Some of the best recent reads from around the web.
Looking to get skinny in 2008?
You could do a lot worse than eschewing Atkins, diet sodas, meat and dairy for vegies and whole grains. Body image aside, it’s not an unhealthy approach to nutrition and food for thought for the new year. Try a recipe and get the lowdown on one of the hottest books around: Skinny Bitch.
How to look polished
It’s the Holy Grail of style. Allie of Wardrobe Oxygen has the definitive guide on how to look perfectly pulled together without losing yourself.
Searching for a wearable wardrobe
How are thirtysomething women to dress for the real world?
Smart beauty buys
Cosmetics cop Paula Begoun lists the best beauty products of 2007. (And the worst? Take a look at her archive.)
Inspiration or irritation?
Angie of You Look Fab coaches us to organise our closets for less dress stress.
10 new fashion commandments for 2008
The only thing we love more than rules are rule-breakers. Here are the fashion guidelines we really need.
Eye candy
Sarah Jessica Parker can really rock an unexpected shoe colour.
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pamela munro said,
January 7, 2008 @ 9:23 pm
As the British article recognizes, there are different “real worlds”! I have one real world which is hanging out at the computer at home combing the internet for work, writing my blog(s) and so on. For that I wear comfy t-shirts/sweatshirts and jeans.
I usually have to change to go out to ANOTHER world - wearing at least a high version of jeans and a fancier top and a trendy jacket- and that’s the low end of the spectrum. Sometimes I have to look professional and wear my good woolen/silk jacket(s) and slacks and even earrings with bag and shoes to go with, as my Swedish grandmother used to say.
Frankly, sometimes I look at the pictures here and elsewhere and wonder WHERE so those people WEAR those clothes? My life is more glamourous than many, and I haul out my grander things only occasionally. It makes sense to concentrate on your most prevalent style without neglecting the other parts of your life you have to get dressed for.
I have a sequined shirt that I wear every winter or so - it will last for years. And I just acquired a black sequined sweater I wore for New Year’s Eve, for which I can say ditto.
I know efficient and pared down closets are the thing - but years ago I read a fashion editor type say that to be really well dressed you have to have a LOT of clothes (& the things that go with them.) That’s because you have to be prepared for all this little nooks and crannies in your personna. I don’t go E. to NYC all the time - but I have some winter things on hand, even in S. California….
I afford this by getting rockbottom bargains - the sequined sweater was an Ann Klein - but I got it for $7!! and who’s the wiser - vintage and used things can save you a bundle. All my designer things have pasts…