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Fashion and Style

Underneath It All

February 5, 2010

This is a guest post by Lisa McLatchie of the Practical Fashionista.  Lisa is personal stylist whose focus is on helping you to develop your individual style in a functional, realistic and cost effective way.
Oprah has dedicated entire “interventions” to it. WNTW’s Stacy and Clinton are always talking about it.  And I can’t tell you [...]

Paris, Je T’Aime

January 31, 2010

Last week I visited Paris to attend the Maison et Objets show for work and to sneak in a few days in a city I love with the guy I love.  As we wandered the streets with no particular destination in mind (we'd seen all the major sights on a previous trip), I reflected on [...]

Links à la Mode: January 21

January 24, 2010

I am sitting in a cafe on Blvd Saint Germain in Paris right now simultaneously catching up on work and personal emails (and sipping on a cafe creme).  I was so delighted to find that my "Make a Most-Coveted List" post was selected this week for Links à la Mode by Dramatis Personae!
Check out the links below for  meaty [...]

Make a “Most Coveted” List

January 19, 2010

After I began the "new way to clean your closet" exercise, I started thinking about my shopping habits in general. What if, instead of spending impulsively, I made a list of my most coveted pieces and pulled it out whenever I am about to buy a cheap and cheerful something? Might that make [...]

A New Way to Clean Out Your Closet

January 11, 2010

After the excess of the holidays I tend to adopt a more minimalist outlook.  This year the manifestation of this mindset took the form of: de-cluttering every single surface in our apartment (cleansing on so many levels!), tracking purchases and avoiding any unnecessary ones and tackling the monster that is my closet.  The traditional rule [...]

Link Love: Part 3 of 3 Fashion & Style

January 6, 2010

To round out my list of favourite blogs and websites, I've included my top style and fashion picks below.  Click here for my favourite business and entrepreneurship sites and here for my favourite sites for inspiration.  I would love to hear what yours are!
Who What Wear Daily:  A fun and inspiring celebrity style and fashion [...]

Five Easy Holiday Dressing Tips

December 6, 2009

I wrote a post this time last year about easy dressing for the holidays.  As I read it again I realized it was proof that true style is eternal.  There is no need to reinvent the wheel every year, just to give it some oil and maybe a shine (ok, bad analogy!).  Read on for [...]

Shop Your Own Closet with Wendy

December 3, 2009

I have written about Shopping Your Own Closet before, but I was prompted to write about it again after learning of my friend Wendy's service through her company, The Refinery.  For only $120 Wendy will help you make 30 outfits out of what you already own. That is just $4 an outfit! When you think [...]

How to Dress with Bollywood Flair

November 18, 2009

As a follow up to the popular "Six Ways to Dress like a Parisian", I wanted to write about how to use my own culture for inspiration in dressing.  Indian style is lush (beautiful jewel tones) and rich (lots of gold) sometimes to the point of being gawdy, but it is all relative.  If you [...]

The Lazy Fashionista

November 4, 2009

When you are a self-proclaimed style expert, you are supposed to walk the walk and talk the talk and practice what you preach.  It would not do, for example, for me to wear rubber flip flops on the street after my post about Style Do's and Don'ts.  But I have a confession to make: I [...]

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