During my first career as a Social Worker at the VA Medical Center, I was told a joke about how our system was so old a dinosaur ran it. The policies and practices were outdated, leaving employees saying dangerous things like, “I don’t know why…it’s just the way we’ve always done it.” As a creative … Read More
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When Are You “Too Old” to Wear That?
I’m going to be honest with you about this, but before I am, repeat after me: I make the rules. Say it again for the people in the back. IIIIIIIIII MAKE THE RULES. It’s true. When it comes to our own personal style, we each get to make our own, unique, personal rules. Yet I’m … Read More
DENIAL
These are my very favorite denim shorts, converted from Lucky Brand jeans after years of wear. They have ZERO STRETCH and that’s how I like my cut-offs (stretchy shorts stick to your thighs and my gams need room to move!). Some years they’d fit just right and some years they hung off my hips. But … Read More
I Had a Touch of Cancer
I did. I had a little touch of cancer. And I say “a little touch,” because I know how cancer goes for some people and it didn’t go that way for me. Of course it was awful in many ways. I received the diagnosis 2 weeks after quitting a cushy federal government job with great … Read More
How to Conduct a Successful Closet Inventory
One of my favorite ways to work with clients is through a “Closet Transformation” where I take their closet from a place of lost items, favorite pieces that go unworn and one-too-many black shirts, to a useful, organized closet full of fun, innovative outfits, without having to spend a dime. But until you’re ready to … Read More
The 80/20 Rule
Happy Thanksgiving ALL! Want to know what a turkey & your personal style have in common?! They’re both classic! I have a serious opinion that a good personal style contains a certain percentage of classic pieces. 80% to be exact. I call it the 80/20 rule. 80% classic.* 20% fun, trendy, fluff.** The 80/20 rule … Read More
Don’t Let Your Brain Get in the Way of Your Style
Have you ever opened up a fashion magazine and looked at the upcoming trends and thought, “What the what is going on here?” Sometimes it seems like there is no rhyme or reason to fashion. It can be based on a whimsy of a popular designer or a painting from the 18th century. The point … Read More
Letting Go to Make Space
Everyone has their favorite “go-to” clothes in their wardrobe. These are the clothes that you love the most – and wear the most – for a number of reasons that could include their uniqueness, how they look on you, the color / cut / style or some other similar reason. So, what happens with the … Read More
Remember Your Worth (it’s not just the clothes!)
Sometimes we use our clothes to allure in our desires. Attracting people, jobs, experiences and material things closer to us. And that’s ok! As you do this, make sure you remember your worth with or without those clothes (or people, places or things)! Consider what or who you want to draw into your field and … Read More
Ashleisure
The new year started with a bang as a bomb cyclone and a rash of cold & flu rolled through town leaving us all a bit frazzled, especially since we were hoping we had left all the bad in 2017. But on one of those remarkably frigid days in early January, a powerful woman and a group of … Read More