Outfits
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Say Hello to Hat Season
‘Cock your hat; Angles are Attitude’-Frank Sinatra Hats haven’t always been the tools of taste makers and style aficionados exclusively, in a bygone era they were an everyday essential for every person. A hat was as much an inescapable part of your outfit as your shoes or a shirt. Trends change however and in the modern world hats are viewed more as fashion pieces or event specific wear: you wear a hat to the derby or to a garden party in England, on vacation etc, yet the times are changing. It is a season for hats this year as we have seen so many on the runways and I challenge…
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Style for the New Year: If By Train
Wanderlust: There is something about a new year that seems to always re-ignite that passion for travel in us. Perhaps it is because it is one of those priorities that we never actually make time for, it simply never fits in our busy schedule. Maybe it is because of the desire for growth that we all experience at the year’s beginning and we know that seeing new places and being a global citizen can help facilitate that growth in a way nothing else can. This year I didn’t make New Year’s resolutions but I did resolve to make traveling a must instead of a might and I plan on sticking…
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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…
