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"   Feliz Ano Nuevo! I rang the New Year this year in Playa del Carmen, Mexico. Ten days of bright batik print strapless bikinis, yellow crocheted hot pants, and fluid campy printed caftans was a vacation in itself from the heavy down jacket and sweater dressing I left behind in New York. The build-up to any holiday is the anxiety of the initial debut of the bikini. Most women are quite delusional and believe that every beach destination is populated by thong-bearing Brazilian Amazonian Victoria&amp;#039;s Secret models, which is never the case. All of the overtime hours at the gym are thrown out the window when you take a sip of the salty brim of a tart margarita. That said, the laid back, silhouette-neglecting look of resort wear was not a good gauge of when to put down the chips and guacamole. Although a little tan definitely gives the illusion of being 5 lbs lighter, putting on my jeans for the first time indicated that was certaintly not the case. Luckily, one of Santa&amp;#039;s little helpers made a special trip to Mexico and dropped off a sculptural Balenciaga cocoon jacket, with signature removed waistline and shortened bracelet sleeves, to kick off a fashionable 2008!  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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