the clothing menu

A quick Google search shows that there are over 60 million fashion blogs.  So why start another one?  The simple answer: because you like fashion. If it’s something you like, why not share it with other people?  It will be easy for you to write about since you are passionate about it – whether it’s [...]

Seeing small businesses stay successful, especially during this economy, makes me happy.  Small businesses are critical to local economies and they also provide products and services unique to the local community that a large company can never do.  As you probably heard all about, this past weekend was American Express’ Small Business Saturday, an event [...]

I don’t know about you, but whenever I watch the Rachel Zoe show I think of how cool that job is (and how crazy she is).  You get to shop for your job, meet cool photographers and models, and are always surrounded by creativity.  I’ve also been to photoshoots as part of my day job [...]

Do you have a sweater you love?  Here are some ideas for how to wear that one sweater, three ways: 1 – Dress it up with a pencil or mini skirt and heeled boots 2 – Get comfortable with a pair of leggings and flat boots 3 – Go casual with jeans and flats

Watching vintage fashion videos never gets old.  It’s fun to see what’s still in style and to hear how the outfits were described, like one good quote from this video: “invitation to flirtation.” Ha!  What would this voiceover guy say if he saw what people wore on runways today? (click on the image to watch [...]

Apple picking, pumpkin pie, crisp air. As much as it’s sad to see the summer go, I love what fall brings – including new fall fashions and colors inspired by pretty fall foliage.

Find out the inspiration for the cover photoshoot of this month’s InStyle magazine featuring Katy Perry (in purple hair).

After a summer hiatus and lot of thinking about the future of this blog, the clothing menu is back with a new format that I’m excited about!  I always find it intriguing to hear how people turned their passion into a career, especially in the highly competitive fashion industry.  What was that final motivation that [...]

And that means weeks and weekends are really busy!  Is it like this on the west coast and south also?  In the northeast, summers are always really busy with lots of plans and parties because everyone is excited about the weather finally being nice and we know it’s not going to last.  What happens in [...]

This is the magic question for anyone who has a website.  You built it and you have things to say that you know people will like, but how do you drive traffic to your blog?  There are many ways to do this and I can go on and on about it, but for this post [...]