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Fashion vs. Style — Which Would You Choose?

“Fashions fade, Style is eternal.” ~ Yves Saint Laurent Women across the world tend to confuse Fashion with Style. Fashion is what is being offered and worn by most at any particular moment in time. It is a fad, a trend that does not last for long. When you are...

If You Love Me… Busting Relationship Myths.

“We come to love not by finding a perfect person, but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly.” ― Sam Keen You have finally found “the one” only to call it quits after a few lunches and dinners with him. You are in this perpetual merry-go-round, meeting most...

Your Body Image and You Say Bye-Bye to Feeling Bad About Your Body

I have always been fascinated by all things Style and Body Image. Over the years of designing fashion and being around so many women I’ve learned that when some are told, “You look great today,” what they hear is, “You look better today than you usually look.” That...

Body Image, The Media, and You

My journey as a designer and my involvement in the fashion industry has taught me many things. Most importantly it has taught me that there are agreed-upon concepts of beauty that stem from social norms and are reinforced by media imagery. You can look at the models...

What Jackie Kennedy and Melania Trump Have in Common…

Before you go off on a judgment spree because of the title of this article let me make it clear that I am not here to talk about anything else – no politics, none of the why’s and the why-not’s, nor the how’s. I am merely referring to STYLE. Yes, whether you want to...

Is this Déjà vu?

“One day, it will all make sense, it will all be revealed. Until then, we learn to live and accept our shadows, our Déjà vu’s, our dreams, our intuition that takes us to places that our minds never conceived, our bodies only perceived and our souls gladly...

Success Is A Journey – Not A Destination…

“Our job is not to figure out the how. The how will show up out of the commitment and the belief in the what.” ~ Jack Canfield in The Secret Related: Part 1 – Every Success Story Starts With A Dream Related: Part 2 – Recipe For Success – Set A Goal Related: Part 3 –...

Action is the Key to All Success

“Vision is not enough, it must be combined with venture. It is not enough to stare up the steps, we must step up the stairs” ~ Vaclav Havel If you’re anything like me, you have BIG DREAMS for your business and for your life. The problem is, dreams alone lead nowhere...

Recipe for Success – Set a Goal

There seems to be a lack of content out there that describes this pivotal time when we have more ‘I don’t knows’ to offer than certainties. I realize that life has a way of figuring itself out, and no matter how hard I try to make sense of what happens, I can’t recall...

Success Starts With A Dream…

Success Starts With A Dream… There’s something so powerful about going back in time and reliving the key moments of your life. Memories about events you had not thought about in a long time, what you have been through and where you have come from, a history of your...