Fashion

Paige Harrison, 16, a junior at North Hagerstown High School was a teen model in Sagittarius' spring hair-styling show. Paige wore a mottled T-shirt, a trendily ripped pair of jeans, a gold belt and gold slippers to match. "I like to put together outfits," said Paige. For the hair-styling show, Paige was told to dress in edgy, rock-star-type clothes. She says she trusted Brandon, her stylist at Sagittarius, to fashion her hair in an evocative way. Paige said she likes to keep up with trends and said her fashion icon is model Gisele Bundchen.

REVIEW The recently released movie "The Devil Wears Prada" starring Anne Hathaway and Meryl Streep, showcases two actresses at their best ... and a lot of couture fashion at its best. Streep is in her element, playing Miranda Priestly, the bossy, self-centered editor of the fictional Runway magazine. Hathaway plays Andy, who comes along looking for work and ends up being hired as Miranda's personal assistant. When the movie begins, Andy has little sense of style and falls as easy prey to Miranda.

Thursday, Nov. 14, from 5 to 8 p.m. at Maidstone Interiors, 117 Summit Ave., Hagerstown. Tickets are $9, and are available by calling The Women's Club at 301-739-0870 between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. or purchased at the door. Proceeds will preserve and maintain the historic Womens' Club.

CLEAR SPRING - When a team plays as well as Halfway did Wednesday, the manager can be at a loss for words about what to improve on. "That's a tough question," said Scott Herbert. "I don't really know. " Halfway defeated Clear Spring 15-5 in the second round of the Maryland District 1 9-10 All-Star Tournament at Clear Spring Little League. Halfway cranked out 12 hits to go along with good pitching and defense. "Up and down the lineup, this is a very good hitting team," Herbert said.

Aubre Boyd, a ninth-grade student at South Hagerstown High School, wants to take her hobby of fashion and modeling and transform it into her career. Aubre said that all her life she has enjoyed watching commercials about the new couture styles coming out and looking at the new fashions in magazines. But when the new commercial came out for the up-and-coming line for Victoria's Secret, Aubre knew she wanted to go after what she thought she was destined to do. The 14-year-old said her mother, Tianna Boyd, pushes and supports her like no one else.

The Top Five Vocal concert Countertenor Terry Barber will perform classical and popular favorites. A Community Concert Association of Hagerstown concert. 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 12, at The Maryland Theatre, 21 S. Potmac St., downtown Hagerstown. $25; $2 students. Call 240-520-0174 or go to www.hagerstownliveonstage.com . She's got great hair World-class hair designer Brett Borreson will lead Evening of Hope: Fashion for a Cure, a theatrical hair-inspired fashion show Saturday, April 13. 6 p.m., doors open for silent auction; 7 p.m., hair and fashion show begins.

Orange and red are in style this season, including together, according to one of the mistresses of ceremonies for Sunday's Fashion in the Know show at Fountain Head Country Club. Women modeled fashions from Lena's of Hagerstown and Aspire, a women's clothing boutique in Frederick, Md. In addition to clothes, handbags and jewelry were highlighted. “Love both of the boutiques,” said Kathy Tierney, who sat at one of the back tables watching the models strut on the runway before walking through the crowd of tables.

Brent Borreson could be spending the night partying with Sting. But instead of attending a celebration with the rock star on Saturday, April 13, he'll be in Hagerstown raising money to fight breast cancer. Borreson, a Redken global artist, will be the creative force behind An Evening of Hope-Fashion for a Cure, a hair-inspired event benefiting Breast Cancer Awareness-Cumberland Valley. The show is being sponsored by Bella Salon & Spa of Hagerstown, in partnership with The Maryland Theatre, where the fundraiser will be held.

Washington County Public Schools' almost 10-year-old student dress code will get revamped thanks to student efforts led by the school board's student representative, Amanda Krehbiel. While the Board of Education didn't approve a first reading of Krehbiel's proposed dress code changes during Tuesday's meeting, it did take steps to allow the dress code to change, and perhaps be updated more often as fashion trends change. The board unanimously approved an amendment proposed by board member Wayne D. Ridenour that removes specifics about clothing from the policy and charges the superintendent or his designee to develop dress-code regulations in consultation with student representatives.

Organ music is typically reserved for Sunday worship. But members of the Chambersburg Chapter of the American Guild of Organists gave the often misunderstood instrument a chance to show off its versatility at “Pipes Spectacular.” Area organists Tim Wertime, Carolyn Kerlin, Kyunghee Reed, Miriam Meglan, Helen Wingert, Gloria Massa, Kathy Ott and John Angle performed hand-selected pieces on the pipe organ at Zion Reformed Church UCC in Chambersburg...

Hagerstown Community College's Black Student Union will host its third annual fashion show Saturday, Feb. 2, beginning at 7 p.m., at Kepler Center on HCC's main campus. The show will feature student models displaying a variety of clothing styles, including casual, career, sportswear, and formal wear. Vendors include Déjà Vu Boutique, JC Penney, Jos. A. Bank, Deb, Rue 21, Kasper, Reebok, Jones New York, Wilsons Leather, and the HCC Campus Store. Musicians Beyonka Marie, Iron Lion, and Spence will perform.

Ezra Klein is a very gifted young man who is getting deserved recognition in newspapers and on television. His abilities were on display in a Washington Post column (March 19, 2012) describing how the fabulously rich Koch brothers were hard at work in a bold attempt to take control of the Cato Institute by getting control of the board. They are said to see a need for this so that they can tailor the organization “into a party organ that would aid their effort to unseat President Obama.” If they are able to buy the shares of a deceased board member, they will have the power to effect the transformation from a staid academic purveyor of ideology to a nuts-and-bolts political servant.

If you live long enough, eventually your own preferred form of clothing will come into fashion. It took 50 years, but for me the wait is finally over: Sweat pants are now chic. And no, not just for jogging, snacking or early Sunday-morning jaunts to the supermarket for bacon. I'm talking right out there in public, any place, any event. And I know this because no less a fashion authority than the New York Times is running a spread called “The Statement Sweatpant.” Says the Times, “Sweat pants, previously relegated to the gym or, conversely, the couch, are becoming a worthy alternative to jeans and chinos in the limited industry of men's bottoms.” There you go. With the spin of a printing press, now 80 percent of Hagerstown is right in style.

Bees swarmed the antique wooden cider press. “Don't worry,” Walter Dyer told onlookers. “I've been doing this 20 years and I've never been stung.” He continued about his work, smiling pleasantly while he explained “making cider the old-fashioned way” Saturday at Hancock Canal Apple Days at Widmeyer Park. “You put the apples in one end, grind 'em up and put 'em under the press. Cider comes out here and you put it in a jug,” he said. “As fast as we can make it, we sell it.” Event chairman Larry Gerber Sr. said the Hancock Lions Club hosts the event to honor the town's history with the C&O Canal and apple orchards.

LouEllen "Ellen" Winship, 86, of Washington, D.C., currently residing at 7 Maple Ave., Boonsboro, Md., passed away peacefully, Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012, at Fahrney-Keedy Home and Village. She was born Wednesday, June 23, 1926, in Washington, D.C. She held several master's degrees, including degrees in biology, business and accounting. She was employed with the federal government, retiring after 40 years of service. She served on numerous community boards and coordinated many special events, including a fashion show in Korea during the '70s for international dignitaries, that portrayed the fashion of all the former first ladies of the United States.