So, you’ve taken the lengthy questionnaire in my book (I hope!) and you finally have a clearer sense of your unique personal style. Now - how do you transform your wardrobe to more perfectly reflect who you are? Well, there are many wonderful stylists out there who can help you. But if you don’t have a fashion maven locally and you're one of those who can’t stand public dressing rooms or are just sick of going to the mall, you're not alone...and you're in luck. [...]
Back in the early 1970s I lived in a group house in Berkeley with two roommates and one married couple. The wife in the couple, Donna, was an aspiring designer. But the pieces she created were the polar opposite of the tie-dye and bohemian hippie garb of the era. Her dresses - and they were mostly dresses and tunic-like tops - were simply draped pieces of fabric in neutral colors that skimmed the body. Her husband commented that she was way ahead of her time and that women wouldn’t embrace this look until sometime in the future.
Well!
I asked you all to write in about your biggest fashion frustration...and got quite an earful. It appears that a lot of you share the same concerns, obstacles, and challenges with the whole process of shopping. Thank you one and all for taking the time to write. Here's a summary that pretty much covers all your rants. Do these resonate?
For Spring 2016 designers are all about going big – big color, big stripes, big patterns. And one of the cheeriest of pattern trends is floral.[...]
We’re going to start looking at patterns and prints in terms of the style facets they each represent. Since we're in the dead of winter let’s bring in some cheer by starting with that most quintessential of summer patterns, stripes!
Stripes were not always representative of the sunniest of times or circumstances. In medieval times stripes were [...]