To give or not to give… To re-purpose or not re-purpose! This was a very popular post from the past so for you long term clients, this may look familiar. For all my newbies – read on – there’s lots of great info here! I did a bit of interviewing for this piece. Over the past […]
What Women Want sounds a bit like a fantasy romance. Well actually it is – it was a movie about 16 years ago with Helen Hunt ( a fan favorite) and Mel Gibson (not so much), where a fluke accident gives him the ability to read women’s minds. Well now – wouldn’t that be telling […]
Baby, it’s cold outside! Didn’t your mother ever tell you that you lose 80% of body heat through the top of your head? Seriously? The head only represents about 10% of the body’s total surface area. So if the head were to lose even 75% of the body’s heat, it would have to lose about […]
Attention holiday shoppers, this is a newsflash. The deals are not really epic! I repeat – not epic! Black Friday is famous for its shady deals, its hype and its controversies. Who’s open, who’s closed, who’s deals are amazing and who’s deals are duds. Most retailers do offer their biggest no-holds-barred discounts of the year, but […]
It’s baaaaack! The quintessential 90’s velvet trend has circled back. From the runways to the movies, to the department stores, even home furnishings, you name it, it comes in velvet this season!I often joke with my event crowds that no doubt they have a Stevie Knicks floor length velvet skirt hanging in the dark side of […]
There are two factors to how you personally perceive yourself – I call them the 2 M’s – the mind and the mirror. How often do we hear our girlfriends say how they still feel like they are in their twenties or thirties? How they still feel like that same girl, lassy, rebel, sweetheart is […]
Flip through any style magazine today and see how many ‘fur’ items you land on. This is one of Fall’s hottest trends and granted we might like the look of real fur, but this is my personal post and I like the look of live fur so with that in mind it’s a faux-faux a […]
Female lovers of casual wear are rejoicing the return of legging season. Let’s start with the two tipping points that I have definitely written about before. Draping and leggings! And both those posts were not that favorable. Here’s a review: Draping – If you have any type of body liability and you think draping over […]
With the chill in the air, we begin to layer with the most common Fall addition being our beloved scarves. Whereas there are certain style elements that are better for your body, it is also true that there are certain styles of scarves that are a better fit for your body. Let’s start at the beginning […]
Stop Stressing About Holiday Dressing
The truth be told, many women stress daily about dressing. If you are a repeat reader you know that I spend my writing hours trying to de-stress the situations. I give advice on closet editing, building wardrobes, how to accessorize, how to dress by body proportion, how to accentuate the assets and disguise the liabilities, […]