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So, yesterday I started working on the February fashion feature, for which men and women pick fashions for their sweethearts. (Check the crappily laid-out online version from last year.) First stop was Stephanie's in Highland Park with WCCO-TV reporter Jason DeRusha, who picked out a darling dress for his darlin' wife. That dress, however, shall remain unseen until the Feb issue hits stands. But I can tell you this: As it turns out, DeRusha actually likes shopping for his wife, so we had a pretty good time. Here's a snap of DeRusha and shop owner Stephanie Morrissey hangin' out in the back of the store, near the sale section.

"Oh, I know Ted Baker!" said DeRusha upon noticing the label on the beautiful steel-gray dress below. "I like his ties." But of course, Stephanie's doesn't carry the ties. (You'll need to head to Len Druskin to find those.) However, Stephanie's is the exclusive Twin Cities carrier of Baker's women's line. Alert! Occupational hazard! Yes, that is my very own bathroom in the background you see there. If you have already gleaned this fact, I'll lay it out for you: I bought the damn thing.