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Colour Your Wardrobe
Now that spring has officially arrived, there’s no better time to get over your fear of colour. Introducing Colour Into Your Wardrobe You might find a top you love in a hue that you’ve never bought before and wonder what the heck you would wear it with.  You’ve heard black goes with everything, but actually pairing…
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Which Earrings Complement Your Face Shape?
photo credit Complement Your Face Though sometimes accessorizing can feel too complicated to bother with, accessories are a valuable tool for developing and expressing your own personal style. Accessories can be the icing on the cake, and that icing can make all the difference to your outfit style. Statement earrings will immediately draw attention…
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How to Be a Smart Shopper (Not an Impulse Buyer)
We’ve all had moments when an item of clothing catches our eye and we feel we MUST have it. You get a tingle of excitement, your heart starts to race, you feel a rush of endorphins and you fantasize about how happy that new item will make you. When you are a smart shopper the item…
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8 Examples of Ageless, Size-less Style to Inspire You
 photo credit Have you ever heard someone say, “wow, you look great for your age!”or perhaps something like, “She looks really good for a big woman”? The intention of the compliment may be positive, but it is a backhanded compliment, nevertheless. How about simply, “you look great!”? A few weeks ago, I met an 82…
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Stripes – Use Them to Your Advantage
Think you can’t wear stripes? Think again! Everyone can. Wear Stripes Strategically Depending on your own figure flattering priorities, you can use this classic pattern to visually lengthen or broaden or narrow. It’s all about the placement of the lines and the direction they’re going. Wherever you wear vertical lines, that area appears elongated and more narrow. Wear them if…
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Kiss Print Blouse – One Item, Two Stylists
Kiss Print Blouse This month in our regular feature, we chose a kiss print blouse. Perfect for Valentine’s Day, but versatile enough to wear year round. The cut of this top is as easy to wear as a t-shirt, but the crispness of the fabric makes it much dressier and work appropriate.  The playful pattern appears as…
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5 Things That Look Good On Everyone
You weren’t expecting another checklist of “must haves” featuring specific items such as little black dresses and nude pumps, were you? Those lists rarely apply to everyone. How could they? Personal style is so much more than acquiring items on a list created by some fashion editor. Cultivating personal style involves deciphering which trends actually work for you and your…
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Wardrobe Maintenance Tip: Defuzz Your Sweaters
Spring is around the corner, but sweater weather is not quite over yet. Make those tired woolies look new again by removing the pills and fuzz. Here is one of our favourite tools. Because it has a pill shaver on one end and a lint remover on the other, it is also great for those of…
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Style Fix: Your winter sweater
Even though January in this part of the world is not too cold, it is still considered sweater weather. Come September each year I pull out all of my sweaters from the bin under my bed and I wear them with glee, even sometimes if the temperatures are still on the warm side. By the…
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Neutrals – Mix Them Up!
Neutrals are…well…neutral! They go with everything and every functional wardrobe includes them. They don’t have to be boring though. Breathe new life into your wardrobe by mixing your neutral pieces in ways you had not considered before. Ways to Mix Your Neutrals Think not only in terms of mixing colours, but also mixing types of fabrics…