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San Francisco fashion fans are in for a rare treat tomorrow night, when Vogue Features Director Sally Singer shares her thoughts on the relevance of fashion and fashion magazines in the midst of an out-of-wack economy during Commonwealth Club INFORUM event Why Fashion Still Matters.

05/29/091:00 pm

Why Fashion Still Matters -- Sally Singer, Fashion News and Features Director, Vogue

Vogue is considered the world's most influential fashion magazine, but what role does this publication play during this time of upheaval? When "recessionista" has replaced "fashionista" as the model to emulate, how can fashion magazines, designers and retailers stay relevant? Singer, a Bay Area native, explains how her industry is adapting to the still-unknown trends of a new era.

04/23/0712:20 pm

All the Right Moves

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The inventors of YouTube edit for content.

The inventors of YouTube edit for content.Go to Steve Chen’s personal “channel” on YouTube—the San Bruno–based video-sharing website that the 28-year-old Taiwan native created in 2005 with fellow dot-com-bust refugee and PayPal employee Chad Hurley, 30—and you’ll find his own cell-phone videos documenting everything from his first attempt at making bruschetta to the cofounders’ emotional announcement to YouTube viewers last October that Google had acquired the website for $1.65 billion.