Style

Have a signature gift wrap. Everyday Tips #12

January 12, 2012

Stop driving yourself crazy every time you have to wrap a gift. Figure out a signature giftwrap technique now, and make your life easier. Pick a color. Stock up on paper in that color. (I like orange, but you may like white and red stripes, or blue, silver, plain kraft paper.) Buy a lot of [...]

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We are frozen in time

December 8, 2011

I just read one of those articles that puts into words something that I’ve been thinking about for a while. Don’t you love it when that happens? It saves me the trouble of writing it. The article I read was in Vanity Fair, “You Say You Want a Devolution?“. It’s about how until the 90s [...]

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A girl should be two things…

August 25, 2011

Didn’t expect to find this quote in my tiny New England town center. I agree! A girl should be two things: Classy and Fabulous — Coco Chanel

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Style Rules: Why I like them, and why I break them

June 29, 2011

Last week, Design Mom asked a question about personal style, “Do you like style rules? Or do they stress you out?” My answer? I don’t mind rules. They let you know which ones to break when you want to stand out. Gabrielle’s question was in response to Ines de la Fressange’s edict on earrings and necklaces — [...]

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Pinterested!

June 23, 2011

I have an obsession, and it is called Pinterest. I’d love your pinterest account name if you have one. Mine is Roxanna. Let’s pin together! We can be pinning buddies, like Pam and I are. (Let me know if you need an invite. I’ll see if I can hook you up.) Here is a sampling [...]

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How to define your personal style: Making it work

May 26, 2011

(I found this image on pinterest.com linked from here — I hate not having the original source, if you know who made it let me know.) So we’ve created our inspiration board and faced the best and worst in our closets. What next? You’ve done all the work. Now, my friends comes the easy part. Now [...]

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How to define your personal style: The ugly

May 25, 2011

This is an ongoing series on how to define your personal style. Part 1: “Shopper, know thyself” is here and part 2: “The good” is here OK. So now that you’ve thought about what your perfect world would look like and have picked your favorites from your real wardrobe it’s time to take everything out from [...]

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How to define your personal style: The good

May 20, 2011

This is an ongoing series on how to define your personal style. Part 1: “Shopper, know thyself” is here. So. We’ve talked about the first step in defining your personal style — collecting images that are attractive to you, no matter how unrealistic or whether they’re related to clothing. Now that you’ve figured out what it is [...]

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How to define your personal style: Shopper, know thyself

May 17, 2011

Because most of us can’t walk around like this. Question: Why should you define your personal style? Answer: Because you have to get dressed every day. If your closets are full of clothes and somehow you never have anything to wear, if you end up panic shopping before every important trip or social function, if [...]

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The Humble Shoe Clip

April 11, 2011

BAN.DO Pom Pom Shoe Clips at Faire Frou Frou I can’t possibly be the only person that associates shoe clips with grandmas and brides — yes, they have a bit of a stodgy reputation. But I’m thinking it’s time to rethink my stance. Shoe clips are genius: They give boring shoes new life, they’re multipurpose [...]