Starbucks's Upscale Coffee Chain; Victoria Beckham's Polishes

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National
·: I was a postpartum shopaholic [Racked]
· Unraveling Anthropologie's intoxicating store experience [Racked]
· A Korean beauty tour of NYC [Racked NY]
· Starbucks is prepping a new upmarket coffee chain [NYT]
· Marilyn Monroe's iconic dresses going up for auction [InStyle]
· Here's Dolce & Gabbana's new skincare range [10 Mag]
· Aeropostale will close 75 stores this season [Fox]
· One Target manager's rousing Black Friday pep talk [Today]
· Victoria Beckham launches polishes with Nails Inc. [WWD]

Local
· The new Looking trailer is out. All the emojis! [The Bold Italic]
· The city's unexpected music venues [7x7]
· Poshmark's new service is verifying that luxe goods are real [VentureBeat]
· Holiday spirit, SF-style [SFGate]
· ZOMG. Check out the sick, new Emirates plane that flies to SFO [Haute Living]
· Inside the East Bay's Social Studies [Refinery 29]