• Style and Styling

    3 Simple Summer Outfit Recipes

    Happy day, Reader Dearest! Northern Hemisphere friends, now that we’re a few weeks into summer (And if you live anywhere in the South, even MORE weeks into hot weather!) your style just might be feeling wilted. You’re needing some cool…

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    Summer Style/Restyle: Vol 5

    Jeans + Tee + Chanel Style Jacket Happy day, reader dearest! As I write this post, I’m just SO FLIPPING EXCITED! Blue Origin just launched and returned their crew safely and Wally Funk finally made her trip to outer space!…

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    Copycat Style June 2020

    Happy day, reader dear! Welcome to the June installment of Copycat Style, the monthly series in which I choose a look (Or two or three!) and use those styles as a springboard to a look of my own. Trying to…

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    Style Q & A: May 2020

    Happy day, reader dear! Earlier this month, I had a fun evening on FaceBook Live answering Style Q’s from readers and followers. I know that not everyone who reads the blog also follows me on FaceBook, so I wanted to…

  • Color

    Style Myths: Black

    Happy day, reader dear! As you have already noticed (Because you closetplay readers are a bright bunch!) is that this is another re-post. August is my official 2019 blogging break. There are exciting plans in the works, with a surprise…

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    3 Ways to Style Colored Jeans

    Or Any Colored Bottom! Happy day, dear reader of mine! Here’s hoping your day is full of only pleasant surprises! Today my surprise is a reader requested post topic. In this case, the reader is my older daughter-in-law. Every once…

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    Favorite Outfits of 2018

    Happy last day of 2018, dear reader! Year’s end is always a time to look back at the year to see what worked, and what didn’t. As a business owner, I have to evaluate how I did with my goals,…

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    5 Style Tips to Look Thinner

    Needing a Little Post Holiday Camouflage? Happy day, lovely reader! I think the number one question I am asked is “How can I look more slender?” (Its corollary is “How can I look taller?”) The two are related; if you…

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    Style Tips to Look Thinner

    Happy day, lovely reader! I think the number one question I am asked is “How can I look more slender?”(Its corollary is “How can I look taller?”) These two are related since if you look taller, you look skinnier, and…