Live your style. Wear your life.
What would it feel like to love your wardrobe? I talk a lot about building and keeping a wardrobe you love. But loving your wardrobe can be a little fraught. We keep a lot of skeletons in our closets. Last Valentine’s day we talked about love inside & out, being self-conscious and stopping being self-conscious. […]
What do you do when you’re bored with your capsule wardrobe? Capsule wardrobes have some amazing benefits, including saving time, energy and mental “what do I wear” anguish. But even the best capsule wardrobe can eventually feel stale and in need of a refresh. With a well designed capsule wardrobe you usually get tired of […]
With the new year cultural “body stuff” kicks into high gear. That can be hard. Here’s a transcript of one of the daily meditations in 5 Days of Style, intended to help you stop body shaming yourself. Body shaming can come from all sorts of places, I said in this post about buffer phrases “a […]
I love a good buffer phrase. (Aka what to say when someone comments on your clothes/body/hair/makeup/etc and you’re thrown for a loop). As we move into the new year, it’s easy to envision a grand new version of yourself. Unfortunately, those “wake up as a new person” moments aren’t that common, and (outside of movies) […]
With the turn towards colder weather New Yorkers are pulling out their winter coats, and with that comes the reemergence of a personal pet peeve of mine – coats and jackets that still have their vent threads on. So here, in no particular order, are 18 personal style secrets that stylists assume you know. And […]