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Find your focus: intentional personal style and the Eisenhower Matrix

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Intentional personal style and the Eisenhower Matrix

What should you focus on to create an intentional personal style? That is an excellent question.  There are plenty of things we do for our personal style. We get dressed, we go shopping, we organize our closets, we define our style qualities, we clarify what we value, etc. etc. etc.  So what to focus on […]

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On the Hunt for a Button-Up Shirt That Fits (in More Ways Than One)

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On the Hunt for a Button-Up Shirt That Fits in More Ways Than One Blog Graphic

I recently ordered a number of button-up shirts. I find them a thing to get right. so I’ve been ​on the hunt for a button-up shirt that fits for awhile Clients are always amazed at how many elements go into getting a piece of clothing to fit right. ​Physically fit,​ yes. But also fit their […]

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How will you use Halloween as a style portal this year?

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How will you use Halloween as a style portal this year Blog Graphic

As we go into Halloween season, remember you can use Halloween as a style portal to make changes that might otherwise be met with resistance or blowback.​ From Style Portals and why I cover Halloween costumes among finding your authentic day to day style: “Halloween costumes can act as a little bit of a design […]

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Is your closet like a hotel? Then you’ll never have cohesive style

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Is your closet like a hotel? Then you'll never have cohesive style

Cohesive style. Closets. Hotels. It comes together in the end. I’m currently reading an Agatha Christie novel and one of the characters was said to have “a heart like a hotel” – a revolving cast of love interests, none of whom stay long. I find this an amazing phrase, and reminded me immediately of one […]

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The siren’s song of the “fall wardrobe refresh”

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Are you hearing the calls for a fall wardrobe refresh?

We’re still in the beautiful final days of summer around here, but fall is beginning to whisper. Are you hearing the calls for a “fall wardrobe refresh?” Does that phrase immediately spark thoughts of donation dropoffs and shopping trips? (Or perhaps more cynically “what’s that going to cost?”) I responded to this note the other […]

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