Shop, Save, Style...Old Navy

A couple of house keeping items first.  One, man friend (which is Eric if you follow my {Instagram} or {Twitter} post, so we should refer to him as such from now on) did not say anything about me working at the desk when I was suppose to be on be rest ;)  You can catch up on that story from Wednesday's post {here}.  Second, is that I do try to reply to any comments left on posts, so just be sure to check back for any answers to question and so on :)

Moving on... I hope that you may recognize today's post title: Shop, Save, Style!  This is the first installment of what I hope to be a regular feature on Life in Fashion.  A couple weeks ago, I talked about two topics I want to feature on the blog going forward-this one, and 'Problem and Solution', which you can read about those {here}.  This topic will showcase my shopping adventures with pics of my favs I find in the stores, what pieces I actually brought home, and how I style them.  For my first week I chose Old Navy.  

I LOVE the ON!  I know many scoff at it, but they have become one of the top budget fashion competitors in the market.  First of all, they fit all sizes.  You can shop 0-xs or 18-xxl.  Second, they are revamping their whole accessories department and are on the right track.  Third, you can still buy the rainbow for about $25 in flip flops, tanks and tees.  Lastly, you gotta love the annual Old Navy 4th of July tee!  Wait I forgot, I love their commercials too :)

And here's what came home with me.  These are what won my heart over knowing I could get at least one work outfit, one weekend outfit and one for fun outfit out of each of these.  Plus with how affordable they are I might be able to splurge on a thing or two next time out!  Note that these were all purchased on 6/8 so you can run out to your local ON and they will be currently available.

Now you have the 'shop' portion of this madness.  Tomorrow will be the 'style & save'.  If you want to guarantee you don't miss out sign up to follow by email or join as a member of the blog site.  That way the style inspiration will be dropped right into your inbox for you! 

See you manana!

More Dump the Frump...

Okay, first of all this post will be a great little test.  If you follow me on Twitter or Instagram you will know that today I am suppose to on bed rest.  I threw out my back, again!  Man Friend set me up with all the needed accessories; iPad, Nook, all remotes, water, McCafe coffee, and a blanket.  So I should be on the couch napping, reading, or watching Netflix.  He trotted off to work this morning and instantly I was bored.   Here I am sitting at the computer working.  So if he reads today's post, I'll be in trouble.  If doesn't read it well then he might be in trouble because he should be reading my blog, am I right?

All I can think about is yesterday's blog post talking about how to get out of those frumpy looks we all are known to wear.  I posted two great tips and my mind is riddle with more ways to slim down your outfits.  So here are a couple more ways to can rework outfits to tighten up any look!

1. This is a layering rule I teach all my clients.  If when you are layering you lose the shape the garment you are doing it wrong.  You can see in the before picture you have no idea what shape the dress is under that bulky jacket.  In the after picture you can see that there is a waist line on the dress and we see the silky texture much more with the sweater cardigan instead of the linen jacket.  Adding the belt and the shorter 3rd piece brings out the skirt length of dress more too.

2.  This method of styling is what I call 'Nip & Tuck'.  In the first picture the dress just hangs we have no shape of the figure or the dress.  When we add a long open cardigan and belt over the dress we see a silhouette and a waist!  We are adding ways to 'Nip & Tuck' in at the waist.

3.  The trick is to lighten up the look.  In the before picture this great sheath dress is layered with a heavy jacket from a suit.  It's not bad but when you compare it to the after picture where we put the dress with a lightweight merino cardigan you can see more of the dress.  Sometimes I see my clients swimming in fabric when they put together an outfit.  Thin out the fabrication and shorten the layer and you instantly thin out.  You may also notice that in all of the after looks I make sure to show the wrist.  Your wrist is one of the most dainty parts of your body.  When you flash it a little it goes a long way ;)

4.  You may not think color makes a huge difference in how small you can look, but it does!  This before and after is probably one of the best examples I have.  In the first look the client resembles a floating could.  All you see is a mixture of grey and blue, you don't even notice what the pieces are or see the shape of the person wearing everything.  In the second look we did more contrasting colors by changing to a black jacket with structure (sleeves rolled).  Also we switched out the scarf for a pearl necklace to show the neckline and added a belt to create more of a frame.  

Alright, I'm back to the couch!

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Dump the Frump...

Every single client I work with and every single person that reads this blog is worried about looking frumpy.  It is the number one problem women are hoping to solve when being styled.  Here are some of the biggest mistakes that women make when dressing that cause the frump...

1. Tuck in and belt it!  When you hide your figure, you look like you have no figure.  What does that do?  It makes you look frumpy.

2. You can only wear one loose piece at a time.  If you are wearing a drapey top make sure you pair it will some skinny pants.  If you wear baggy on top and baggy on bottom, you are going to look baggy :(

There you go 2 easy peasy simply style tips you can start doing today!  I promise you will dump the frump with these changes.

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Here's How It Goes...

As I said earlier this week I want to give you guys the chance to have some of the same shopping, styling and problem solving my clients get.  So to do that here are couple post topics that are going to happen this summer...

Topics here are going to show how I take clients through the mall and teach them how to shop smart and not buy up the whole store.  When we get home we style the newly acquired piece with what is already living in the closet.  Then we calculate the bang for the buck!  How can you participate?  Good question!  If you have a store you shop in frequently or  have gone shopping and have a bag of goodies you would like to see styled we can do that.  Just email me the store and pics of your purchases and we'll make it happen.  Just be sure to sign up to follow by email so you can see when your content goes live!

Okay, this one is a goodie.  Summer wedding or engagement party?  Work patio happy hour?  Meeting the significant others parents?  Attending a baptism or first communion?  Bachlorette party or bridal shower?  Maybe a first, second, third interview?  Are you going to any of these events or something like it and you have someone to impress, an old beau you haven't seen in a while perhaps?  Or maybe you lost a bunch of weight and want to show it off.  Whatever you do, how ever you want to look I can help.  Just email me details and we can do some styling.  Be sure to sign up to follow by email so you can see when your content goes live!



There is more to come but I gotta hit the road and go camping :)  Don't worry you'll hear about it, lol!

Summer Summer Summer Time...

Typically on Memorial Day weekend you would see images like this....

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And we would be styling cute outfits like this...

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Instead what we got is this...

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And had to wear outfits like this...

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Even with all of this dismal weather, including another 5 day forecast of rain and cold here in Mpls I am starting Summer!!!!  On the blog for the next 4 months we are going to have fun, answer questions, solve problems, re-style outfits and much much more!  This week I am going to reveal how you are going to have the chance to be heard and tell me what to write!

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Talk Soon :)