Seattle Street Style – “Fun” Neutrals
Whoever said neutrals are boring didn't know this lovely gal. Meet Niusha, new to Seattle from Dallas, TX,...
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3 Lessons from the Street
Here are three street style photos and one big lesson to apply from each!
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Angela Scott in Chicago
On my way to Chicago recently, I noticed shoe designer Angela Scott posted on Instagram from the stainless steel sculpture Cloud Gate in Millennium Park...
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Seattle Street Style – Inaugural Edition
Most people imagine that Seattle style is casual, if not sloppy, and not at all stylish. I beg to differ!
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The Hallmark of Great Style
A woman with great style has a wardrobe that celebrates the woman she is today, regardless of her weight or her shape.
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2016 – What’s New with You?
I do not make New Year’s resolutions. Rather, I like to take a personal inventory. I like to look at how I improved (or did not improve) over the past year. And then I like to look forward, both personally and professionally.
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My Date With Drew Barrymore
Drew is on a 10-city tour to promote her new book Wildflower, which is filled with personal stories (aka essays). She is quick to note this book is not a memoir. Drew said she felt "memoir" is too heavy a word for what she wanted to do with this book.
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Fall 2015 – The Confident Woman
The Fall 2015 woman blazes her own path and she calls her own shots. She wears what she loves, and she masterfully combines masculine with feminine
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How To Create a Wardrobe Shopping List
Why do you need a shopping list? For starters, most purchases are impulse buys. And let's face it, it is difficult to have a wardrobe that works for you if it is full of impulse buys. Any guilty parties out there?
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Amp Up Your Career Style
Chances are when you started your career, you purchased the basic work wardrobe required for your job. The trouble is, that basic wardrobe does nothing to excite you, and it most certainly does not communicate your personal style.
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Wardrobe Cake & Icing
A well-balanced wardrobe includes what I call cake and icing. Sounds delicious, doesn't it? The cake of your wardrobe are the wardrobe classics. These are the pieces that are available in some version year after year.
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Alternative to Shorts
Some of you face a dilemma this time of year. The temps are creeping up, but you are not a "shorts" person. What is a gal to do? Allow me to suggest an alternative, which is universally flattering. Enter the circle skirt. This skirt has ease around the hips because of its slight a-line shape. ...
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Camouflage as Neutral?
It has long been said that animal print is a neutral. Put your animal print pieces with anything and forget about it. I definitely enjoy surprising people by wearing my animal print skinny belt over a printed top. With that in mind, I thought I'd test drive camo as neutral. We have been seeing camouflage-printed...
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Bad Combos? Pink & Green and Orange & Black
One of my wonderful readers said he dislikes pink and green in combination and orange and black. I agree, those are difficult color pairings which are best avoided in most cases. However, since I'm not one to say "never" in most cases, I set out to create two Polyvore sets with these colors together. What...
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Alternative “Neutral” Colors
I suppose one definition for a neutral color would be a color that pairs well with most other colors. When we think of neutrals, our minds generally go to cream, black, white, gray, taupe and so on. But what about mustard, periwinkle and royal blue as neutrals? Hmmm... Once you start to think about it,...
