Two muses + Two divergent styles = One modern Flashionista Almost ALL fashion lovers can list with admiration the muses who inspired their personal style. My own first influencers were my mother and Sister Bernadine (my first grade teacher). Mother favored chic suits worn simultaneously with big brooches and multi strand necklaces. She had a
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Every time I spot someone who’s REALLY dressed to the nines I’m inspired to give my personal style a tweak of flamboyance. Watching New Yorkers march confidently around Fifth Avenue at the Annual 2012 Easter Parade in dazzling costumes and outrageous hats inspired me to go for a new dash of
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Cotton candy and Jordan Almonds RULE! At least it seems that way for Spring 2012. Pastels are THE newest color story of the season. This is a bit surprising because designers are usually allergic to them. Most seasons ‘sophisticated pastels’ is an oxymoron. But when it comes to fashion, no
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The shelf life of a white shirt is different than that of almost any other color. If you’re a stickler for crisp whiteness, you already know that you cannot keep a white shirt looking good long enough to wear it out. Regular replacements are necessary. For spring 2012, designers delivered
Read MoreHow long you can keep a white shirt looking good depends most importantly on how it is laundered. If you send it out it will depend on the quality of the cleaners. Find the best one you can and opt for washing and pressing. Dry cleaning a cotton or linen
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Here for the PARTY? Be sure and stay for the reinvention blog! For blogging purposes I’m getting ahead of myself talking about the launch party for my new venture when I haven’t shared with you how I even got to this point. But we’ll talk about that later. Launching is
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What happened to Flashionista? She’s Back!!! As much as I loved to write articles about fashion and style, I discovered that the more I wrote, the faster my bank balance evaporated. I had to figure out a way to make money AND I wanted to still be doing something I
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