Wardrobe Building from Scratch – Starting Over

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Wardrobe Building What would you do if you had to build your wardrobe from scratch?  Start over…with everything? How would you go about wardrobe building? This week I had a client whose closet was destroyed by fire and this is what she is facing.  In some ways, I think that she is lucky…she may have [...]

Hair-Tales from the Gray Side

Style YOUniversity

Hair, sometimes can be a real pain in the neck!  Women have a love – hate relationship with hair.  Like our cars, we love them when they work and look good, hate them when they don’t work or need service. Clairol once had an advertising campaign “does she or doesn’t she….” only her hairdresser knows! [...]

Stepping Up to Style with Spring Trends

Spring Style

It’s time you stepped outside your comfort zone and stepped up to STYLE! Spring Trends are all about outerwear, denim and fresh flirty looks. I was reading an article about New York Fashion Week recently and a few points stuck out as reminders to staying in style and staying with trends.….Outerwear, Denim and Looking Youthful.  [...]

Pant-Styles-for-Your-Wardrobe

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Lately, we’ve been “in” your closet assessing what’s needed to make it work.   We’ve discussed “variety” and making sure that you have the variety you need to create the looks that you want. It’s funny, when I ask my clients what they need they say they have a “million” black pants in their closet.  When [...]

Life-Style-Safety-in-Numbers

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Less is more….you’ve heard it….I’ve said it, but is it really true? Is less really more or do you find comfort in quantity? A quick look into your closet will show you the answer.  How many black pants do you have hanging there?  How many jackets?  How many shoes? There may be safety in numbers [...]

3 Simple Rules to Stay Engaged

OldMan

Success can betrays us.  Sometimes we lose ourselves in our accomplishments and think that because we have achieved success we don’t  need to pay attention to our image.  We even wonder why people no longer want to engage in conversation with us. Recently, I had an opportunity to speak to an author about a book [...]

Denim-DNA-the-Problem-With-Jeans

Recently on one of my “webinar wednesday” events we discussed jeans and How to Get a Great Pair of Jeans.  You know it’s not just about getting the right style for your body.  You might get a great style and something still goes wrong. Particularly with jeans you MUST KNOW what goes into the production [...]

Style Magic What’s Your G.P.S.?

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Do you have a “Greatest Personal Style”? Where do you get your guidance for your style? Would you say that your style is definable?  Who do you consider to be your style icons? What is your G.P.S.?  Your Greatest Personal Style? When you go to places unknown you take a map, right?  If you don’t [...]

Impulsive Style-Is it Yours?

Women-SHopping

Have you ever walked into a store knowing you wanted, even needed something and 4 hours later walked out with a mixture of delight and trepidation, bags in hand?  You are delighted because you have fulfilled the need to buy something new.  You are fearful because now you don’t really know what to do with [...]

How DEEP Do You Go?

Color Pattern

I was with a client last week who is a “model student”.  She really wants to learn HOW to work with her wardrobe and has followed the suggestions that I made to her about going deep with a color. Building a wardrobe can be fun and easier when you approach it simply by choosing 1 [...]