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The way we see it, there are four items in life that one can always, without a doubt, drop cashola on without a second thought. Nice jeans, designer shades, dogs and phones. When you wear something as frequently as those Tom Ford cats-eye frames or your J Brand skinnys and play with something as frequently as your beloved pup or iphone, there’s no reason to scrimp.

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Why was Rolf’s serving caviar?

The unassuming, khaki-colored building sits along Buckeye Road in South Phoenix. Drivers speed past, headed into downtown. Only a single small sign brands a pair of office suites, but the anonymity doesn’t matter. The building’s parking spaces are full. So are the dressing rooms inside.

When she is not scooting around Agritopia on a aqua-colored Vespa or serving cupcakes in Chanel, Jessica Flowers Cuff is running the very successful Coffee Shop in Gilbert. When I first met the fashionable mother of two, I was completely intrigued; the Barbie doll-like character was decorated with Chanel bangles, a Hermes belt and witty tattoos running down her arm, all while serving in her uberchic Coffee Shop. Cuff recently appeared on Food Network’s “Cupcake Wars,” where she dominated the competition with a cupcake that contained actual tobacco. Like her winning pastry, Cuff’s fashion sense is unusual but never the less, absolutely fabulous.