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© St. Petersburg Times
published December 20, 2001


NET SOME SUPPORT: Clearwater High School graduate Sara Blakely struck gold with SPANX Footless Bodyshaping Pantyhose last year. Her newest footwear design, SPANX Control Top Fishnets, is now at Jacobson's, Nordstrom, Neiman Marcus and Saks Fifth Avenue stores, plus smaller boutiques; toll-free, 1-877-997-7269; www.spanx.com. Available in nude and black in five sizes (for 95 to 265 pounds), $26 a pair.

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CLEANING UP: Who figured laundry bags to be the Next Big Thing? Urbaneve began in April and has become a hot item among college students, new parents, even Sex & the City's Sarah Jessica Parker. The cotton duck bags are $38 each, in fuschia, blue and green. Toll-free, 1-866-673-7159; www.urbaneve1.com.

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