Refining my own look is part of the ongoing process of becoming a professional stylist. I can’t say enough about the power of pictures. This week I was working on an assignment concerning fit and alterations, and finished shortening the vintage white dress; I also put different accessories with it. I also continue to shop. …
Speaking of hard work, the more I understand how to design a beautiful look, the less I seem to be able to achieve it. Okay no longer is. This post from the blog’s infancy – just after Christmas, 2005 – actually contains one of the keys to effortless elegance. Welcome back to reality, after a …
Most women want effortless style. (In fact, for far too many of us, the “effortless” outweighs the “style”, in our sartorial priorities.) In my own history, I have rebelled against the need for effort primarily in the embellishments: makeup, jewelry, and accessories. I still, at a deep level, wish I was “pretty enough to go …
