Dressing for a wedding is just like dressing up for any other special occasion, but there are a few rules to wedding fashion. The first and most important of these: don’t upstage the bride. This means no white, of course, but also nothing too flashy or revealing. And if the ceremony is in a house [...]

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From our friends at thefind.com: Despite my affinity for scouting out the latest trends, I’m admittedly not too adventurous when it comes to my own expression of style. In other words, I’m definitely not the Lady GaGa of the group when it comes to my circle of friends. However, I do have an appreciation for [...]

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[Images via Club Monaco] While previewing Club Monaco’s Fall 2 collection for 2011, I felt as though I walked into the closet of a glamorous-boho-chic woman of the 70’s, who is obsessed with rock ‘n’ roll, while at the same time is the ideal example of class and sophistication. Not only was I enamored with [...]

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While prepping for my fall 2011 course at NYU, Style & Society, last week, I came across a cardstock thick, cornstarch yellow hued piece of paper that I had photocopied and saved, I think from two years ago, to share with my students so that they could analyze an example of a designer interview. I’m [...]

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[All resort 2012 images via Elle.com] Resort is a strange season, generally between mid-November through January/early February that traditionally catered to the jet set heading to warm locales when the rest of us had to schlep through rain, wind, sleet, snow, and the like. Now, resort has evolved to a season of practically seasonless clothes, [...]

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