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NEW YORK -- "Will this be used for Beyonce's hair?" asks Sandra Magsamen. She fingers a strand of crystal beading at Spaeth Designs, a New York company that creates lavish decorations for department stores. Surrounding her are dozens of carpenters, painters and electricians all busily working to transform her illustrated children's book, The Gift (Glitterati Books, 2003), into holiday windows for Saks Fifth Avenue. This is a perilous enterprise, as the original magic can easily be lost in the new version.

Owings Mills mall was once the airy, marbled haven for the Baltimore shopper with $300 to drop, but today it is being "repositioned," in the words of its owners, to reflect the needs of the people who work and live in the office buildings and townhouses sprouting from the grassy hills around it.J. C. Penney replacing Saks Fifth Avenue; Sunglass Hut International replacing Godiva Chocolates; Let's Talk Cellular replacing Williams-Sonoma.Make no mistake, Owings Mills is going downscale.But not, mall owners hope, so downscale that most of Baltimore won't feel comfortable shopping there.

On January 18, 2005, ALVAN M. RUDOLPH, beloved husband, of 63 years, of Hilda Rudolph (nee Birenbaum); beloved father of Linda Sapperstein and Debra Saks; devoted father-in-law of Jerome Sapperstein and Howard Saks; devoted brother of the late Howard and Erwin Rudolph; beloved and devoted grandfather of Jennifer and Kimberly Saks, and Eric Sapperstein. Services at SOL LEVINSON AND BROS INC., 8900 Reisterstown Rd at Mt Wilson La, on Thursday, January 20, at 1 P.M. Interment Radomer Verein Cemetery, Rosedale.

The new catch phrase in the coat business is "precious fibers." Coats made of such fibers camel's hair, cashmere and to a lesser extent, alpaca and vicuna are leading fall sales at Saks Fifth Avenue."

Most of the long-struggling Owings Mills Mall will be torn down starting in 2013 to make room for a $65 million retail development, a move that Baltimore County officials hope will complement other burgeoning projects in an area targeted for growth. Mall owner General Growth Properties will work with Kimco Realty to redevelop and "de-mall" the 1-million-square-foot site — a move that mirrors the remaking of a shopping area in Hunt Valley. Developers said Thursday that they did not know how much of the mall they would demolish, but they expect anchor stores Macy's and JC Penney, as well as the AMC movie theater, to stay.

A story in yesterday's editions about Saks Fifth Avenue possibly opening a distribution center in Aberdeen incorrectly identified James Fielder. He is deputy director of the Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development. James T. Brady is the director.The Sun regrets the error.

On the day before he was charged with first-degree murder, George Huguely V walked the fairways and greens of Charlottesville's exclusive Farmington Country Club, the Blue Ridge Mountains at his back. The University of Virginia men's lacrosse team, ranked best in the nation, had just won the last regular-season game of Huguely's senior year. The 22-year-old and some teammates had gathered at the club with their fathers to celebrate the storybook ending and to look forward to the NCAA tournament.

Nothing like a whiff of nostalgia for the holidays. There's comfort in remembering the old days, and this season fashion is getting cozy with the '50s and '60s. Those were the hostess-skirt decades. You may remember that outfit -- the house-party wardrobe staple of ladies who entertained. Hostess skirts had a strong following then, and still do in circles where a long tartan skirt and frilly shirt are pulled out for winter parties right along with Great-Aunt Madge's eggnog recipe.0FOR SHOPPING INFORMATION PLEASE SEE PAGE 22Shoping guidePage 6 -- Skirt, $145, sweater, $148, and vest, $235, at Saks Fifth Avenue.

On Thursday, December 16, 2004, CANTOR LOUIS J. HERMAN; beloved husband of Yetta Press Freedman Herman; loving father of Rabbi Simcha C. Freedman of Boca Raton, FL, Mrs. Rickey Goodman of Huntington Valley, PA and Rabbi David E. Herman of Baltimore, MD; beloved father-in-law of Anna Freedman, Stephen Goodman and Yetty M. Herman; adored Zayda of Dr. Samuel and Emmanuel Freedman, Dr. Benjamin and Cara Freedman, Dr. Alan and Shira Woronoff, Brian and Rachel...

A weekly briefing on the economic calendar Monday Earnings reports Limited, Lowe's, Toys 'R' Us Tuesday * Housing starts and building permits for April Earnings reports AMC Entertainment, Barnes & Noble, Deere & Co., Home Depot, J.C. Penney, Saks, Staples, Applied Materials, Borders Group, Hewlett-Packard Wednesday Earnings reports Intuit, Longs Drug Stores, Computer Associates Thursday * Leading indicators for April * Initial unemployment claims...