Style Myth Busted: You Can’t Wear Navy with Black
YES, You Can! How and Why to Try It! Happy day, Reader Dearest! Have you ever wondered why it is that men don’t waste time trying to find navy shoes that go with their suits? Men commonly wear black shoes…
Styling Black for Summer
4 Tips to Lighten It Up! Happy day, Reader Dear! Much better. I fixed the typo. Sometimes the fingers get ahead of the brain. The first time I typed eader Drear, which I am hoping most fervently that you are…
Summer Color Picks
2022 Edition Happy day, Dear Reader! What colors say summer to you? Colors with a warm overtone? (The difference between overtone and undertone.) Brights? Pastels? White? Some combination of all of the above? I expect most people would lay claim…
5 Tips for Wearing White
All the Year Long! Happy day, Reader Dearest! Memorial Day weekend is come and gone. For those of you who don’t live in the US, the long Memorial Day Weekend is the unoffical start of summer. Pools open. Schools are…
What IS Monochromatic Style?
AND What It Isn’t! Monochromatic Style is NOT boring. Post complete. LOL! Happy day, Reader Dearest! I’ll repeat that. Monochromatic Style is NOT boring. If it is, it’s the fault of the wearer, not the fact that it’s Monochromatic! Last…
1 Skirt 3 Ways: Achromatic Style
Work and Play Happy day, Reader Dear! We’ve been playing with Achromatic and Monochromatic looks this month in the Style Reset subscription group. That meant I needed to pull together some Achromatic looks myself! But how do you do that…
Style Obsession: Pattern
Boden’s Flora Bloom in French Navy Happy day, reader dear! Let me start right off by saying this is NOT a sponsored post. Not in any way! I’m simply sharing a craving that has been flung upon me. Flung. F.…
Cinnamon/Russet: A Colored Neutral
Colored Neutrals: Installment Five Happy day, reader dear! I can feel fall approach when anyone says Cinnamon or Russet. I know I’m not the only one! But this gorgeous color is SO much more than fall… You guessed it! Cinnamon…
Eggplant: A Colored Neutral
Colored Neutrals: Installment Four Happy day, reader dear! Eggplant is the bomb. Really. The color AND the food. I love both! Digression Alert: Thirty years ago (or so), I was grocery shopping with our oldest son. (At the time our…
Burgundy: A Colored Neutral
Colored Neutrals: Installment Three Happy day, reader dearest! I LOVE wine! No, not that kind of wine. I mean the color wine! Oh, who am I kidding? I like that wine, too. Although it doesn’t like me the way it…