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Fashion magazines, style books, and runway shows all are great sources of inspiration, but personal style is just that: personal. Individual. How do you want to dress? What types of clothing make you look and feel your best? Which pieces make you squeal with glee*? Here are a few things that [...]
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Quick Tip: Determining Your Personal Style
Fashion magazines, style books, and runway shows all are great sources of inspiration, but personal style is just that: personal. Individual. How do you want to dress? What types of clothing make you look and feel your best? Which pieces make you squeal with glee*? Here are a few things that [...]
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Quick Change: Polka Dot Shorts + White Top
With a simple pop of color: Shirt: Forever 21 Shorts: Madewell Belt: J Crew With a striped cardi: Cardi and bracelets: J Crew
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3 Ways to Wear an Embroidered Tank
With shorts: Straw Fedora: Mossimo Supply Co. (Target) Embroidered Tank: Old Navy Shorts: J Crew (styled differently in this post) Sunglasses: Ray-Ban With distressed jeans: Belt: J Crew Jeans: All Saints (styled differently here) Shoes: Juicy Couture With leggings and a denim shirt: Denim Shirt: American Eagle Sweatpant [...]
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Breads, Cakes, and Cookies!
DISCLAIMER: Although bits and pieces of fruits/veggies may have wandered into be present in some of these images, this is NOT a health food post. Not in the slightest True to his word, hub bought a waffle maker and got to work making some Wafles & Dinges-like waffles. The recipe literally took three [...]
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Pairings: Colorblock Shell + Button Down
Spring: Shell: J Crew Button Down: Theory Crop jeans: Denim & Supply Ralph Lauren (styled two additional ways in this post) Leopard print sandals: Marc Fisher Fall: Striped shirt and tweed pants: Club Monaco
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Brocade and a Mini
I have a confession to make: I will fall in love in a second with pieces made in fabrics that look like they belong on someone’s great-grandmother’s sofa… or on her curtains. Don’t believe me? Just watch: this jacket or this one; this cardi; these shorts… oh, and this very boxy gold [...]
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Current Faves: Nail Polish Picks
Nail polish – both color and brand – is a very personal thing: What one woman swears lasts for two weeks on her nails, refuses to last even 24 hours on another’s. Unfortunately, my nails typically fall into the “another’s” category because polishes tend to go all chip city on [...]
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Anchors!
Anchor Earrings: J Crew, surprise gift from my hubby I am in love with anchor prints and motifs (check out my Anchors board on Pinterest!) …another of my One Hundred Anchor Print Skirt: J Crew Ladylike Jacket: J Crew (styled differently in this post) Piped Shirt: Banana Republic (similar here [...]
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Quick Tip: Produce Prep = Easy Healthy Eating
When I first started trying to eat more healthily, I would buy tons of fresh fruits and veggies, and stash them in the fridge. Then, a week or two later, I would find myself throwing out all the mushy, moldy, overripe, and uneaten produce I’d spent good money on the [...]
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2 Ways to Wear Stripes and Florals
Technically, the print on these shorts is more of a leaf-print than a true floral, but that would’ve made the post title way too long. You know what I mean: Floral-ish Popover and belt: J Crew Shorts: Madewell Crossbody bag: Fossil (similar… except I snagged this one for only $18 [...]
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Gray, Dark Olive, and Black/White Print
Disclaimer: I realize that it is a zillion degrees and climbing in the A right now, but it was pretty cool out when I visited NYC earlier this month. Here’s a quick – very quick because I’m sweating just looking at these pics – look at one of the combinations I [...]
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Reader Request: How to Put Together Looks
Reader Request: Now that it seems that the warm weather is here to stay, I guess it is time to pull together some summer looks. I realize that I do not plan my outfits in advance and find myself wearing the same thing over and over or what I can [...]
