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How to find your body shape without body shaming

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How to find your body shape without body shaming – it sounds impossible but doesn’t have to be.  Body shapes give us generalized language for speaking about the silhouette and lines of your body and your outfit. We can use these basic shapes to understand more about how our clothes work and don’t work for […]

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On starting small and building your personal style

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Where I am, today’s temperature has a low almost at 0ºF (-17°C), and a high well below freezing, so I am delighting in having access to a wood stove (in addition to the centralized heating). Between snowy woods out the window, a red fox hanging around, and sipping tea by a warm fire it’s all […]

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Best and worst dress for your body shape: what works for every shape

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While there are more similarities than differences between the body shapes, most techniques work for some but not all shapes. However, the suggestions I’m covering in this post work for every shape. Here are the “best” and “worst” dress (and more!) for your body shape (for every shape!).  This is a sample from Holly’s Guide […]

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How to dress for your body shape with care: the first vital skill you need

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When you’re learning how to dress for your body shape with care there is an often overlooked foundation skill that you need before you can implement any of the tactics.  We hear things all the time like “define your waist!” and “wear this neckline!” and “don’t wear that!” But before you can make any of […]

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Have you fallen for these personal style myths?

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Personal Style Myths Blog

Here are three common personal style myths that I’ve been hearing a lot lately – what they are, why they are not true, and what to consider instead. Have you fallen for any of them? Personal Style Myth 1: The complete closet purge… As the season begins to change and back to school is officially […]

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