Style on a Budget

Style on a Budget

When I was in corporate, I had a comfortable, healthy budget for clothes and shopping. I lived two blocks off Michigan Avenue and spent many Saturday afternoons trolling the Miracle Mile. My closet was full of designer names and expensive shoes. I say this not to...
The Power of Style

The Power of Style

It happened again. There I was, running through Whole Foods when I noticed a woman in fresh fruit smiling at me! I dashed into the Women’s and when I emerged, there she was, waiting for me outside the restroom. “I love what you’re wearing,” she...
Coming Alive With Color

Coming Alive With Color

 The more I talk to women, the more I learn how distressed many of you are by simply getting yourselves out the door every morning. I hear words like struggle, confused, overwhelmed. Many of you have unquestioningly absorbed and signed off on the myth, I don’t know...
Go From So-So to Swoon

Go From So-So to Swoon

It’s the holidays. I see you. There you are, standing in your closet or the Macy’s at the mall, clutching a pair of black pants and a black sweater, or top. Or dress. Back to black. It’s where we land to be sure. To hide stuff. To get out the door when we’re in a...
Shop Your Closet

Shop Your Closet

You know how sometimes you go into a store filled with tons of racks, tables heaping with folded sweaters, jeans, shoes, purses, accessories…. and you head to that one odd rack that looks like the returns from the fitting rooms? The stuff doesn’t look like it goes...