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Styling a Knit Dress for Fall and Winter

A member of the Wardrobe Oxygen Community reached out asking for advice on styling a knit dress for fall and winter. She purchased a striped long-sleeved t-shirt-style dress and wanted advice on styling it as the weather got colder. Below I share my tips along with some sample outfits. Hi Allie, I bought an adorable… Continue Reading Styling a Knit Dress for Fall and Winter

Even the avant garde fashion industry takes on its own standards (though one could argue that’s the point of avant garde fashion itself). In his spring 1997 collection, Martin Margiela, known for deconstructing the typical, examined the dress form and its implied standardization by mimicking it in a linen jacket. Image courtesy The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) Online Collections.

Fashion Undressed | A Womanly Figure: Considering the Dress Form

This morning I pulled out a favorite dress for the first time in ages. It’s a loose, straight piece, nearly “shapeless.” To render it office-appropriate and add definition mimicking my body shape, I belted it. As I saw my now cinched waist in the mirror, I considered the female form, which led to me thinking… Continue Reading Fashion Undressed | A Womanly Figure: Considering the Dress Form

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Recent Fashion Purchases: Hits and Misses

Change in weather, preparing for BlogHer and other vacations, and spending the majority of last summer in a bulky cast has caused me to do some clothing shopping! Here’s what I’ve tried and which things were fails and which were wins: Shop the Post: J. Crew Factory Denim Jacket Mega win! I’ve been turned off… Continue Reading Recent Fashion Purchases: Hits and Misses