February 2012
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New Closet: The Accessory Edition—Shoes
Now that you’ve edited your clothes thoroughouly, you might think your closet’s palette has gone from wildly colorful to stark bland. Fear not! There’s a solution to splash a little color to your classic blacks, whites and neutrals.
They’re called accessories and they can be tricky.
You can either use accessories to punctuate an outfit with the right colored shoes or a bold piece of jewelry,...
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January 2012
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New Year, New Closet: The Essentials Part II
We continue our quest into the New Year with a new outlook, not just for closet but for yourself. Sometimes clothes can do wonders for your confidence and attitude as you greet the day ahead. Fashion, can be akin to uniform as you battle through and trouble shoot what life throws at you. Face those challenges with right armor-intimidate it with your chicness and take it down with a submission....
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“I have my mantra about silhouette, proportion, and fit. I believe that when they...”
– Tim Gunn
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New Year, New Closet: The Essentials Part I
As far as fresh starts go, there’s nothing wrong with a little closet editing in the first few weeks of the shiny, brand new year. You don’t need pockets full of cash to completely overhaul your wardrobe. Coco Chanel was said to have only 3 suits in her armoire: black, navy blue and a taupe or neutral color.
For those who want to have a new style or new direction in their fashion...
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my ruby red slippers
Every girl needs a pair of bold heels.
The kind that screams “make way for the queen!”
That shoots your confidence to the sky and shatters it to pieces.
A pair, equivalent to cojones.
These are mine. I call them my ruby red slippers, not because I feel like Dorothy in them. But because when I turn to see how far I’ve traversed and the trail that I’ve blazed, I see...
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December 2011
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September 2011
4 posts
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to live in color
this week: red
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alice in techno-pink
I have two pink dresses. They’re both special in their own way, but one of them has a name: Alice.
When I saw her hanging in the boutique, by it self-away from the other garments- mounted like a piece of art on a white wall as its backdrop, she looked like an Alice.
It’s bold paisley patterns arabesque all over the fabric. While the shades of pink bounced off like beams of sunlight. It had a...
August 2011
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to live in color
this week: pink
July 2011
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i dream of dior, but recommend reading it...?
is an entirely different story. one that no dress can make up for.
i was thrilled to discover the book at a close fashionista friend of of mine. I was excited to for the prospect of learning something new about dior: origins, his claim to fashion innovations, revolutionary silhouette, ect. i was surprised that the book had nothing to do with the designer.
instead the preface and introduction...
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“Zest is the secret of all beauty. There is no beauty that is attractive without...”
– Dior
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May 2011
5 posts
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if only i could.... →
“An infamous Little Black Dress: Edith Piaf, performed in a black sheath dress...”
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to live in color
this week we look at the color: black
typewriter: an ode
It was so incredibly sad to hear the end is nearing for the iconic typewriter. There is a wealth of meaning to this simple writing machine. It holds an immediacy of print. Something akin to carving names and dates on wood stumps and drying concrete. It will be there for a very long time.
It’s proof of letters, words and sentences all neatly lined on the page in black and white just like...
April 2011
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typewriters: writing themsleves into history →
“A girl should be two things: classy and fabulous.”