I have known Alex, February’s Facebook Group Member of the Month, for a long time. She is one of my earliest clients who hired me more than 16 years ago when my business was only four years old. Back then, when Alex lived in the area of Brooklyn where I do, my work...
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DEFRIZZING MY MENOPAUSAL HAIR: HOW I REMAPPED MY HAIRCARE AND SAVED MY HAIR FROM DRY, FRIZZY, BREAKAGE
This post is not sponsored and is an honest account. All products were paid for. This post, however, does include some affiliate links. Contrary to what some believe, I don’t have great hair. I have a great hairstylist, and have lived by the wise words my mom gave me...
CREATING A FRAMEWORK FOR YOUR WARDROBE: BUILDING YOUR STYLE NARRATIVE
I’ve always been a producer at heart. I love the process of taking an idea and crafting it into something tangible. As frustrating as I often found my job as a fashion designer, seeing the end product that sprang from small ideas, months of planning, and coordinating...
BORED BY YOUR GO-TO LOOKS? WHAT TO DO WHEN YOUR WARDROBE HAS BECOME OVERLY SANITIZED
In terms of preference, everyone wants an easy-to-navigate wardrobe instead of one that is chaotic and hard to manage. It’s such an accomplishment when you can open the closet door and easily throw a look together. After all, you have better things to do than be...
EMBRACING YOUR AUTHENTIC STYLE: FINDING IN YOURSELF WHAT INSPIRES YOU IN OTHERS
I have encountered the styles of many women over the years where I know for a fact that I would never wear one item they have on, yet, at the same time, find myself absolutely drawn and inspired by what they are wearing. In fact, this is exactly my job description: to...
Facebook Group Member of the Month: Sarah Blunkosky
It is such a pleasure to feature Sarah Blunkosky as our first Facebook Group Member of the Month for 2023. With Sarah’s permission, I am telling you that not only is Sarah a valued member of the group, she is a cilent and one who has undergone one one of the most...
MY WORD OF THE YEAR FOR 2023, AND A RECAP OF LIVING MY WORD IN 2022
If you ever needed evidence that choosing a word of the year works as an alternative path to setting resolutions, the outcome for me in 2022 is all the proof you will need to understand the power that can be found in this practice. Before I go further, if you aren’t...
INTRODUCING OUR NEW ONLINE SHOP: SHARING THE NEWS BEFORE I HEAD OUT FOR THE HOLIDAYS
This will be my last post before we wind down for the holiday and the year. When I look back at 2022, I am blown away by how it started and how it ended. If you recall, my word of the year for 2022 was expansion, and expand I did. From where I stand now, I can look at...
EMBRACING VIVA MAGENTA IN YOUR WARDROBE: HOW TO ADD MAGENTA TO YOUR LOOKS
It's rare to see one of Pantone's Colors of the Year be so widely embraced, but Viva Magenta, their color of the year for 2023 seems to be the great unifier. It stands to reason considering anyone can claim it as their own no matter what their personal coloring looks...
VIVA MAGENTA IS PANTONE’S COLOR OF THE YEAR, AND I AM TOTALLY HERE FOR IT
There are two colors I have an inexplicable obsession with. Neon coral is one of them, not coral, neon coral, and magenta. Both shades give me visceral reactions which include immediate feelings of lighthearted happiness, and energy, and at the same time settled...