Sonoma Catalog; iWatch Prep

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National
· Inside the strangely profitable world of discontinued beauty [Racked]
· What the team behind Polyvore wears to work [Racked]
· 2014: the year of slobcore [Paper]
· eBay's revamped iPad app looks like Pinterest [Re/Code]
· Apple hiring fashion-focused store staff for iWatch store debut [Mashable]
· The hater's guide to the Williams-Sonoma catalog [Deadspin]
· No hairstyling, no makeup: behind Julia Roberts's Givenchy campaign [Dazed]
· Pre-Fall collections are happening, not that anyone noticed [NYT]
· Retailers come up with new solutions to get gifts to last-minute shoppers [WSJ]
· Sarah Jessica Parker designed a special collection of SJP shoes for Dubai [WWD]

Local
· And now there's Paint Zen, the Uber of painting [7x7]
· One morning in the life of Heklina [SF Mag]
· Saying 'I love you' without actually saying it [SFGate]
· Inside a Homepolish exec's killer digs [Refinery 29]
· The Presidio is getting a makeover [The Bold Italic]