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I'm Sally Horchow.
And this is "Very Good Looking," where you can find
taste every day.
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Trend alert, people.
Now, listen up.
Loaning is the new gifting.
Now what do I mean by this?
So at dinner parties across the nation, instead of
bringing bottles of wine, guests are loaning the host
platters or plates for the party, so
they feel more involved.
And here in LA, instead of going to girls' lunches,
they're meeting in each other's closets to loan each
other clothing.
And finally, birthday gifts are completely out.
For example, I recently had a birthday.
And instead of asking my friends to buy me a bunch of
stuff, I asked them each to loan me something of meaning
for my spring mantlescape, the theme of which was "New
Chapters and New Beginnings." And so, without further ado, I
bring you my new loaned spring mantlescape.
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So the spring mantlescape was designed almost entirely with
things loaned to me by my friends on my birthday.
And everybody kind of took the new chapters, new beginnings
theme a little bit differently.
So that's how I decided to arrange everything.
Now this group kind of decided to go the birth-youth route
with the lotus flower and the chick with eggs.
Hey, I even got some M&Ms with my picture on them.
So cool.
And these people went the spiritual route.
There's a program from the Dalai Lama speaking in 2003.
And these people went the sexy route.
And this item, I think, sums up
everything kind of perfectly.
They say when one door closes, another opens.
And that is very appropriate for me right now.
So now, thanks to my loaned mantlescape, I have a little
piece of my friends in every day of my life.
Now next time you have an event coming up where people
might be tempted to gift you something, why don't you
suggest they loan you something instead?
And then you, too, can participate in this new trend.
And that will be very good looking.
[BELL RINGS]
Hi, guys.
Sally Horchow here.
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And that will be very good looking.