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Escaping to Warmer Climates: A Seattleite’s Take on Her First Traveling Warm Weather Fall
Happy November! Every year I watch Seattleites complain about our Fall/Winter grayness and talk about their planned escapes to warmer climates but I had never actually partaken in this season migration until this year. To level set, none of my travels had any motivation around the weather however in the past month I have found myself getting a tan in Arizona and now central Mexico while my contemporaries brave the rain and the wind and of course the crisp fall air of Washington. Another thing you should know, I LOVE the Fall season in Seattle. As a born and bred Washingtonian I love the first week I get to pull…
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How to Wear Velvet in the Daytime: In Particular A GOLD Velvet Jumpsuit, in the Daytime
Nothing says fall quite like a gold velvet jumpsuit…or at least I feel that way. When I saw this standout item at Zara a few months ago I couldn’t resist buying it even without trying it on. It was an item that, if you were so lucky, you might have dug out of a vintage bin somewhere after it already lived a life of disco and glamour. I had to buy it because I worried that if I didn’t in that inspired moment of boldness I might not have the guts to in the future, so purchase it I did. The next question then is where do you wear a…
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Transitioning Your Summer Dresses Into Fall Using Fall’s Best Layering Trends
I am a self-proclaimed dress in the summer, pants in the winter person, in part due to Seattle’s seasonal weather and in part due to my aversion to tights. This year however, I spent all summer finding new ways to ‘winterize’ my dresses since layering a dress over rather than under other clothing has been a major emerging trend. We have layered evening dresses over sweatshirts, slip dresses over tee shirts and today we are layering a multi-purpose floor length dress over a lightweight knit dress. How does that work? The Keepsake navy dress is actually a loose hanging dress with a drop waist so there was plenty of room…
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Off-Duty Style With Pom Pom Sneakers
‘Off-duty style’, as it’s called these days is one of my favorite ways of dressing: casual with a nonchalant attitude. While casual wear has always had a place in fashion recently it has been taking center stage. With the resurgence of the sneaker trend (in a HUGE way) and tracksuits of various form being everyday wear you really aren’t dressing down, you are just embracing multiple trends at the same time. What makes up a great off-duty look? Let’s take a look. Starting from the ground up the sneaker’s domination of the shoe scene is one that we cannot ignore especially with how happy it makes your feet. Where once…
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Blush: The Breakout Color of the Year
Every year when Pantone announces their colors of the year I close one eye and hold my breath PRAYING that it will be an universally flattering shade like Berry or Navy. This year however I was slightly mortified to hear pastel blue and pink were taking center stage. If you are someone with olive skin coloring like myself nothing could look worse on you then a pastel blue or even worse, a pastel pink. So I tore up the rule book and decided to completely ignore the Pantone rules this year until a strange thing started happening in street fashion. Blush started appearing everyone, not ‘baby pink.’ This slightly yellow…
