Casual Style: Sweat Me

Do you ever feel like it’s easier to get dressed up than it is to go casual? Sometimes I have a hard time on the weekends because 70% of my wardrobe is work clothing. Sweatsuits are about as casual as it gets, and I have exactly two pair–they were Christmas gifts. I refuse to wear them outside of the house. As I am vehemently opposed to sweats of the hot-pink-velour-with-rhinestones-across-the-arse variety, I hadn’t given much...

Show Nuff: London Fashion Week

Two Fashion Weeks down, two to go! London was, as usual, the wild card of the group, with a number of up-and-comers fresh out of Central Saint Martins showing their designs on the runways.  Tales of fabulous parties in hole-in-the-wall pubs filled with drunken, dancing (Br)it-girls make me want to say things like “What’s all this, then?”  in a (really bad) faux-British accent! Let’s get this party started: Houndstooth and checks and tweeds, oh my!  Traditional English gear...

Fashion Week(s)

Ahhh…it is once again that time of year. The smell of hastily pinned designer clothing and overpriced five-inch high heels is in the air. Giraffe-like 19 year olds with glowing skin and perfect hair run amok in some of the biggest cities in the world.  Stylephiles unlucky enough to live in places like Ohio obsessively check style.com for the latest updates from their favorite designers. Yes, dear friends, it’s Fashion Week(s). New York Fashion Week kicked off...

Inspiration: The Original Blair

Yes, I watch Gossip Girl just as obsessively as everyone else even though I’m waaayyy past their target demographic age. But that also means I’m old enough to remember another bossy Queen B years before Ms. Waldorf came along–Blair Warner of The Facts of Life. Blair was a bossy, stuck-up, rich bitch who strutted around the campus of the exclusive Eastland School for Girls as if she owned the place–actually, I think at the end...

Style Blog: Under Construction

So I decided to start a style blog (obviously). Something that would allow me to play with fashion, graphic design, web layout, digital marketing, etc.I figured I’d only need a few things: A computer, internet access, graphic design program(s), a decent camera, a basic understanding of HTML and CSS…pretty simple stuff, right? WRONG. Man, was I wrong. Not about the  required basics–that still holds true–but the simple part? Not so simple! Especially when: The camera...