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  • How to Enjoy the Deliciousness of Dresses
    How to Enjoy the Deliciousness of Dresses

    I am obsessed with the deliciousness of dresses at the moment. I mentioned in my January review that I bought some dresses and that I particularly adore my โ€œhouse dressโ€. I have been trying to work out when and why I stopped wearing them.

  • How to BE an Indomitable Presence
    How to BE an Indomitable Presence

    Something else people do at this time of year is consider revamping their wardrobes (won’t you be glad when January is over and I move on). Katy recently sent me a link to an old blog post about how Petites can build presence (like me she’s troubled in this area). It’s written by Kelly, who describes herself…

  • Outfit for Exercise Newbies
    Outfit for Exercise Newbies

    The new year often brings the intention to lose weight and get fit, and this requires an outfit for exercise newbies. You could just wear any old thing, but you will feel more committed and are more likely to keep going if you have a dedicated outfit for this purpose.

  • About Dame Edna’s Amazing Signature Style
    About Dame Edna’s Amazing Signature Style

    My gladioli are coming into flower, and I donโ€™t know about you, but I always think of housewife gigastar Dame Edna Everage when I see gladioli.

  • Outfit for the Beach
    Outfit for the Beach

    Like most people, I love summer. But while many Australians love the beach, Iโ€™m more of a bush person. But, it seems a good time to think about an Outfit for the beach.

  • 2015 Summer Wardrobe Plan part 3
    2015 Summer Wardrobe Plan part 3

    In part one, I talked about the basics, part two a wardrobe review, and now in the 2015 Summer Wardrobe Plan part 3, it’s time to refine the plan.

  • 2015 Summer Wardrobe Plan part 2
    2015 Summer Wardrobe Plan part 2

    In part 1, I formulated the basic plan. Now, in the 2015 Summer Wardrobe Plan part 2, it’s time to get a bit more specific about the details.

  • 2015 Summer Wardrobe Plan part 1
    2015 Summer Wardrobe Plan part 1

    After four years of unemployment, I must buy clothes for the life I’m currently living. It’s time to develop aย 2015 Summer Wardrobe plan.

  • Why and how I wrote signature wardrobe planning
    Why and how I wrote signature wardrobe planning

    It’s a good question. Complicated but good, and I’ll try to keep my explanation of why and how I wrote the book simple. (and short)

  • What You Need to Know for a Strategic Wardrobe Review
    What You Need to Know for a Strategic Wardrobe Review

    As It’s the time of year for swapping clothes out as the seasons change, so it’s time to talk about a strategic wardrobe review.

  • Outfit for the Fair
    Outfit for the Fair

    And after I forcibly relaxed my face (didn’t want the wind to change and it to stay that way) it occurred to me that I haven’t shared what I learned about buildingย outfits with you, so I’ll use my outfit as an example of how to build an Outfit for the Fair.

  • How Wardrobe Reviews Make You Happy and Boost Personal Power
    How Wardrobe Reviews Make You Happy and Boost Personal Power

    I recently watched a video where women talked about theย life-changing nature of KonMari-ing their closets.ย How theirย wardrobe reviews boosted their personal power, and made them happy.

  • How 1918 style weight control makes you slim and happy
    How 1918 style weight control makes you slim and happy

    Suggestions from 1918 are in the three to five-year time frame. so it makes sense you need to think about weight control and how to maintain your body shape so that your clothes will fit you for the durationย as well.

  • A Critique of Glamour’s “24 Fashion Essentials You’ll Need in 2015”
    A Critique of Glamour’s “24 Fashion Essentials You’ll Need in 2015”

    In a large nutshell, this is my problem with โ€œfashion essentialsโ€. An essential is something that you just canโ€™t do without; the air that you breathe for example. Fashion is a customary or conventional way of doing something; in this instance, a way of dressing.

  • Three Kinds of Capsule Wardrobe
    Three Kinds of Capsule Wardrobe

    I’m trying to get myย bookย Build Your Signature Wardrobe finished, so a quick post about the three kinds of capsule wardrobe.

  • The Importance of Appropriateness in Clothing
    The Importance of Appropriateness in Clothing

    I thought I’d share some thoughts aboutย the old fashioned notion of Appropriateness. Many people reject appropriateness because so often it hasย the moral connotation of right and wrong.

  • Wardrobe Planning 1935 style
    Wardrobe Planning 1935 style

    Todayโ€™s advice about wardrobe planning 1935 style comes from a college textbook I discovered during my book research.

  • Your Clothing Shopper Responsibilities
    Your Clothing Shopper Responsibilities

    I’m going to share the Author’s thoughts about clothing shopper responsibilitiesย ย the responsibilities of wardrobe shopping.ย  Some are still surprisingly relevant todayย and looking back some are strangelyย prescient

  • Dealing with Aging Parents
    Dealing with Aging Parents

    Weย just got home fromย a mad dash backย to the town we grew up in,ย to visit our respective aging parents whoย have assorted medical problems, and are approaching the time when we don’t know when/if will be the last time we see them.

  • The Benefit of Clothing Budgets
    The Benefit of Clothing Budgets

    It’s been a couple of weeks since I talked about the value of wardrobe planning, so I thought I’d follow up with some thoughts on clothing budgets andย buying clothes.

  • Why Wardrobe Plans are Valuable
    Why Wardrobe Plans are Valuable

    The key wardrobe plan problem is building this year’s wardrobe around last year’s clothes (not lack of funds). I think this may be…

  • Discover Your Perfectly Comfortable Heel Height
    Discover Your Perfectly Comfortable Heel Height

    Once, a very long time ago, I had a pair of heels with the perfectly comfortable heel height. ย Not only could I wear them all day, but thenย all night as wellย and hardly notice I was wearing them.

  • My version of string theory
    My version of string theory

    In previous posts I have referred to my life as being like a tangled ball of string – I wasn’t specific at the time, but I imagine it as the kind you get when you give a cat a ball of wool to play with. When you try to unravel it, you pull one strand and all the…

  • Me and Melbourne are Friends Again
    Me and Melbourne are Friends Again

    As you know, I was quite sad to lose my feeling of kinship with the city.  So I am really very happy to tell you that me and Melbourne are back on!  Perhaps it was just been that kind of melancholic can’t find a thing to buy feeling – do you get that too?  Sometimes having a firm…

  • Could You Do Fashion On a Budget?
    Could You Do Fashion On a Budget?

    I spent too much on clothes –ย most ofย them mistakes, and I stillย had nothing to wear!ย I needed a system to procure fashion on a budget.

  • Who are the Home Grown Heroes of My Beautiful Garden?
    Who are the Home Grown Heroes of My Beautiful Garden?

    When I first laid out my garden vision, I mentioned a need to develop habitats for native species – my home grown heroes.ย 

  • How to Look Like you Know What You’re Doing
    How to Look Like you Know What You’re Doing

    Dressing to look like you know what you’re doing is why we dress appropriately for our circumstances, isn’t it?

  • Virtue of Beauty; a Beautiful Presence
    Virtue of Beauty; a Beautiful Presence

    Your authentic self is initially seen through personal presentation – your beautiful presence; your clothes, hair and makeup.