As a child, I was one of those (misguided) girls with a smidgen of artistic talent who sketched teal gown after teal gown (it was the 80s, after all). I dreamed of attending fashion school and presenting at runway shows in New York. But then I wanted to be a marine biologist, a biology teacher,… Continue Reading Fashion Undressed: From the Runway, with Reason
In my adult life, I’ve been an English as a Second Language Teacher, a school administrator, a Capitol Hill staffer, an environmental advocate, and an energy lobbyist. I’m also a single mother, a wannabe writer and an intermittent blogger with the best of intentions to post more frequently. I’ve toyed over the years with becoming… Continue Reading A Life, Replotted: Finding My Path
My name is Phyllis, and I’m a hard-core beauty junkie. An overflowing cosmetics bag and make-up littered vanity attest to this fact. Yet, most days my face does not. I feed my addiction regularly. There’s nothing I love more than filling department store and online shopping carts with flawless foundations, eye shadow palettes and mascaras… Continue Reading A ‘Good Enough’ Face
By Kim Kash I live in Saudi Arabia, where Muslim women cover their hair (and sometimes their whole face except for their eyes) and wear loose-fitting, long garments. I’m an American living on a very large, international compound where women do not have to cover. So I am hardly an expert on Saudi women’s fashion.… Continue Reading Covered Style, Fashion in the Middle East
By Alison Santighian When we don’t feel well,…OK…when I don’t feel well, I want to hide. I want to bury my head under the covers, close my eyes, and not see a thing. I don’t want to lay eyes on anyone, let alone myself. Whether I’m under the weather physically, or whether I’m under a… Continue Reading Dress Like You Mean It