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make your spirits bright and find paradise, brave basel and be a lady in red with this list of december picks:
 paradise found.
"promises of paradise: staging mid-century miami" is the bass museum's version of a time capsule. it showcases the architecture, design and deco arts of miami's colorful past. visionaries who created the indoor-outdoor lifestyle will be recognized for the first time. from
december 5 to april 13. bass museum of art. 2121 park avenue. between 21st and
22nd. 305.673.7530.
www.bassmuseum.org
 hansel and basel.
thursday marks the beginning of one of the world's premiere art world happenings: art
basel. see lichtenstein at the fairchild or take in a thierry mugler photo exhib. for three days, prepare to have your senses overwhelmed by to-die-for parties (Y-3, agent provocateur) events and art exhibits. miami beach convention center. 1901
convention center drive. near meridien.
www.artbaselmiamibeach.com
 shopping cart.
face it, luggage has gotten kind of staid. want to really stand out? pounce on the new handpainted lanvin
suitcase ($3,800) and lesser fashion aficionados will fall in your wake. with a colorful painting of chic women carrying lanvin shopping bags, this is one carry-on you don't want to let out of your sight.
www.lanvin.com
 ladies in red.
if a designer could trademark a color, surely valentino garavani would choose red. taschen is paying homage to the great one with valentino, a 700-page coffee table book ($1,000) that covers his fifty years as a couturier. the book is encased in a, natch, red box.
www.taschen.com
 so sew.
you can't exactly scatter your louboutins and choos around your pad. cut
paper fashion has you covered, or at least your walls. these little decos of girl and her best friend prints ($20) will lend a little color and whimsy to your walls. the 8x10 prints are handmade, signed and printed on watercolor paper or velvet fine art paper. www.cutpaperfashion.com
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