May 21, 2012
As colleges and high schools wrap up their classes this month, graduation caps with their symbolic tassels remind us that there's something about a tassel as ornamentation that finishes a...
May 17, 2012
The March 2012 issue of Marie Claire posits, "Perhaps in response to the recent craze for scuba-style separates, designers plunge to new depths for spring. . . . Across every collection, sea horses,...
May 14, 2012
Perfect for barbecues on balmy nights, a couple of themes in fashion and jewelry are designed to be at home on the range.
May 10, 2012
Forward-facing ovals, both in solid discs and in open-center door-knocker styles, are dangling from ears in innumerable fashion spreads this season.Classic door-knocker–shape earrings rendered in...
May 7, 2012
This colorful season in fashion, there are any number of hues around which an entire wardrobe can be built. Yet it is the sunniest portion of the color wheel that seems to be receiving the greatest...
May 3, 2012
While long dangling earrings have a strong presence in fashion this season, another style of earrings is also receiving plenty of attention. Button and cluster earrings, usually about as long as they...
April 30, 2012
Perhaps you prefer to refer to the style as punk or rock 'n' roll, but there is no doubt that the Gothic look simmers as an undercurrent amidst all the bright lollipop colors and wild prints of the...
April 26, 2012
There's something lighthearted about a beautiful spring day, and just in time to enjoy the longer hours of daylight and gentle breezes, the fashion world is embracing lovely long earrings that dazzle...
April 23, 2012
Reflecting a style trend almost as reliably perennial as animal-print fabric, snakes have returned this season as a significant design motif.
April 19, 2012
The first one that caught my eye was profiled in the May 2012 issue of Better Homes and Gardens magazine in an article featuring gift ideas "Just for Mom."
April 16, 2012
In looking at jewelry in the context of fashion, it's important to keep abreast of not only what is stylish, but also how it is being worn. Back on March 22, I wrote about the style of pairing a...
April 12, 2012
The April 2012 issue of Harper's Bazaar summarizes the scope of a surprising trend in a feature titled "Pajama Games": "Head-to-toe sleepwear-as-daywear has dominated the runways of late, with...
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