Holiday Gifts

The following post offers some ideas for last minute holiday gifts. Good luck and enjoy the holidays!

Gift Guide

Do's and Don'ts for a 1st Date

Do's and Don'ts for a 1st Date

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Links

Links à la Stocking Stuffers

Edited by Fashion Pulse Daily

This week, as I've been getting geared up for the holiday season's shopping ( both loving and dreading it) via Black Friday and Cyber Monday, I couldn't help but compare the posts to stocking stuffers. Why? Because it felt like a nice, sentimental hodge podge of little items that although different, still fit together into the the bigger equation, hence my new phrase, "Links a la Stocking Stuffers!" Although I jest, I love the variety of posts this week, from how to style and what to wear including Retro Chick's guide to '40s hair for holiday parties, CoolMamaStyle.com's tuxedo jacket, The Coveted's adventures in Century 21 and What to Wear's Art Basel fashionable looks, to Prom Mafia's run in with Black Friday and SwaySwaySway's blissful tactics to keep your computer off on Cyber Monday.

As expected, there was a fabulous round-up of links in the forum as well, all worthy of your eyeballs!

Links à la Mode : December 3rd

• 39th and Broadway - How zoning may save the fashion industry
• Bonne Vie - talking about Knockoffs and why making accessible fashion isn't a bad thing
• Confessions of a Fashion Editor - Interview with Katie Mackay of What Katie Wore, as she reaches the end of her year-longstyle challenge, to wear something different every day!
• CoolMamaStyle.com - Binge or Bargain: Black Tuxedo Jacket
• Fashion Pulse Daily - Saks Fifth Avenue & Windows 7; an unlikely pairing for the holidays!
• Fashion XK8 - Explores Fashion through local anthropology
• Girl Friday - Mad About the Tote
• Little Miss Makeup: Smoky Eyeshadow: A Timeless Makeup Trend
• Oranges and Apples - Fashioning the Future: my favourites from the 2009 sustainable fashion awards
• Painfully Hip - Edie Sedgwick takes San Francisco (she was born a California Girl, after all)!
• Prom Mafia - Surviving Old Navy's Black Friday Sales
• Rags to Reverie - How Essie got me to embrace nail color once again
• Retro Chick - A Step by Step Guide to Easy 40s Style Party Hair
• Style Symmetry - Blog to Watch ~ My Mom, The Style Icon
• SwaySwaySway -A short and humorous guide to beating those seductive Cyber Monday urges
• [the 3st] - Interview with Hungarian Designer Dora Mojzes, recently featured at the Marie Claire Fashion Show,
• The Art of Accessories - helps you find a gift for everyone on your list with the 2009 Winter Gift Guide
• The Coveted - Finds designers at an old favorite discount department store, Century 21
• The Door in My Wardrobe - A lengthy post about fabric weaves and fibers, helpful for vintage hunter
• The Working Wardrobe - Check out these eco-friendly ties that work with your outfit and your office dress code.
• What to Wear -Art Basel Miami Beach--the most important art show in the United States

Beyond Fashion

Edited by Retro Chick

This weeks Links à la Mode blows away any preconceived ideas of the narcissistic fashion blogger posting endless outfit photos and magazine shoots by covering a huge array of topics. Ranging from Dream Sequins whimsical birthday tea party to High Fashion Girls detailed examination of racism in fashion magazines, these posts demonstrate what we’re capable of and the communities we can build.

Of course, being fashion bloggers there are also some great outfits to be found and our bloggers this week have looked at: movies, from Bollywood to Sci fi; their pyjama drawers; and even their cleaning cupboard in their ceaseless search to bring you fashion inspiration.

As ever there’s many more exciting links on the original forum thread

Enjoy!

Links à la Mode : November 26th

• British Style Bloggers – Intrinsically Florrie on British Style Bloggers on how you can support the lovely Luella brand in it’s time of need
• Dream Sequins – The stylish guests at a virtual birthday tea party (Part 2)!!
• Fashion X K8 – The Fashion Blogging community being analoguous to “The Girls” in Quentin Tarantino’s Death Proof
• FashionHippo – Best Organic Lip Balms: 6 Natural Picks to Nourish Your Pout
• Fete a fete – Guerlain’s Imperial Holiday makeup collection review
• High Fashion Girl – Racism & Fashion
• Idiosyncratic Style – Idiosyncratic Style dares you to re-think the possibilities of Pajamas outside the house
• In Life and In Fashion – How to dress with Bollywood Flair
• Lillys Roses – The new charity tshirts by TV-Star C.F. for the eco label armeangels
• M.I.S.S. – She’s Crafty: DIY First Place Ribbon Accessories
• Mariels Castle – Are we trully free when it comes to our fashion choices?
• Oranges and Apples – What are charity shops for? Thoughts sparked by Mary Portas’ new Save the Children shop
• Prom Mafia – Happy Accident: How to bleach fun designs on your clothes
• Quirky Fashion – Movies that Inspired Fashion
• Retro Chick – Buy Audrey Hepburns Wardrobe
• Shoe Daydreams – Why Knock-offs are Bad for the Soul
• Style on a String – Confessions of an UGG Lover and Wearer (but only indoors!)
• THE COVETED – Coach Holiday : Review & Giveaway!
• The Demoiselles – Wing Tips: Finding a Tailor
• Work Chic – Win a Sondra Roberts SR squared Shopper tote!

20 Things An Image Consultant Can Do For YOU!!

Ever since I decided to pursue a career in Image Consulting I have been asked one question more than any other. I understand the question and quite honestly would have never been able to answer this question with any certainty until about two years ago. The question is..


I understand you are an image consultant, but what do you do? And why would I benefit from hiring you?


As Image Consulting is a new field it is not shocking that this question comes up so often. People seem to understand the idea of what a consultant does. They walk into a situation and look at it objectively, from the point of view of someone who is trained to understand certain types of situations and to offer tools to improve the situation. The image part however, is so broad that it seems people do not understand what specifically that image consultant can do for them and how.


That being said I have written a list of benefits to having an Image Consultant:

Image Consultants can...

 1.)   Show you what colors will most flatter your personal skin tone.

 2.)   Show you how to dress for your body, more specifically what sort of shapes will slim, bulk, elongate, shorten, etc.

 3.)  Teach you what sort of things to wear that will flatter your personal facial shape 

 4.)  Teach you how to accessorize properly finding items that flatter your personal structure, as well as show you ways to accessorize to avoid looking to minimal or “over the top”

 5.)   Work with you to determine your personal style

 6.)  Help you clean out your closet (s) dresser drawers

 7.)   Take your clean closets and donate the discarded clothes to local charities of your choice

 8.)   Offer you suggestions regarding tailors, dry cleaners, and  cobblers, etc to help you repair garments in need

 9.)  Take the clothes that you have and show you how to organize your belongings into a concise area creating ease for dressing in the future

 10.)  Show you what sort of garments you might need in your closet to help you complete your wardrobe

 11.)  Help you with shopping showing you what types of garments will fit you best as well as direct you towards brands that match your style / body type

 12.) Keep you updated on new styles entering the stores as well as sales

 13.)  Give you an idea of what is to come and what sort of looks are simply fads.

 14.) Shop for you and later have you try on garments on your own time or bring garments to you to try in your own home.

 15.)  Help you with shopping for gifts as well

 16.)  Work with you and your goals be it relationship, career, self improvement etc, to show you what sort of looks might resonate with your desired outcome

 17.)   Help teach you about body language cues that you give that work and those that do not work

 18.)  Work with you to develop body language cues that will work on helping you obtain your goals

 19.)   Show you ways to soften / harden, make professional, seem more fun your image

 20.)  Work with you to set specific goals for yourself and create a timeline as well as steps in order to achieve your goals.


 See our other article to see what an Image Consultant can do your business and organization


 To obtain additional information about Image Consulting or to hire your own Image Consultant contact Trel at:

www.myeternalstyle.com

lvstyleconsultant@gmail.com

248.225.1781

Raw Survival Trend Fall / Winter 2009

Raw Survival

The feeling it elicits:

• Survivalist
  
• Natural
  
• Raw

How to wear it for your body type:

Short: Try a pair of rugged natural looking slim jeans in a deep gray, pair that with a neutral button down in a brown, throw a rugged worn leather jacket over top.

Tall: Wear a pair of motocross inspired pants (actual motocross pants are not suggested) just means interesting graphics throughout the pants, with a neutral colored t shirt, allow graphics on the shirt for added interest.

Average: Try a pair of natural colored slacks in a natural fabric like wool, linen or cotton, pair that with a cardigan in a natural color (gray, brown, tweed, cream) try a tribal inspired tee underneath.

Athletic: Wear some slim jeans that look semi destructed, pair that with a tribal inspired t shirt and a worn leather jacket.

Heavy: Wear a pair of neutral worn colored slacks, with a button down shirt in the same worn shirt. Pair this with a destructed leather jacket.

Thin: Try a pair of natural colored slacks paired with a tribal inspired shirt, throw a cable knit  cardigan over top for cool days.

Additional Notes:

• Primitive Fabrics
  
• Wear dusty colored neutrals
  
• Leather items with metal studs
  
• Primal graphics
  
• Motocross pants
  
• Tribal Prints
  

Classic Trend Fall / Winter 2009

Classic

The feeling it elicits:

• Traditional
  
• Elegant
  

How to wear it for your body type:

Short: You will look fantastic in a slim cut vertical pinstripe suit. Keep the colors dark on the suit and pair the look with a brighter shirt underneath and classic styled tie.

Tall: Choose a pair of worsted slacks in a dark muted color like a charcoal, pair this with a slim cut plaid shirt.

Average: Try a dark wool belted waist coat. Pair this with slim cut worsted wool slacks. 

Athletic: Wear a pair of slim cut slacks with a sweater in a natural wool fabric. Be sure the sweaters pattern remains conservative and traditional like the Fair Isle sweater featured above.

Heavy: Take advantage of all the vertical stripes featured in this look. Be sure to get a dark suit with very fine vertical stripes, (large stripes will make you look bigger). Pair this with a dark shirt underneath and a dark slim tie. This season we can do dark on dark on dark.

Thin: Wear a highly textured sweater (cable knit) in a dark color under a light wool coat. Pair this with some worsted wool slacks.

Additional Notes:

• Make use of dark muted colors
  
• Pin collars - a strong collar is very important in this look
  
• Tweeds
  
• Waist coats are rather prevalent in this look
  
• Tailored structure is very important - make sure the suit fits well