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Show Sat/Sun/Mon/Tues, February 26-March 1, 2005 C-9 The Park Record iPod: Dress it up, trick it out SAN FRANCISCO (AP) The world's favorite digital hip-hugger. though prized by the music-porting crowd, often feels incomplete. 'Hull's why there are add-ons. Lots of them. Some iPod accessories are about converting the shiny little brick from a personal space-tiller to a parly animal. Others are simply about style. Amomi the most useful is the Rose Sound Dock ($300). Il cuddles your iPod (full and mini) on the desktop so you can synchronize il with your Mac or PC. charge the player and enjoy the music through its own speakers, which can fill a room with stellar sound. 1 "here's a small remote control as well. For owners of the special black and red V2 edition iPod, Altec Lansing sells the InMotion audio system ($180) in the same color scheme. Il also synchronizes, charges and plays music through built-in-speakers and is powered by four AA batteries. You can find it only in Apple Computer stores. If you want to lake your iPod to a picnic and share the limes with everyone, the iBoom ($150) will do the trick. Slip your iPod (full and mini) into this portable device from Netalog and il becomes a 20-waiisper-ehannel stereo boombox. 'Hie ilioom includes an FM radio with presets. For the car. (here are several FM transmitters (hat allow the music playing on the iPod to be huartl through the car radio. Griffin Technology makes one of the more popular models, the i'l'rip ($30) and iTrip mini ($40). Simply plug an i'l'rip into the iPod's earphone jack, select an FM frequency to transmit to. and voila. your music is playing through the clearesl station you can tune in. If you want improved sound for your cars only. Simpl Acoustics makes a stellar amplifier called the Al ($150) that boosts the sound level coming out of (he iPod and into your earphones, or high-end headphones. 'lTie iPod phenomena has since its inception been as much about style as substance. It's been prized for (he hearty storage space and easy interaction with the i'lunes software. But (he design also matters, and so il was a no brainer that fashionistas would start dressing up their iPods. You can cloak yours In a rugged rubber "iSporl" case from Monster for $20. or wrap il in a 3pack variety of colored protective cases ($31)) from Speck Products. Incase makes a nice line o\' leather folios for iPods. $30 lor pink and $35 for black. Even the new diminutive iPod Shuffle can be gussied up, thanks to New Hampshire designer and Mac fanatic Liz Hitchcock. She has lent the small flash memory player a lew bangles and baubles to make il a wearable-aboul-lhc-neck fashion accessory1. Hitchcock's iPod Shuffle couture include little sheaths of purplebeads, gray pearls, hematite and pink coral, priced from $35 lo $15. 'Ilic stylish covers slide out of the way to allow access lo the unit's click wheel controls, then revert back into a high-lech necklace. "It lends itself so well to being worn. It's not big. it's not heavy." Hitchcock said of the ,7<S-ounce Shuffle. She's opened up simp online at www.ipodjL-welry.com. Even videogame accessory maker Nyko Technologies is getting into the iPotl act. 'Hie Los Angelesbased maker of air-cnudilioned wireless Xbox game controllers now makes a few novel devices for the iPod - the i'lop and MoviePlayer. Nyko's MoviePlayer plays video files stored on an iPod, which you slide into it. and shows them on a backlit 3.5-inch screen. It has builtin stereo speakers and converts video files into a proprietary formal for use on the MoviePlayer. 'Hie Nyko iTop could make life easier for joggers and those who use iPod. It's a small add-on that attaches to the lop of the iPod. It has buttons that mimic Ihe controls of the scroll and click wheel on the face of the iPod, making it easier lo toggle through tracks while bouncing along a jogging trail or walking with a dog leash in one hand. Both Nyko products are set lo hit store shelves this year. family ,Ef$%fc<3 PLanning at rts J^ffr^y F Balis. JP. £ f P Principal PUnner Years expi?rifnc(? and th^r famleo own<sr&. A famly based approach \&ng weaLfch Tax a-so-.Sartd' 3nd asset prelection t<?thrwinss Qypenence v/Jtli chaniabL." gp/hg.- incapacitated pers and "special needs' 7 TH ANNUAL FOOD DRIVE Designers pay stars for red carpet exposure NEW YORK (AP) With the Oscar red carpel serving as the world's top fashion runway, designers aren't leaving who wears what to chance. It's a given nowadays thai stars get to keep the out fits they wear - some worth thousands of dollars. But the new buz/ is that some companies, especially those late lo the celebrity dressing game, will offer cash to ensure thai stars wear their label. And others are linking Oscar clothes to modeling gigs, luxury travel or complete wardrobes. "Organic" fashion moments, like when Uma Tluirmnn wore a loose lilac Prada gown to the 1995 Oscars or Gwyneth Paltrow's 1999 princesslike pink Ralph Lauren, would be unlikely to happen now. said one celebrity liaison. "It has become about money." said the liaison, who lines up boldface names lo wear top designers. GRAND OPENING EAGLE NAILS 10% off for thefirst2 months January, and February 2005. 435.649.1668 Full Set $28.00 Ffll $18.00 Pedicure $25.00 Manicure $15.00 Pink & White $28.00 Air Brush Design. ' "Stars might intend to be loyal lo a designer at first, when they are so excited to be offered such beautiful clothes, but after you've been dressed in beautiful dresses often enough, you look for some other incentive." Added the liaison, who didn't want his name used because he needs to maintain relations with stars and stylists: "Celebrities make their big money in Japanese Pepsi commercials and fragrance contracts, not from independent movies." Nicole Kidman, for example, models for a Chanel fragrance and Charli/e 'ITicron is the face of Christian Dior's .('adore perfume. Hilary Swank is a Calvin Klein lingerie model - and guess which fashion house designed the dress she wore earlier this year when she picked up her (iolden Globe? 'Hie liaison said his employer won't pay cash but will "wardrobe" celebrities for lesser occasions. expecting them lo choose the label when il comes lo the big awards shows. Robert Triet'us. Armani's executive vice president of communications, said Armani relies on personal relationships--a luxury it can afford because Giorgio Armani himself has enjoyed a long history with the entertainment industry, with movie credits ranging from "American Gigolo" to "De-Lovely" Armani can afford to pay a star lo don one of his signature looks, but Tnefussaid that's too high a price to pay for compromising ihe company's integritySame goes for the celebrity liaison's employer, he said. Bui the designer does indeed pay the liaison, who doesn't work cheap. An up-and-coming designer like Roland Mouret. who designed Scarlett Johansson's architectural coral talleta Golden Globes i»owu. www.ParkCityHomeTeam.com Your Home couldn't afford a wrangler or to cut a check, so he has lo simply hope that his clothes will catch the eye of stars or stylists. But just as a new designer can benefit from clothing the right star, a starlet can gel a lot of mileage from Ihe right dress: Emmy Rossum gained more exposure from her flawless Globes appearance in a Ralph Lauren gown and Harry Winston diamonds than from herfilm"Hie Phantom of the Opera." At some point. Brodie acknowledged. Winston might have to reconsider its policy of not compensating stars or letting them keep red carpel jewelry. "Ultimately the celebrity factor has so much power in the world of publishing, Internet and the broadcast media." she said, "that al some point every brand will be associated with a celebrity via a contractual aiireemenl." *Bring abagof non-perishable food items February 26 - march 26 to Park City Curves and join with no service fee. 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