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If your beauty needs had a theme song at current it would be Rescue Me. You’ve had had a rough season: parties in the Hamptons, surfing in Malibu, yachting in Saint-Tropez. You did the crime, now skin and hair are doing the time. While your fall wardrobe is ready to take on the next season, your exterior appearance certainly is not. Moisturize, condition, and repair sun-damaged skin and frizzy, dry tresses for smooth skin and silky, shiny locks with some of the hautest sun-repair products on the market.

Food, drinks, dancing under the stars, yep you guessed it, it’s gala season. So grab your shiniest heels and hit the designers because this fall is full of black tie affairs. After all, nothing’s better than partying for a cause.

If you’re anything like me, dragging yourself to the gym is about as appealing as pulling teeth. For some reason, sweaty men, yoga mats and girls who look like their diet plan is coffee and cigs is more depressing than motivating. Go figure. But welcome to the future, working out in the nightclub. And this is not your average, run of the mill pop lock and drop it.

The sensory overload that characterized last Friday’s annual Motorsports Gathering at the Quail Lodge in coastal California’s picturesque Carmel Valley illustrated the extent of luxury for which the show has come to be known…hopelessly exclusive, and unmistakably haute.

It’s official. You can buy anything on the internet. One of J.D. Salinger’s personal possessions is up for auction. No, it’s not a first edition of The Catcher in the Rye or a piece of unpublished work. It’s his toilet seat.

Today’s cigar marketplace is flooded with “boutique brands". But before this onslaught of out-of-nowhere boutique BS, the cigar industry really had two classes; the “big name” time honored brands and the small local brands.So how did the “little guys” finally gain credibility as viable brands? Who pioneered the change? Easy. Ernesto Perez-Carillo.

An automobile auction has set a world record for their sale of a 1970’s Porsche racecar. The two day auction produced combined sales of $18.6 millions, with the Porsche selling for a total of $3,965,000 million. This sale of the racecar officially set the world record for the most expensive Porsche ever sold in auction.

So by now if you had any sort of access to a TV, newspaper or the internet today, you know the epic results of the Rod Blagojevich Trial: guilty on only one count of lying to the FBI. Deadlocked on 24 others. We won’t bore you with trial talk, but here are some more fun facts about this Chicago character.

Chef’s Tables offer one of the most exclusive dining experiences in the world, a custom created menu just for you by some of the most celebrated chefs in the industry. Make it a special night out by dining at one of these Haute picks for a sexy seat in the kitchen.

Nicky Hilton has announced the release of her new jewelry line. The 26-year-old socialite has previously worked in fashion, teaming up with the Japanese line Samantha Thavasa to design handbags, as well as an attempt to launch her own clothing line, named Chick by Nicky Hilton. With those two experiences on her resume, she is now aiming to introduce herself to the world as a jewelry designer.

If you’re still suffering some postpartum World Cup withdrawal, rest assured, your hangover just got a pick me up. The Chicago Fire just went in on a new sports bar, and surprise, it’s soccer-themed for all your game-watching action.

It’s not every day that a crew member gets to christen a yacht. Then again, it’s not every day that a yacht like Cakewalk is launched. Measuring 281 feet and displacing nearly 3,000 gross tons, Cakewalk, built by Derecktor Shipyards, is the largest American-built yacht in terms of length in more than 70 years. Equally significant, it’s largest ever built stateside in terms of volume. Cakewalk slipped into the water on August 8 at Derecktor’s shipyard in Bridgeport, Connecticut.