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The CIF-SS boys basketball polls released Monday, Jan. 29.

Selected by the CIF-SS Boys Basketball Advisory Committee.

OPEN DIVISION WATCH LIST
(Listed alphabetically)
Bishop Montgomery
Cathedral
Chino Hills
Crespi
Damien
Etiwanda
Harvard Westlake
JSerra
Mater Dei
Oak Park
Pasadena
Rancho Christian
Santa Margarita
Sierra Canyon
St. Bernard
St. John Bosco

DIVISION 1
1 Bishop Montgomery
2 Etiwanda
3 Sierra Canyon
4 Mater Dei
5 Crespi
6 Santa Margarita
7 Harvard Westlake
8 St. John Bosco
9 Damien
10 Oak Park
11 JSerra
12 Chino Hills
13 Centennial/Corona
14 Roosevelt
15 Pasadena
16 Long Beach Poly

DIVISION 2AA
1 Canyon/Anaheim
2 Mayfair
3 Los Altos
4 Capistrano Valley
5 Colony
6 Calabasas
7 Cajon
8 Rancho Cucamonga
9 Brentwood
10 Crossroads
11 Aliso Niguel
12 Cathedral
13 Beverly Hills
14 Campbell Hall
15 Northwood
16 Camarillo

DIVISION 2A
1 Rancho Christian
2 St. Bernard
3 Riverside Poly
4 Muir
5 Los Osos
6 Cypress
7 San Marcos
8 Trabuco Hills
9 Hesperia
10 Tesoro
11 Diamond Ranch
12 Newport Harbor
13 Walnut
14 Valley Christian/Cerritos
15 Crescenta Valley
16 Oxnard

DIVISION 3AA
1 St. Anthony
2 Saddleback Valley Christian
3 Laguna Beach
4 Knight
5 Ocean View
6 San Gabriel Academy
7 Long Beach Wilson
8 Leuzinger
9 West Torrance
10 St. Paul
11 Troy
12 Cerritos
13 Paraclete
14 University
T15 St. Francis
T15 Lakewood

DIVISION 3A
1 Riverside Notre Dame
2 Culver City
3 Bishop Amat
4 Murrieta Mesa
5 Newbury Park
6 Buena
7 AB Miller
8 La Habra
9 Blair
10 Paloma Valley
11 Charter Oak
12 Glendale
13 Temescal Canyon
14 Citrus Hill
15 Marina
16 Citrus Valley

DIVISION 4AA
1 Hillcrest
2 Mark Keppel
3 San Luis Obispo
4 Barstow
5 Antelope Valley
6 Burroughs/Ridgecrest
7 Segerstrom
8 Pacifica/Garden Grove
9 Santiago/Garden Grove
10 St. Bonaventure
11 Rialto
12 Dana Hills
13 San Marino
14 Montclair
15 Artesia
16 Heritage

DIVISION 4A
1 Rolling Hills Prep
2 Mary Star of the Sea
3 Valley Torah
4 Hesperia Christian
5 Salesian
6 Aquinas
7 Pasadena Poly
8 Ontario
9 Carnegie/Riverside
10 Holy Martyrs
T11 Pomona
T11 Desert Hot Springs
13 Orangewood Academy
14 Executive Prep of Finance
15 Covina
16 Shadow Hills

DIVISION 5AAA
1 Garden Grove
2 Santa Clarita Christian
3 Fairmont Prep
4 Pacifica Christian/OC
5 Buckley
6 Orange Vista
7 Ontario Christian
8 Malibu
9 Providence
10 La Quinta/Westminster
11 Santa Maria
12 Bloomington
13 Orange
14 La Puente
15 Estancia
16 Sherman Indian

DIVISION 5AA
1 Pacifica Christian/Santa Monica
2 St. Pius X-St. Matthias
3 Pilibos
4 Nogales
5 Big Bear
6 Webb
7 Providence/Santa Barbara
8 Indian Springs
9 Century
10 Bassett
11 de Toledo
T12 Southlands Christian
T12 Uplands Christian
14 Edgewood
15 Hueneme
16 University Prep

DIVISION 5A
1 Duarte
2 Da Vinci
3 Calvary Baptist
4 Santa Monica Academy
5 Tarbut V’ Torah
6 Environmental Charter
7 Ambassador
8 Acaciawood Academy
T9 Lutheran/La Verne
T9 CSDR
11 Nuview Bridge
12 Avalon
13 Pilgrim
14 Waverly
T15 Shandon
T15 St. Michael’s Prep

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Having literally grown up in the fashion world, Brooke Shields, actress, model and author, knows a thing or two about how clothes should fit and make a woman feel. Now she’s adding another notch to her belt: fashion designer.
Shields is designing a collection for QVC, called Brooke Shields Timeless, that will hit the airwaves Feb. 15 at 7 p.m. EST with the full collection launching March 14 at 11 p.m. EST, as reported. The actress will be on-air touting her creations, which she developed with KBL Group International, a New York-based apparel manufacturer.
She plans to preview her apparel and accessories collection to the media at The Beekman in New York on Wednesday evening.
Shields has proven to be a hands-on designer, having a say in every aspect of her collection. She has an office at KBL and is often up late at night e-mailing back and forth with her partners there.
“I’m involved in every button, every zipper, every seam, every hem and every pocket,” the 52-year-old actress said. “The whole thing is initiated by an aesthetic I have, and working with the manufacturer and QVC themselves. They have a great deal of input. What’s been so refreshing is they [QVC and KBL]

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RAMY BROOK TAPS MARTHA HUNT: Martha Hunt has been named the face of Ramy Brook, the contemporary women’s sportswear brand. The IMG model will appear in the brand’s first national ad campaign, which will be photographed today by Sebastian Faena.
The shoot takes place at Pier 59  in New York, and the ads are slated to break digitally around Feb. 14.
Best known as a Victoria’s Secret Angel, the 28-year-old Hunt has fronted campaigns for Hugo Boss, Y-3, Max & Co. and Albion Cosmetics. She has also been the spokesmodel for Free People and has walked in more than 180 fashion shows for numerous designers.
“Brand awareness is something we’re working on,” said Cory Cole, head of marketing at Ramy Brook, who said the company is looking to raise its profile. The ads will feature the classic pieces. “It’s the first step to a bigger program for the year,” Cole added.
Hunt is also working on a capsule collection with Ramy Brook Sharp, founder and creative director of Ramy Brook, which will launch exclusively at Bloomingdale’s in March. Hunt will be involved in designing it, and making personal appearances on the capsule’s behalf. “She’ll get behind it in a big way,” Cole said.
Hunt is

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HONG KONG — Pre-owned luxury is having a moment here. Long weighed down by negative cultural connotations that secondhand means second-best — or worse, a fake copy — a number of companies in Hong Kong are growing the selection of used high-end shopping options by offering a mix of physical retail, butler services and charitable causes.
The most obvious sign of a shift was the arrival of Vestiaire Collective, the Parisian secondhand designer goods platform in August when cofounder Fanny Moizant relocated to the city to set up the business’ Asian headquarters.
Despite its position as a leading platform in its sector, with 4,000 to 6,000 items on the site on any given day, Moizant said brand awareness was low and the company has had to navigate its way around the preference among Asian consumers for brand new items — common to markets with newly created wealth — and beliefs that a used product can pass on bad energy from a previous owner.
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“There’s a

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Luxury shopping site Spring.com is giving consumers 4 percent back in cash rewards via its loyalty program.
The cash-back incentive, called SpringBack, seems to be the first of its kind for multibrand, single-cart e-commerce sites. Spring began operations in 2014 with 150 brands. According to Katie Tobias, head of brand marketing, the company offers more than 2,000 brands. Essentially Spring acts as the host site for the brands. Spring handles the transactions, but the brands handle the fulfillment of orders.
According to Tobias, new offerings that became available in the fourth quarter include Alexander McQueen, Bobbi Brown, What Comes Around Goes Around and COS.
Spring averaged more than one million monthly unique visitors in 2017. Sixty percent of the average daily visitors are repeat customers, while 40 percent of Spring’s domestic customers make another purchase within 90 days of a prior purchase.
Tobias acknowledged that the 4 percent cash back comes out of Spring’s profits from each order. She said the company chose to do the added-value program for its largely Millennial customer base because it provides “everyday transparent value” in lieu of relying on deep promotions to get her to shop.
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