Wear Ankle Boots With Your Pants Ankle boots are a trendy shape of boot that has become a classic. They are indispensable in your closet and can look modern, current, kicky and fresh. They also run the risk of shortening your leg line and therefore making your legs look stumpy. Â In addition, ankle boots…
How To Make An Outfit What is it that makes the difference between getting dressed and putting on an outfit? How do you go from just wearing clothes to looking styled? The answer is quite simple, really. Looking put-together can be as easy as adding a completer piece. Pulling on just one more piece is…
How to Make Use of Your Dresses All Year Dresses make getting dressed easy. You can simply throw one on and go (adding in some footwear first, of course). We love wearing dresses for daytime and we love wearing dresses year-round. Even though they are a little more dressed up than jeans, they can be a…
How to Transition Your Summer Clothes Into Fall While I am a lover of all seasons, there are certain aspects of summer that make it the season I miss the most. I love the warm, summer ocean breeze here on the West Coast. The light of the evening sky that lingers so late into the…
Dress Strategically – What Does That Even Mean? One of the concepts that we talk a lot about when we style a client is the idea of learning to dress strategically. So, what does this actually mean in practical terms? Dress strategically implies three techniques. Put the emphasis on the parts you want to…
Beach Vacations are easy when you live on the coast. Even my stay-cations are beach vacations! I don’t ever feel as though my summer is complete without time spent by water. Be it a glacial river to rock-pick beside, a pristine lake begging me to take a dip or the pounding surf calming me with…
How to Wear Your Skirts for the Weekend and Evening Too A few weeks ago we talked about how to make your skirts wearable for more casual activities. We discussed dressing down your skirts three different ways. Now, we give you extra examples of these ways to wear skirts out of the office and into…
How often do wear the skirts you have in your closet? I’ve had a professional office job in the health care industry for the past 13 years. Over these years, I have cultivated a professional wardrobe that includes many skirts. I really love my work clothes, and for a long time they remained just…
photo credit Sometimes I like a little drama in my life. Not the left-over-from-high-school kind of drama. More of the sweeping-ball-gown, sky-high-heels kind of drama. While this is definitely not everyday wear, I do get some of the same joy and pleasure from wearing the more dramatic voluminous pieces in my wardrobe. The problem is…
I love the fresh, crisp look of white jeans for the summer. Like all of the other colours of jeans you already own, white denim is super versatile. On top of that, they speak the language of summer: laid-back, simple, fresh, pretty, and bright. They make me think of iced cocktails enjoyed on a patio,…