Living briefs

Published: August 26, 2007

Call it destination shopping. Saks Fifth Avenue's flagship Fifth Avenue store has christened its new and improved shoe department with a gift from the U.S. Postal Service: its own ZIP code.

In this land of 10022-SHOE, shoppers also can buy 41-cent, shoe-themed stamps featuring designs, photos and sketches by Jimmy Choo, Christian Louboutin, Fendi, Stuart Weitzman and Roger Vivier, among others.

And, of course, they can buy the real thing there, as well.

Visitors also will find a selling floor that's 50 percent larger than the previous shoe salon, a 150 percent increase in designer shoe offerings, a VIP room, a shoe repair service, cafes and an express elevator from the ground floor to the eighth-floor palace of pumps.

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Hairdressers are nice people, said Vidal Sassoon, one of the most famous hairdressers of all. They're generous, good listeners and make you look good, he said.

Now, some are doing good, too.

Hairdressers Unlocking Hope is a charitable initiative to benefit Habitat for Humanity with the goal of building 18 homes in November in St. Tammany Parish, La., which was hit hard by Hurricane Katrina.

"Hairdressing is a people business, and it's the people's business right now to do something about New Orleans,” Sassoon said.

Sassoon and Mary Rector-Gable, founder of the industry Web site behindthechair.com, are spearheading the program that has attracted top stylists including Sally Hershberger, Ken Paves, Oscar Blandi, Garren, Ted Gibson, Nick Arrojo and Edward Tricomi.

Through Wednesday, more than 1,500 salons will either donate directly or raise money from customers — or both — as part of this initiative. To find a participating salon, go online to www.whodoesyourhair.com.

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From Staff and Wire Reports

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