Thinking about going Natalie Portman short?

Here's one feel-good reason to chop your tresses: Locks of Love, with help from Heaven on Earth Salon & Day Spa stylists, will collect hair donations 10 inches or longer from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. June 8 at Tamarind Park on King and Bishop streets.

For details call 534-7503. The nonprofit organization provides hairpieces to people 18 and younger who suffer from medical hair loss. Monetary donations are also welcome.

For more information about the organization, visit www.locksoflove.org.

— Zenaida Serrano

DESIGNER BAGS ON A TIGHT PURSE-STRING BUDGET

Designer bag fetishists (and there are a lot of you), you've gotta check this out: Bag Borrow or Steal, the Web site where you can borrow a designer bag — we're talking Louis Vuitton, Jimmy Choo, Gucci — for as long as you like.

When you're over it, drop the bag in the mail and wait for your new one to arrive. Think Netflix for the pretty-purse set.

Membership use starts at $24.95 a month. Go to www.bagborroworsteal.com to sign up.

— Catherine E. Toth

FINAL WORD

"Every country has their problems. Utopia means elsewhere."

John Malkovich | The "Colour Me Kubrick" star, in New York magazine