How do you differentiate between having a scarcity mentality and having a capsule wardrobe? The advice in most traditional books about style (including my own) is to start with a few good, classic pieces and then build. You can create quite a lot of looks with a solid set of quality basics and a handful…
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Pursuing Beauty: In Honesty
The month coming up will have to be another opportunity to pursue beauty in movement… because I found something out this month. The body is the shell of the snail, it is inextricably woven with the state of the soul. This month I was stressed and tired and besieged, and actively did not want to stretch…
Translucent: Wearing Your Mood
Beauty isn’t always about pursuing the most powerful statement, sometimes beauty is in revealing the truth of where you are… Right now I’m feeling pretty tired, pretty translucent… but, as a Spring, translucent colors suit me. I can glean the beauty even through exhaustion, if I’ll let myself be a window rather than pushing…
New year, new you?
I’d like to challenge that concept. Instead of a “new” you – how about finding the woman you are inside and bringing her to the forefront? As a journey, this offers fascinating discoveries. As a resolution, you’re more likely to stick with dressing like the woman you are than a woman you are not. If…
Dress the body you have
Does anyone really love the body that they have? I don’t think so. If so, I’ve never met someone who just loved their body without quibble or something that they’d change, given the opportunity. I was putting my hair up this morning and using the double mirror in the bathroom to make sure my…
Working with your husband’s preferences
I was out to dinner with my husband last night after spending the day stuffing Christmas cards. I remarked to him on my being still covered with glitter, and he responded that he had just been about to compliment me on it! I blinked, and was told that he liked the youthful whimsy attendant…
Don’t be afraid to be beautiful
One of the biggest blocks to style is the fear of being too stylish, too beautiful, too seen. A lot of us just want to be pretty “enough”. Enough to be thought well of, enough to fit in, enough to feel confident in our skins. And there’s nothing wrong with that, especially in…
Developing Personal Style
Details. The devil’s in the details. That extra half inch, to quote Victoria Beckham – it’s that that makes the difference between run of the mill and amazing. But how do you figure it out? If I cut my hair in Beckham’s wedge, I’d look like an alien, not at all like myself. You…
Why does the Orthopedist Hate Style?
One of the things that sets me apart from most image consultants is that I’m not automatically going to recommend a 3″ heel for every woman. Now, it’s not that 3″ heels aren’t amazing – they are. But not every woman can wear them, or wants to. What happens when you hie yourself off to…
Proportion is everything
I am fortunate to have the best BFF in the world… and fortunately for you, my BFF and I are the same height are the same age are within 5lb of the same weight wear the same size clothing look good in exactly the same colors We’re taking as many variables out of this figure…