Look at what Becca at BrightHaven Times did with an old party dress. The end result could’ve been one of the costumes from Enchanted. In Rivkasmom’s Etsy shop you can find gorgeous accessories made from old watch parts. Jean from the Artful Parent hosts an “I’m not a dirty hippie” party where she and her …
The Fabulous! Festival for August ’08
The current edition of the Fabulous! Festival is being hosted by Dramatis Personae. Check it out for links to all kinds of great articles on fashion, beauty, and style; including an announcement of the Bargain Queens’ new site, The Wardrobe Channel.
Banishing the Chicken Arms
It’s summer and you want to wear short sleeves, but you’re embarrassed by the bumpy, red “chicken skin” on your upper arms. This condition is called keratosis pilaris, and it’s pretty common. Both the site linked to above and the American Academy of Dermatology say there’s no real cure for it, only treatments. It sounds …
Why Staples?
Before moving to Aiken, I lived in Salinas CA, Sewanee TN, Atlanta GA, Charlotte NC, and Columbia SC. In every one of those cities, I took clothes to be dry-cleaned. I even patronized a dry cleaner in Osaka, Japan during my semester abroad. Each cleaner had their own method for attaching the little paper tags …
Five Hallmarks of Personal Style
Meg Fowler posted a request on Twitter this morning: "Tell me five hallmarks of your personal style." I thought this was something I could reply to pretty quickly, since I am aware of my own personal style, both as I try to cultivate it and as it emerges on its own. But I found that …