For years I have subscribed to various magazines, relishing the smell of the freshly printed magazines and the smooth finish of the glossy covers. And for years, after I read a magazine from cover-to-cover, I went back through for one final read and ripped out a page (or pages) here and there and cataloged them: “Fashion”, “Beauty – Hair & Skin Care”, “Fitness”, “All Things Chanel”, and “Articles Worth a Second Read.” I recently went through a huge three-inch binder that held all these magazine pages and made two piles – keep and toss. My keep pile ended up quite […]
Dress Form Outfit #31
Wearing a sweater in the heat of summer often gets the wearer of the sweater the odd glance because “who would wear a sweater in this 90-degree summer heat?” The fact that this sweater is a bit on the thick side and that it has a cowl neck might turn some people off from wearing it in the summertime, but I see this sleeveless sweater as a colorful summer staple. The various shades of blue horizontal stripes alternating with the white, black, and tan stripes means you could wear it with khakis, navy cargo pants, black jeans, or crisp white […]
Weekend Home Project: Repainting Our Space
How I managed to turn a 4-6 hour repainting project into a three-day repaiting project is beyond my husband’s comprehension, but he was out of town on business when I decided to repaint our studio apartment-size space all by myself. (Sidebar: This three-day repainting project is one of the reasons why I haven’t posted a blog since last week… sorry about that!) A couple of months ago, I purchased three gallons of paint – two gallons of ColorPlace paint in Pearl Gray and one gallon of ColorPlace paint in Marshmellow White. On a whim one evening, I stopped by the […]
Dress Form Outfit #30
Summer is in full swing and my go-to outfits are either dresses or skirts. This week’s dress form is my favorite (and most worn) denim dress. I’ve owned it for probably 12 years (or more) and even though it’s faded a bit, it is still just as comfortable and “in style” (at least I think so) as the day I bought it. I paired it with a brown belt with a silver belt buckle, and draped a multi-strand turquoise necklace around the neck. In the summer, I would wear this dress with some cute brown sandals or wedges. In the […]
Victoria Beckham: A True Style Icon
“I decided what I’m going to wear and it’s been that way since I was fourteen, when my mum let me loose in C&A. She, of course, was my first fashion guru.” – Victoria Beckham, That Extra Half an Inch: Hair, Heels and Everything in Between My fascination with Victoria Beckham began in 2007 when I watched her one-hour TV special, Victoria Beckham: Coming to America. It was part factual and part documentary spoof, but I thought she was really funny and totally fashionable! I googled her and discovered that she had written not one, but two books. The first book was […]