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I wonder what they expected to find.
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Frugal Friday: 2 Belts in One
Better late than never.
I bought this belt, a men’s eelskin, at Salvation Army for 89 cents. That’s frugal, especially when you consider that it fits both my waist and the “waistband” of my mid-rise jeans. (Previously I blogged another solution for that problem.)
To keep the tail of this belt in place, no matter in which spot I wear it, I took the keeper off altogether. (Actually it was falling apart. I was very disappointed until I figured out how this was going to work.) Then I put it back together as a separate loop, using a pair of pliers. Now I just slip it on my belt wherever I want it!
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Who WOULD Jesus Bomb?
Have you seen this bumper sticker that’s recently become popular:
Who Would Jesus Bomb?
To answer the question, it would be helpful to know more about what is “the Christian thing to do” than just popular mythology. I suggest going to the source. In fact, I think one could make a case that to be a fully-educated American, one should have read the entire Bible.
Here’s a hint: the answer to the question, “What would Jesus do?”
Leave an answer if you dare!
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How to Wear an Intense Color When You’re Not
On what appeared to be the final sunny Saturday of the Fall, I chose this outfit to wear to a women’s conference. Doing so, I stumbled onto an extremely useful color combining technique.
When I bought this jacket, I wondered if I would be able to use it. Although it fits nicely, the color is much too intense for my personal coloring. But here’s the trick: the top is the same color as the jacket — only TINTED (white added) like my hair and skin.
So simple, and yet so profound!
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Tummy Solutions
A reader question:
This is the first time I have heard of the figure type “8″. It describes my figure exactly - or it used to. Now that I’m approaching my 70th birthday, I don’t know what my figure type is -mainly because my tummy looks like I’ve swallowed a small watermelon. My waist is still 10 inches smaller than my hips. I cannot figure out what to wear with the tummy situation. Any advice? Pat
Just the other day I stumbled across this advice on Camouflaging a Tummy, from the CoutureCandy personal stylists. It reminded me of my previous stab at the topic, where another reader left this helpful advice:
I think it depends how tall you are- very tall women can wear long tops to camouflage a tummy but if you’re vertically challenged its better to bisect your widest area … I find fitted tops with a slight flare at the bottom which sit just above the hip elongate the body and take attention away from the tummy.
I would add one other thing, a major don’t: Don’t wear pants that come up high on the waist with a tucked-in top. That look just has the effect of magnifying the tummy trouble, throwing the entire proportion off. Instead, try by-passing the waist with a top that is meant to be worn untucked.
Or try this super-slimming technique: use a dark pant and top, that match, creating a monochromatic column, and top with a bright or eye-catching jacket worn open. Like in this example, from Coldwater Creek.
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Beth’s Blend
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Back here in July, this lovely lady’s what-to-wear-to-event question first appeared. It seemed, at the time, as if she would be able to get the shoes and not the dress, you can see now the opposite happened. (Her feet sure look happy, don’t they?)
I say she met her goal of matching her outfit to her shape, coloring and personality:
- Working within your natural silhouette is usually the most slimming. The reason: most techniques for changing the silhouette involve adding to it; which makes sense, how hard it is to subtract from one’s figure. This dress is an A.
- From looking at this picture, I would never guess Beth is over 40. The harmony between her dark hair, eyes & glasses, and dress is very flattering. This would be considered a mono-chromatic look, because it’s all based on deep reds, similar to the example back here.
- Elusive as her natural personality blend (most people are a combination) has been, I’m going to take a stab at it. No contest she is a Contemporary Classic, but I’m going to suggest Timeless Classic as #2 (lipstick, pearls, perfect hair).And I wouldn’t rule out Romantic Natural as #3, based on the Marilyn Monroe flavor of the dress. Marilyn, after all, was the Queen of Romantic.
Open, of course, for discussion.
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Who’s Ann Coulter’s Stylist?
Speaking of Timeless, Traditional, Classic, Preppy, Conservative, & Simple, here is a person who may well be suited to those type of clothes. But what manner of clothing is this? An old lady swimsuit? And speaking of suits, what would be wrong with being pictured in a high-authority business suit?
Since I don’t actually read Ann Coulter, I couldn’t tell you whether Timeless fits her personality or not; so I shall simply deal with the book cover as I have magazines in the past.
The obvious:
- The out-of-balance neckline is not only less-than-modest, it makes a pretty face look boring.
- The all black is also heavy and boring, not at all supported by her natural coloring.
- And one more thing: I don’t mean this bad, but she’s kinda bony looking. Allow me to re-phrase that; she has a great smooth, straight, linear thing going on. Nothing wrong with that, but it looks more natural with stiffer, crispier fabrics. Drapy fabrics contrast with a skeletal body type to create drama. Or else they just plain look wrong.
My suggestion: a pretty boat neck sheath; but rather than the ubiquitous black, how about navy? Creates a patriotic color scheme for the cover, as well.
Hey guess what? Yep, you guessed it: I picked up a dress just like that (Alfani, perfect condition, size 6), this Monday, at Value Village, for $1. Anybody interested?
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What Lifestyle Trend Would You Like to See?
In this fascinating post at final fashion, Danielle asks a series of riveting questions:
What makes something desireable? It’s something that everyone wants but few can have.
What makes something unfashionable? Something that everyone already has.
Ubiquity is killing these trends:
Skinny Jeans = everyone’s got’em, no longer desireable
Reality Television Fame = everyone’s tainted, no longer desireable
Actual Celebrity Fame = oversaturated, no longer desireable
Fashion Design Degree = dime a dozen, no longer desireable
Printed T-Shirt Lines = you do ‘em, I do ‘em, anyone can do ‘em, no longer desireable.These are things that I think have become rare enough to develop into new trends:
Back to the Land = everyone’s been flooding into the cities for a long time now. We’re ripe for a revival of this idea.
Non-Distressed Denim = it lasts longer and is more authentic, and seeing an honestly worn-out pair of jeans is a rare event.
Craftspeople and Technicians = when everyone is designer and white collar, suddenly people who can actually execute ideas are far rarer and much more impressive.What else have you not seen around for a while? What can you think of that few people are doing?
Kicking these questions around a little longer seems appropriate.
I’ll add one more answer (I left one over there too): How about we ditch the tired old public school, segregated-by-age model for EVERYTHING and start just getting together in organic, multi-age groups? Could that account for the growing popularity of homeschooling?
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I Suck, And I’m Okay With That
Now don’t get all freaked out; I know I don’t really suck. But the workshop I presented this last Saturday was more or less a flop. 10 ladies attended. A few of them didn’t look happy when they left.
The remarkable thing is this, I have been fully expecting myself to become bitter or upset, maybe even to speculate that the reason it didn’t go over well was because they just aren’t interested (in reading their Bibles, that is). But it hasn’t happened. That is nothing short of a miracle.
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Pulling Into Sag Harbor!
Want a laugh? Try telling your husband, brother, or significant other that “Sag Harbor” is a nice women’s clothing brand.
As part of my ongoing series on personal style, I have arrived at Timeless. Scary!
As a twenty-something I developed an aversion to department stores, relating to the fear of stepping onto the Alfred Dunner piece of real estate. Am I the only one with this irrational fear?
Consider the following descriptors, which are all used to describe Timeless: Traditional, Classic, Preppy, Conservative, Simple. Different age groups each have their own specialty stores catering to this style. (Of course, these days conservative doesn’t necessarily equal traditional; think Abercrombie and Fitch.)
In reality, a Timeless style type is not a scary person at all. It’s just that the clothes give me the Hillary face.
Hey, are there any Timeless fashionistas around? If so, where do you like to shop?
