Valentino's Tiff With Madonna; Free Shipping Is Costing Retailers

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National
· Sexually experienced ladies and the history of the LBD [Racked]
· Beauty talk with Jane Bishop of Jean Stories [ITG]
· New bill would make wearing hoodies a crime [Think Progress]
· New study proves yoga helps with cardiovascular health [Science 2.0]
· Next workout trend might be fitness geared towards older adults [NPR]
· Free shipping is popular with shoppers, expensive for retailers [Reuters]
· How Timberland used customer data to reboot its brand [WaPo]
· Did Valentino cancel is swank NYE party because of a tiff with Madonna? [Page Six]

Local
· Excelsior is the neighborhood of the year [Curbed]
· Things Back to the Future II got right about 2015 [SFist]
· Audi's self-driving car will drive itself from SF to CES [LA Times]
· Bay Area native Dylan Penn concedes she'll probably end up acting [WWD]
· Cool things to do in the city in January [Refinery 29]
· The saddest restaurant and bar closures of 2014 [Eater]