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Check Out Line: Technology getting front-row seat at NY Fashion Week
Check out how designers at New York’s Fashion Week are using technology for inspiration, on the runway, behind the scenes and for business.
In its most obvious cameo, technology showed up at Vivienne Tam’s Spring 2009 show on Tuesday, where models sashayed down the runway clutching slim, red HP notebook computers instead of evening bags.
The limited-edition computer, which she called a “digital clutch,” featured the Tam collection’s signature red peony print on its cover. It will be available early next year, sometime around the Chinese New Year, Tam told a Reuters reporter backstage before her show Tuesday night.
She added that the peony’s petals on the laptop cover symbolize multi-tasking, which is synonymous with being a woman in today’s tech-oriented society she said.
Check Out Line: Are you ready for some (more expensive) football?
Check out what it costs National Football League fans to attend games.
The latest NFL season got under way Thursday night as the defending Super Bowl 
champion New York Giants opened their season with a win (pictured right). For their fans, there were some changes that affected their wallets.
The average ticket price to attend an NFL game rose almost 8 percent to $72.20, according to Team Marketing Report, a Chicago-area sports marketing firm. And if a family of four wants to take in a game played by the Giants, get ready to shell out almost $500 for tickets, beers, hot dogs and other items.
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