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My Favorite Loungewear and Sleepwear for Curves
When you’re soft and curvy, it’s harder to find flattering sleepwear and loungewear. Add kids or roommates into the equation, and you want some modesty with your comfort. These are my favorite loungewear and sleepwear pieces that let me be comfy after a long day at work, have me covered when Emerson comes running in…
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How to Style Pantone’s Pink Quartz for Winter and into Spring and Summer
Pantone recently declared that Rose Quartz and Serenity are the two colors of the year for 2016. Describing Rose Quartz Pantone wrote, “The soothing, calming nature of colors in the Spring collections are led by Rose Quartz, a persuasive yet gentle tone that conveys compassion and a sense of composure. Like a serene sunset, flushed…
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Capsule Wardrobe: Feminine Menswear
I’m 62. I’m slim and small of bust. I run, bike, and do yoga and still work full-time. I like clothing, but I never seem to buy the right thing. I shop and shop, I’m ashamed to admit I have more than one closet in my home filled to the brim yet I never seem…
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How to Create a Formalwear Capsule Wardrobe
In my dressy fashion emergency kit post, Lisa mentioned in the comments that the post needed an image of a capsule wardrobe. It’s funny, I write about capsule wardrobes all the time, but didn’t even think of this emergency kit being a capsule wardrobe! I decided to elaborate a bit in a separate post as…
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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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Be Ready for Any Formal Event: The Fancy Fashion Emergency Kit
It’s the holiday season… and that means likely you’ll get invited to an event that requires an outfit a step above jeans and ankle boots. Don’t blow your paycheck on a dress you’ll never wear again – that’s not smart and truthfully that’s not stylish. Here’s how to buy less, but still look utterly chic…
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What I Wore: Adoring ADORA in Marsala for the Holidays
Blazer: c/o Talbots (on sale!) | Tee: Old Navy | Watch: c/o Larsson & Jennings | Rose Gold Skull Ring: c/o Jeulia | Jeans: c/o Talbots | Shoes: VANELi c/o Marmi Shoes | Bag: c/o ADORA Bags I love my black ADORA Bags tote and have been using it regularly since I received it last…
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Ask Allie: Personal Style with a Health Condition
I have multiple health conditions which make dressing nicely difficult. The two hardest are that 1. I can’t wear pants (or tights!) of any type and 2. I can only wear a few “comfort” shoes. Mainly Algeria Palomas. I can get by with some cute Merrell flats or Uggs for a very short time, if…
