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Pull up a chair! We haven’t disappeared… I am on hiatus. I am currently taking applications for a Fashion Editor and 4 contributing writers: 1- Retailing 2- Fashion News 3- Street Style 4- Emerging...
Is anyone still out there? You may have wondered if there was anyone still here. Ms. Casey Golden is, and she’s not going anywhere but up, up, up, kids. If you haven’t met her yet, make an...
Tomorrow, is #Corduroy Appreciation Day, and CJ+h has some thoughts on how to stylishly celebrate this fabric on 11.11 (the day that most resembles corduroy). Guys have it pretty easy when it comes...
Let’s talk about rings, shall we? From a fashion perspective, this jewelry category is often minimized or altogether ignored. That might have been okay when society took for granted that women...
There’s a whole lot of ugly shearling in fashion’s past, and some of it’s enough to make a person ill. It has usually been part of lumberjack chic—an oxymoron if ever there was one—numbers and...
These Donna Karan #shoes, featured in the November @harpersbazaarus, are beautiful, covetable and perhaps completely unrealistic. They ask the question, “What’s a girl to do about artful shoes?” If...
If Jean-Charles de Castelbajac has taught us anything about #fashion, it’s this: you can be darling and cute and sweet and completely adult at the same time.
Dear Elitists Who Malign Diffusion Lines and Capsule Collections, The next time you say these less expensive items are tarnishing the labels you love to wear (or aspire to wear someday), here are...
“Dressing isn’t about perfection. This is such an English point of view, but I love things that are beautifully crafted yet slightly askew. When it comes to dressing, I don’t want everything to...
Keeping up with smaller #fashion labels can be difficult or less enticing. The amount of information the fashion industry—or any industry—provides today can be overwhelming, so it’s tempting to...
Would you like a little more frequency here? How about more consistency? And maybe a few more opinions and insights? Us, too. This Fashion Editor is cooking up some new ideas for November that will...
Too many women who consult stylists are looking for a grown-up version of Garanimals. They want everything mapped out for them, and they want to know they’re wearing the latest fashion the way it’s...
If you feel the urge to click the Facebook like button when seeing an image from one of the recent shows, ask yourself why you like the design. Is it because you want to wear it and know you could...
If you haven’t reviewed the Spring 2012 Comme des Garçons show yet, do. Just open a new tab on your browser, get thee to style.com, and then toggle back over here. You’ve seen it now? Excellent....
Surely you were following the Spring 2012 Milan and Paris news on Twitter, but how about a quick review of the shows? It’s the perfect way to introduce a compilation feature you’ll occasionally see...
A continental review of Spring 2012 is coming this weekend kids. Until then, here are a few questions to ponder. What did you think about the spidery caps and fluffy shoes at Alexander McQueen? A...
After reading Once Again, They Like Ike, CJ+h’s Fashion Editor had to jump on her soapbox for a moment. “Mid-century fashion is either too cute or too constrained. It reflects the ideals women were...
Sometimes a designer capsule collection is a very, very good idea. It can build buzz and strengthen business for both the retailer and the designer. It can also make remarkable fashion accessible...
Apple’s advertising. That’s what came to mind upon viewing Stacey Clark’s Spring 2012 ODILON lookbook. Apple’s products don’t need tarted-up advertising to explain why you’d want them, and the...
You may know her as an interior designer. You may know her as the blogger behind the fabulous My Vibe My Life. But did you know she’s turned her design eye to what you’ll want to be wearing as soon...
Finally! Here are a few thoughts on NYFW. All the florals seen in the earliest Fashion Week shows could make a girl wonder if Spring 2012 would force her to be a bit too old and a bit too ladylike....
Unless you were asleep yesterday, you know the launch of the Missoni for Target capsule collection crashed Target’s servers. And in the brief time they actually were functioning everything in the...
“An informal catwalk has sprung up outside the shows, where the street-style bloggers cluster, cameras in hand. At first, it was fun, but has the celebration of everyday great style morphed into...
The biggest revelation at Fashion Week may turn out to be something you can’t actually wear—although it can help you with what you’re wearing. It’s the Glambulance. You’ve probably heard about it...
When writers are profiling a specific city for an article or travel guide, they seem fond of pointing out shops that carry “up-and-coming designers.” That phrase is supposed to appeal to our...
I am a few weeks behind in my WWD reading but as I sat down with my coffee this morning and found myself saddened to read that it marks the end of Brioni’s women’s collection. I have an...
If you haven’t seen me get SKYPE! #fashion @butttherapist @Crackerjack9 #BrandChat WOW- Busy girl. I am writting for 3 of my own blogs, Collaborating Menswear articles for The Art of Manliness,...
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