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Music festival style snaps: Coachella Photography by Lauren Baker The stylish set hit the desert this past weekend for Coachella , the three-day celebration of hot new bands in the California sun. In and amongst a huge crowd rocking out to the likes of Kanye West, Interpol, The Strokes and The Arcade Fire, Toronto gal Lauren Baker (owner and curator of one of the city’s most beloved designer consignment and vintage stores, LAB Consignment ) was snapping photos of some of the cutest guys and gals, including a one Miss Alexa Chung .

My Antique Hair Comb Collection Introduction Some of us are born collectors. We can’t help it; we see, we want, we collect. I own collections of collections—tiny boxes, cat figurines, jewelry , books, blues CDs, black shoes, crystals, and so on. I can’t help myself. But some of my collectibles are more ornamental than others, especially my antique hair comb collection. I have them mounted on a long piece of celadon brocade, and display them as a wallhanging. Comb #1 I’ve always loved long hair , but it doesn’t look good on me. Also, my hair is so coarse and thick that wearing it long here in hot and steamy Texas would probably cause my head to spontaneously combust. So I collect old hair combs, lovely in their individuality, and in admiration of the long hair they once held in place. They are not always easy to find, and the fourteen I own have come from many different plac...