Best Fashion Books; Kate Upton Named 'Sexiest Woman Alive'

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National
· Style blog Instagram followers plummet following purge [Racked]
· Your no-fail guide to becoming a lipstick person [Racked]
· Miss World pageant cuts swimsuit portion [The Cut]
· The best fashion books to gift this season [Fashionista]
· People names Kate Upton the 'sexiest woman alive' [EW]
· Why it's time to stop comparing women's bodies to fruit [Cosmo]
· Vivienne Westwood tried to gift asbestos to David Cameron [Dazed]
· Cameron Diaz reportedly engaged to Benji Madden [Glamour]
· People selling The Interview posters for hundreds on eBay [Consumerist]
· After consumer pressure, Revlon removes toxins from its cosmetics [Time]

Local
· SF Ballet's Maria Kochetkova is still a fashion darling [SFGate]
· Yum! The best local holiday chocolates [7x7]
· We're in the home stretch of the wettest December ever [SFist]
· There's a clothing drive to benefit homeless lower Haighters [Hoodline]
· Gifts so pretty, they don't need wrapping paper [Apartment 34]