Tag: style
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INSPIRATION: THE BELTED CARDIGAN
This feature look was inspired by my favorite photo of Langston Hughes in the turtle neck and brimmed hat. The bust shot of Hughes always gave me that fancy sophisticated vibe that either calls for a jacket with lapels or something like a smokers jacket or better yet, a belted cardigan. It’s that time of…
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COLD COW HIDE AND SPIKES
Eat more chicken but wear more cow. I promise you will be very warm during the wrap up of this winter if you would just embrace wearing leather. Whether you are for or against wearing real leather doesn’t matter to me. Faux leather will do just fine in the fight to stay warm and stay…
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OVERCOAT 2: THE MODERN LOOK
As promised, here is a more modern look to my Get An Overcoat series. Earlier, I told you that a modern overcoat is made without shoulder padding, so you don’t have that square shouldered look and you can see that in this featured look in contrast to my last blog entry. One of the popular outfit themes…
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DONT STRESS GET AN OVERCOAT
Some days you have no time to choose the best outfit to be stylish and warm. Some days, all you can do is find your best look and go. You don’t have to stress when you have an overcoat in your wardrobe. Sometimes it’s easiest to find something to where by thinking of fashion in a…
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MIXED GREENS AND THICK CREAMS
I think we should say we have two seasons in a year and mesh the four names. We are officially in Finter (fall-winter), where some days it’s winter and other days feels like fall. Any way, we know that dressing for the weather as best we can is always the morning goal. So heres another…
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INSPIRATION: A CASUAL SUIT FOR THIS WEATHER
The first day of winter has passed, so what do you wear in this kind of in between between weather? A suit. Yes, a casual suit or a suit worn casually. For this weather that has been characterized by cloudy warm but windy days, where the morning and afternoon temperatures differ in about 10 degrees,…
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TBT: INSPIRED BY MY FAVORITE VINTAGE TV SHOW
Its a very different world than the fashion world some of our parents come from. Today,we find designers are observing less rules and taking more risks, however, I find the innovations of the late 80’s and 90’s are worthy of being called classic designs. I’m not talking about classic suits, thats basic. I am referring…
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DO YOU PREFER A JACKET OR A CAPE?
Almost every fashionista or fashionsto will find themselves in this situation many days of the week. It’s the type of dilemma that either makes you late for work or temporarily agitated at the start of your day. Having an entire outfit picked out and executed is daunting enough but before you leave the house, you…