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Love your wardrobe like you love your friends. 15 quotes on love for Valentine’s Day

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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.  […]

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Bored with your capsule wardrobe? How to update it

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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 […]

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How to stop body shaming yourself with your clothes

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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 […]

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What to say when you don’t know what to say

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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) […]

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Personal Style Secrets about Jacket Vent Threads and 17 Other Things Stylists Assume You Know

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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 […]

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