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Classic Lines, Care of Straight Line Wind

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Justin Fox Burks

During the straight line wind that knocked out power to 120,000 households in June, a tree fell on Anna Talley’s house and damaged the wall of her room.

The law firm intern has been staying elsewhere while it’s repaired and says the storm had an impact on what she’s been wearing.

“The only clothes I kept with me were ones I could wear to work,” she says.

We love this classic, but modern take on a darted black skirt. It even has pockets, which we are a complete sucker for.

“I like stuff that’s easy,” Talley says. “I don’t like trendy clothes, because I don’t feel like I can wear them again.”

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Bringing the Heat

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Justin Fox Burks

It’s definitely summer in Memphis, and it is HOT.

The other day, Justin and I were out on South Main (We totes went for the Memphis Music Foundation anniversary party, but it was more crowded in there than a clown car, so we had to bail after a little while) and everyone was saying essentially the same thing: I wore this b/c it’s hot outside.

Kate Evans, shown here in a tangerine Jenny Han dress and gladiator sandals, is an old friend of the Flyer’s fashion coverage.

“I wanted to wear something loose because it’s hot,” she said. “In Memphis, you have to show as much skin as possible or you’ll die from the heat.”

We think her outfit’s pretty hot, too.

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So That Was It! Herenton Dishes on That 2007 Dinner With A C Wharton

On the eve of his departure from the mayor’s office he has occupied for 18 years, Willie Herenton talks turkey with the Flyer on the events of his tenure. Here Herenton divulges what it was that he and Shelby County Mayor A C Wharton talked about at Le Chardonnay when the subject was which one of them would run for city mayor that year. See more revelations in this week’s Flyer cover story, The Exit Interview, on the street today and online Wednesday night at midnight.