wardrobe coordination
Wardrobe update for those new “silver highlights”
In the past few months, lots of cool brunettes have been discovering – and often celebrating – the un-pigmented strands of hair they have long been coloring over. If you are one with this wonderfully mixed hair color, consider shifting your Key Neutral to taupe ( a grayed brown … or a brown-y gray, whichever…
Read MorePicking & Pairing Impactful Prints
Since I’ve been teaching about print selection – and especially since my article on the topic for Threads magazine – I’ve realized that my own wardrobe was the opposite of most of my clients’. The typical client’s closet has too many prints; my closet actually had very, very few. I’ve worked to add more patterned…
Read MoreStyle Dilemma: I’ve heard that black doesn’t flatter everyone, but it seems so easy to mix and match with other colors – what’s the deal?
Style Solution: Although the popular fashion myth is that everything goes with black, in truth “everything that goes with black goes with black.” Clear, bright, cool colors like those shown below look great with black. (Many other colors – especially softer, warmer or more muted ones – not so much.) Those combinations are also easy…
Read MoreStyle Dilemma: My blond hair makes Camel my key neutral. What colors do I coordinate with it?
Style Solution: Blondes are usually overpowered by black and showcased by their particular shade of camel. All the women pictured below wear camel beautifully. Golden blondes like the woman on the far right should seek out equally golden camel or caramel tones; ash blondes want a less golden, more champagne or tan version of camel.
Read MoreStyle Dilemma: OK, so my key neutral is BROWN. Now what do I wear with it?
Style Solution: Brown – in it’s various versions – is flattering to far more women than black, and because it’s unexpected, it is more interesting too. Many, many less saturated colors look wonderfully sophisticated with brown. Women with color patterns like these look gorgeous in various shades of brown:
Read MoreStyle Dilemma: How can I make my key neutral – gray – look more exciting and sophisticated?
Style Solution: Mix gray separates with accent pieces and accessories in clear, cool, softly-bright colors. Pinks, blues, blue-based greens and purples play happily with both light and more mid-tone grays. Keep any metallic details – buttons, jewelry, handbag closures, decorative zippers – in silver or pewter rather than gold.
Read MoreSmart Shopping at Summer Clearance Sales
Do you love shopping the sales, but find too many of those so-called bargains end up gathering dust in the back of your closet. Want to be a more savvy sale shopper? Here’s how: to take advantage of end-of-season bargains – without being taken advantage of yourself – you’ll want to SWAP. No, I don’t mean…
Read MoreWardrobe Challenge: Shop in Your Closet
It’s embarrassing to admit, but it’s true: I am just about the laziest person you can imagine when it comes to my wardrobe. I get stuck in a rut – wearing the same few outfits over and over while lots of other great options hang in my closet. I’ve identified two causes. (1). Sometimes an…
Read MoreMaximizing Mix & Match for Any Lifestyle – Part 2
Last week we created the start of a 12-piece wardrobe with a Core Four in navy blue. Now let’s layer some accent-color over-tops onto the pants+shell and the skirt+shell columns and link the color combinations with accessories to polish off each outfit.
Read MoreProfessional Denim – and How to Do It
Your company’s dress policy should clarify the when – and whether – jeans are officeappropriate. But whether your office allows jeans every day or just on Fridays, it’s important to polish the look to maintain your professional presence. Jeans — by the way — are defined by the styling, not by the blue denim. Details…
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