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The Return of the Blazer + Cloat
Something is happening in the world of Blazers: not only have they been making a resurgence this year in more traditional fabrications but they also are coming back into style with matching pants making a suit fashionable again! The new twist? Instead of a vest, the new must have third piece for your suit is a coat you wear over your jacket.
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New Year, New Trends: Statement (Faux) Fur & Patchwork Denim
2016 is all about individuality, or so says this month’s issue of Vogue. Perhaps the plethora of incompatible trends running rampant on both Spring and Fall of 2016’s runways lead them to this conclusion or maybe the very presence of so many popular styles at one time is evidence that the individual persona is dominating the fashion scene. Either way it sounds like a recipe for a whole lot of fun and fashion experimentation so bear with me as I too embrace this non-proscriptive style advice and try a little bit of all the trends.
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Faux Fur & Sweaters, A Dressed Up Winter Combo
The holidays may be coming to a close but in most parts of the country the winter weather is just beginning to rear its El Niño influenced head. Here in Seattle we are feeling the final appearance of winter very acutely with temperatures around freezing throughout the day and remember we are weather wimps so this is very hard on us. The problem then arises that we still want to be social, look fancy and put together yet we also don’t want to freeze our butts off so creative solutions must be found. Today’s look is all about finding that balance: a fashionable look that suits the elements and isn’t simply…
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The BEST of 2015 from Blogger Not Billionaire
Happy New Year!!! Writing a ‘best of the previous year’ posts has to be one of my favorite things to do at the close of each year because it prompts me to go through every post I have done the entire year and revisit each look, what I was thinking during that time and what was going on in my life. Over the course of this year I cut off my hair, changed jobs twice, expanded my family through a joyful puppy named Chester and a rambunctious kitten named Francis. I had the love and support of my friends in family in both my work and personal life and I…
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How to Create a Pinterest Worthy Outfit
Pinterest has become such a huge part of our lives whether as a repository for recipes, a place to curate looks we love from the most recent fashion week or a place to share our own style with the world at large, all through pictures. So what makes a look or an outfit Pinterest worthy? What is it that instantly makes you want to click ‘repin’ and save that image to your own personal style library? I certainly don’t have the secret but I have noticed several consistent trends and today I’m going to share with you what those trends are and how you too can create a Pinterest ready look.
