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Dispelling the Myth: Wearing White after LD

27 Aug 2012
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With the official end of summer just around the corner, it’s like somebody just ripped that bikini right off my body. Do I have to pick up my body off the beach, send the kids back to school, get back to work? Yes. Pack up those summer whites? NO. Today on the Fashion Hunter, why I wholeheartedly disagree with this old wives tale to store the whites. Here’s the lowdown. Back in the early 20th Century it was a status symbol for those who were able to change their clothes by season, white during the summer and darker colors in the winter. It wasn’t proper etiquette to wear white after Labor Day, specifically any clothing below the waist. Obviously, recent fashion trends have dictated otherwise. Here’s... Read More

Love Letters

24 Aug 2012
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The emblematic monograms that have been spotted on sweaters, shirts, necks, ears, and other body parts are Fall’s playful nod to collegiate culture. When the initial in question, is splattered all over oneself, it invites the viewer to get to know you on a first-name basis. At first, when I first spotted these oversized Kenzo K’s, And Marni M’s, I thought why would anybody want to wear that? For sure they are begging to be worn by owners of the same initial. I am not a monogrammed kind of girl, but wearing an unintentional letter is pretty rad. The other day I bought a gold letter H necklace, suggesting that my name might be Helen, Honey, Hallie, or Hannah. FTR, my name is Stephanie, I am... Read More

Wide Leg, Part Deux

22 Aug 2012
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What’s skin-tight and gives you a laundry list of side effects that read like this: lower back-pain, cut-off leg circulation, nerve compression and gives you cameltoe? Yes, this is a quiz, not a pharmaceutical commercial. Give up? Nothing, in the lower region of your body, this coming season. I really thought you would want to see my feedback on just the relaxed pair of pants that I was hinting at last week. Heck, maybe you wanted to see me suffer in said skinny pants considering my food indulgent summer, but, sorry, the waistband most likely won’t close. Goodbye too-tight trousers, hello, saggy butt, ill-fitting drop-crotch hot pants. You are so easy to rationalize. As far as my choice of said pant, I was not as experimental... Read More

Big Pants

18 Aug 2012
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“Are you wearing that?”, my counterpart asked as we were stepping out for the evening. “Why? Don’t you like it?” Crickets. No, it wasn’t a wardrobe malfunction, it was my pants. #Supes Hein. The drop crotch that was drooping from my butt was, to the untrained eye, very unattractive. After all, I have been pretty content with having spent the past two years living in slim trousers – a’ la Audrey Hepburn – and have adopted that chic simplistic dress code. So, this was a real departure. Moral of the story? When it comes to pants, volume of any kind can have disastrous results. “I just like to wear the pants” I retorted. Cue my silent dinner. After a few days of soaking my brain with... Read More

Silver Streaks

15 Aug 2012
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Many designers as well as some Olympiads have dipped into gold, as you saw from my Olympic post last week, but steely silver doesn’t have to take a back seat. A silver metal isn’t any worse than a gold in my book, as it shines, glimmers, and it plays the same reflecting game as gold. I’m loving silver right now as they give your look a decidedly futuristic feel. Silver is as neutral as black and white. Many designers showcased metallics for Spring 2012 and the trend doesn’t seem to be waning. I even starting investing in many shiny pieces, see City Dressing, from back in June, in case you forgot and  continue to hunt down the latest in metals. Today on the Fashion Hunter, I give you... Read More

On the Rocks

13 Aug 2012
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Just when you got yourself in a summer groove, Fall lurks around the corner. But who says, you can’t take the spirit of endless summer home with you? Of course for us New Yorkers, endless summer means hot, humid, or unsure or when it wants to be downright nasty. On the West Coast, the motto, “Don’t sweat the small stuff” surely rings true, but when you are a New Yorker it’s more like “Just go ahead and sweat it out.”  But every New Yorker needs a break. The clear thoughts that have entered my brain this past week are a consequence of taking a 5-day reprieve in Baja from all things alcohol-related, chocolate, and WiFi. I did have withdrawals, mainly from the chocolate. Just kidding... Read More

The Gold Medal

07 Aug 2012
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On Day 12, we are more than halfway through the Olympic Games, but the excitement is not waning. With Thunder Thighs, (Those thighs, btw are trending right now) Gymnastics, Beach Volleyball, and Track and Field fever reaching an all-time high, the Wow Factor for me, and maybe for you too, is thriving. The games are a reason to indulge in one of Fall’s biggest trends, athletic-wear. Mesh, racing stripes, sporty ankle-length pants and, of course, scrunchies  Speedos, are coming in front and center. Below, you will see my sporty look creation that I might have worn to the Olympics had I made the leap to get to London. Not to jump ahead, but who will win the gold? Those gold platform boots by a long... Read More
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