Chapter One: Seasonless Black Trousers
The item I think is the most important part of any woman’s wardrobe is a pair of seasonless black trousers. This is the foundation of any successful wardrobe regardless of your age, size, shape, or lifestyle.
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Take Charge of Your Closet: Less Shopping, More Style
I bought these two skirts (link and link) from LOFT, and I love them, but I cannot figure out how to style them! Nothing I have seems to look right. (I could use a wardrobe overall to begin with. I feel like I have tons of stuff, and spend too much on clothes all the…
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Committed to Consciousness – The Case for Ethical Fashion
by KC Sledd It’s not easy to be an informed consumer. In fact, it can be downright disheartening, particularly when it comes to something you love. For example, Fashion. I lovingly sketched clothing designs in the margins in my notebooks as a child, I cried when I first touched Chanel, and my mother bought be…
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A Life, Replotted: Owning the O
“You gonna come for me?” my date said more than asked, too matter-of-factly as he unceremoniously slid his hand inside my jeans. “No,” I blurted out, not giving my mind time to volley between honesty and charades. “I’m not.” As the words came out, a jolt of power rushed through my body. Or maybe it…
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Fashion Undressed: Plagiarism as Design Inspiration?
“It’s been done before.” If you’ve watched any of the ubiquitous fashion design shows, you’ve heard coaches, mentors, and judges critique rising courtiers, telling them that their designs aren’t new. “What goes around, comes around.” Not just life advice, those of us who’ve been around tend to roll our eyes at the cyclical versions of…
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Jumpsuits that Fit, Flatter, and Let You Pee
I’m a jumpsuit fan. I’ve been rocking jumpsuits for almost two decades and now every retail seems to carry one every season. Every time I feature a jumpsuit on the blog or Instagram I always have at least one person say they never thought a soft curvy person or a petite person could carry off…
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What I Wore: Back to Basics
Shirt: c/o Foxcroft | Jeans: Gap | Shoes: Nine West With the changing of the seasons, I looked back at blog archives of what I wore previous autumns and I must say a lot of it hurts my head. And a lot of it I no longer own because after a season of its extreme…
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Sharing Positivity and Style
Last Tuesday I went to one of the most fantastic fashion events in all my years of blogging. I entered the beautiful venue to a room glowing with the setting sun streaming through the large windows, live music, and stylish people milling about, drinking signature cocktails and enjoying appetizers served by waitstaff in tuxedos. Art…
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Weekend Reads for the 4th of July Weekend
Music, art, movies, style inspo, a TON of really good holiday weekend sales, and the best reads I read this week!
