Article: RETRO ACTIVE.(Brief Article)

Coral lipstick, rich fragrances, and swank hotels are back--in all their genteel and gilded glory. Classic luxury, as Emily Dougherty explains, is cool again.

Instead of taking style cues from the space age, the new arbiters of cool are inspired by things a glamorous grandmother might choose: the fragrance she wears, her lipstick, even her vacation spot of choice.

"What's cool now isn't just what's new," says Anne Weintraub, coeditor of beautyjungle.com, an Internet beauty site. "If anything, it's more rebellious not to be cutting edge." Weintraub has found that her young, high-tech audience has a penchant for maximum indulgence. "They want luxury to the ...

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