Designer Shuffle 2014; the Story of Lip Balm Addiction

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National
· Your guide to 2014's designer shuffle [Racked]
· 74 after-Christmas sales [Racked]
· See Nicki Minaj acting in high school [Vulture]
· Goyard quietly opens a store in NYC [Racked NY]
· Inside the strange world of lip balm addiction [Refinery29]
· Olivia Palermo and her model husband pose for Flare magazine [FGR]
· Jane Fonda's workout videos to be re-released [Today]
· Contact lenses featuring ring of diamonds now available for $15k [Glamour]
· Third of Christmas Day purchases were made from mobile devices [Re/Code]
· The German town where allegiances are split between Adidas and Puma [WSJ]

Local
· Baby, it's cold(ish) outside [SF Mag]
· Anonymous New Year's resolutions [The Bold Italic]
· Five iconic Bay Area adventures [7x7]
· The porn palace will be open for NYE antics [SFGate]
· This new SF startup is a "weed of the month" club. Sorta [SFist]