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Frigid weather and cover-ups for dressy evenings
posted on Monday, December 17, 2007
I just read a bit of "advice' by a style columnist in a very well -known magazine.
The advice was to be "practical" by wearing a short coat in wool or down ...just to get you from point A to point B.
I know it's usually a short distance (though not always..)...
But my view is so different.
Yes, I think you should be warm, but it's worth the effort (and if you can afford the expense) to pull together a cape or large shawl or long coat that will jive and compliment your dressed-up look. The alternative is like taking a subway to a black-tie event...it kind of takes the spirit away...don't you think?
UGGS are everywhere...and yet...
posted on Friday, December 14, 2007
Will they always be?
As I look at the winter wonderland outside my window I can almost rest assured that if it's a female that first crosses my vision between the age of one to 50 she may almost certainly be wearing a version of Uggs. Teenage girls love them so much they're running around in their Ugg boots and mini skirts even in the summer!
Originally (when I first noticed them) I thought they resembled primitive "puppets". Not much "design"or sophistication seemed evident...so I never sought them for myself or my clients.
This year, working on my new book ,I grappled with the thought "Could Uggs actually end up as a "classic"?. I included Hunter boots...but Uggs? I still am not convinced...
But I did buy a pair of their slippers (love them)...am considering their gloves...and wished I had bought their stock before it was already at the "high"!
Holiday colors
posted on Tuesday, December 11, 2007
Yawn!
Why is it soooo the same?
Go into any fashion store and see the pervasive palette of red (or worse, BURGUNDY!) PAIRED with black and lots of gold and glitz.
It's so predictable, a harsh combination that shows no ingenuity...(almost as bad as the Holiday sweater!).
Black alone, accessorized with black or even accessorized with silver or gold remains classic .
A quality red dress could be amazing (I say "quality) because red is FLASHY and needs quality fabric and construction to be great....(then use black accessories)
But why do the expected? Why always the red or burgundy/black combo?
In Forever Cool I offer an option that should start you thinking....
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