Fashion Lab: Shorts Color and Apparent Leg Length
I was looking for something completely different when I was stopped in my tracks by what I saw in this first pair of compared pictures. Do you see what I see? Not that I like to wear this length of shorts, or navy …
What do you notice about apparent leg length as it relates to the color of the shorts? Any other comments?
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Italian Pizza
With food prices sky-rocketing, is anyone else seriously considering losing weight as a way to save money? Well, before you turn to such drastic measures, turn to Jenn at Frugal Upstate for frugal food options. All month she is running a frugal food feature on Mondays.
My entry: Italian Pizza. Actually, any homemade pizza, but Italian Pizza is much simpler than what we are used to. The one pictured is just bread dough made with the bread machine, a little bit of spaghetti sauce, some random cheese that I happened to have, and arugula. Yes, that’s right, I said, “arugula”. That is the one salad-like pizza topping I found on the authentic pizza we ate in Italy.
To transform an Italian pizza into an American pizza of the Pizza Hut variety: top Italian pizza with salad, and deep fry. Enjoy! 
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Teen Style Tuesday: Spaghetti Straps?
Just in time for summer, an admonition concerning strap size:
Keep strappy construction details on the upper body in scale with the wearer. Even a slender woman can look burly in spaghetti straps.
This looks more proportional.
In addition, it’s my opinion that most people look uncomfortable wearing strapless.
But this last look would look good on alot of people. Would you wear it?
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How a Blonde Can Wear All Black
Another “blast from the past”, re-run post.
We all know one: a blonde who insists she looks good in black, but she really looks like a “head sticking out of a choir robe”; metaphorically speaking, her all-black ensemble enters the room five minutes before she does.
Allegedly chic in every situation, at times many of us want to wear a black outfit. Here’s how to do it:
- Good: Wear jewelry/accessories that support your coloring. Pearls, ivory, or even pale wood, when worn near the face, will lighten the heavyness of the expanse of black. Choosing a neckline which balances the head will keep the focus on your face.
- Better: Frame the face with something, a scarf or collar, a teen could even use a hooded sweatshirt, that repeats the haircolor. Basically, this reverses the concept I proposed in my post Beauty is in the Eye.
- Best: Repeating the black near your face as an accent, wear a jacket or sweater in a color that supports your coloring. Use your hair, eye, or skin color, but make sure it is the same in value (lightness) as either your hair or skin. Length balancing is the key to dodging the frump factor: 50/50 is boring.
There’s one more trick, but I don’t really recommend it. You can always wear more makeup.
