Strategic Style

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Welcome to "Strategic Style".  Unlike most fashion blogs. it doesn’t spotlight how great I look in the hottest seasonal trends. I occasionally use my clothes as examples, but this blog isn’t about ME - or about trends either.

It’s about YOU, and classic design principles to determine wardrobe choices that showcase the fabulous things  about you.  Then you'll shop strategically, dress effortlessly and feel confident about your appearance no matter your lifestyle, age, size or budget.

It is the clothes’ responsibility to make YOU look good  -- not the other way around.  You'll look  best in clothes and accessories that have “points of connection” to you.  The more characteristics in common between you and your clothes, the more fabulous you'll look. Your stuff will look classier too, based on that repetition.

Things that connect with you also connect with one another, creating more mix-and-match than you ever imagined.  Shop less, spend less and feel great about how you look every day. Put wardrobe issues on the back burner and head out the door every day with confidence to play your special role in the world!   Welcome aboard!

New Navy Blazer. Now What?

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“Everybody” knows that a classic navy blazer is a wardrobe must-have, right?  So I got one, then realized that the standard coordinates aren’t my style.  Khaki pants, camel trousers and the like are great with the jacket … but not on me.  My current navy bottoms aren’t a color match for the jacket – no surprise  since there are so many shades of navy.  Now what?

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A Stroke of Jean-ius!

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Tired of jeans and pants that don’t really fit?  Gap at the waist?  Too full thru the hips?  Never long enough? THERE IS AN ANSWER!

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The Perfect Blush-y Skin-tone Shell

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I talk all the time about how a pale blush color — somewhere between peach and pink – is a deliciously flattering alternative for the bright white T-shirts that are being heavily promoted as layering pieces this Fall.  And you tell me “Great idea Nance, but where am I supposed to find one?”

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Restyling to Minimize Hips/Tummy

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I introduced an August Challenge in our subscription online community:  Beat late-summer boredom by creating a new outfit each day, combining pieces you already own.  In the process I discovered a way to make many of the tops in my current closet a lot more flattering regardkess if the season …

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Stylish Transitions for Changing Weather

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Septermber is a tricky month for wardrobe choices.  The calendar says it’s Fall but – in many parts of the country – the thermometer says maybe it’s still Summer.  And the balance shifts back and forth daily.  What to wear is an ongoing challenge.  Here are tips to recombine your pieces to suit this shifting environment …

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