Clothes Archive

  • Falling in love with something all over again

    Tweet You can fall in love with something all over again. But sometimes you just need to accept the flaws of a given product or service that you used to love but then got disenchanted with, and make it work for your life. I feel […]

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  • Shop like a Parisienne!

    Tweet It is universally accepted that French women in general are achingly chic, but they don’t spend a lot of money to achieve that look. (Although if you read The Essence of Style — How the French invented High Fashion and Fine Food, you’d come […]

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  • How to make old clothing feel like new again

    Tweet You know how when you open your closet you think: I have nothing to wear!? Well I get that way sometimes. Yes this can be hard to believe coming from a girl who owns 20+ dresses but it’s true. So what do I do? […]

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  • Shopping is cheaper in the U.S.: An excellent way for me to limit my shopping urges

    Tweet It all started while I was looking for a black sweater in a decent price range. Specifically, a pullover, perhaps with 3/4 length sleeves, in a nice fabric. I saw this lovely sweater online at J. Crew (love the blue too!), but the minute […]

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  • Shopping your closet: Mixing styles and making pieces work double-duty

    Tweet This is a follow-up post to: 10 steps to get your wardrobe to where you want it to be from my other blog. I had a couple of readers tell me that they knew what styles they liked, but they seemed to be all […]

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