Sharon Haver- style expert, online business success strategist for women entrepreneurs, fashion stylist, founder & editor in chief of FocusOnStyle.com

How to Wear Mixed Prints and Patterns

Mixed prints & patterns from the Spring 2010 runways Spring Trend How-To: Mixing prints and patterns is a top trend but how do I pull it off without looking like a lunatic escaping a fire? I've been seeing reading all sorts of tips about how to mix prints but whenever I try to wear a combination of different prints, I always feel like a fashion disaster. I must look like a fashion mess as well since I feel like people look at me cockeyed. Are there any styling tricks to combine different prints that I should know about to avoid looking like fashion victim? Spring Trends: Print on Print at ShopBop It's not that difficult to wear a combination of

Lauren by Ralph Lauren Spring virtual fashion show full of the best of the almost West

It's like being at a fashion show but you can here the editorial talking points Lauren by Ralph Lauren is turning to a different push for Spring with what they call the brand's first-ever online fashion show. It's kinda sort of a fashion show but more of a runway presentation with editorial talking points to simulate "real" front row chatter from magazine fashion editors including Marie Claire's fashion director Nina Garcia, Harper's Bazaar's executive fashion and beauty editor Avril Graham, Cosmopolitan's fashion director Michelle McCool and O, The Oprah Magazine's creative director Adam Glassman. >> Look ahead the the Ralph Lauren Collection Fall 2010 fashion show >> Western Boots Shopping Guide The clothes are VERY Ralph and very wearable with

The iconic New Wave wardrobe of Aimee Mann is a vintage fashion score

80's New Wave cool is decidedly timeless in its avante-garde fashion way I'll try not to count how many times that I got dressed to go out to a club with MTV playing in the background. 1985 YOHJI YAMAMOTO Asym Sarong Skirt w Suspender Str But I will tell you that one of my favorite 80's groups was 'Til Tuesday. What I really loved was how real and downtown the the lead singer Aimee Mann looked in in the videos in comparison to some other pop stars at the time who looked like they were styled and ready to go to spring break in Daytona. As a just-hatched stylist and seasoned downtown club goer during the New Wave era, I

Oscar Dress Red Carpet Review

Fashion's Best, Worst, and Plenty in the Middle on the Academy Awards Red Carpet It's the morning after and which star wore the most memorable Oscar Dress? Truth be told, less is more when it comes to the perfect Oscar dress unless you aim to make a big bold statement on the red carpet. It's unfortunate that so many stylists got the memo on frothy dresses with full skirts and plenty of trains because by the end of the evening it was almost impossible to tell each ‘top of the wedding cake' dress from the next. But I do know that their celebrity inspired knock-offs will be coming to a prom near you. Sandra Bullock >> Don't miss OSCAR Fashion

Armani Red Carpet Fashion Retrospective from Lady Gaga to Beyonce

Lady Gaga fashion firsts lead the must-see Armani Red Carpet Retrospective I highly suggest that you make time on your calendars to see the breathtaking Giorgio Armani Red Carpet Retrospective exhibition. I was delighted to attend it's opening reception last night at the Armani store on 5th Avenue in New York. >> See Oscar fashion red carpet photos 2010. Where else can you see a cavalcade of iconic red carpet fashion up close and very personal? So close that you can even tell which star is a bit on the busty side or which one is ever so tiny. I'm not snitching 'cause you better go see for yourself! Inside the Armani Red Carpet Retrospective For the past 20 years,

Cindy Crawford and The Olsens step up for JCPenney cheap chic

Cindy Crawford at the JCPenney ‘Discover Spring Style’ event

Fur is a top fall 2010 runway trend but we prefer faux fur

Faux fur expert Jaclyn Sharp and Imposter founder speaks out about the return of real fur in fashion As we are recapping runway trends for next fall it's hard to ignore the abundance of fur shown during New York Fashion Week. Without naming names and going runway to runway, there was a plethora of fur shown in almost every style from subtle to ostentatious, including the fluffy fox skirt shown by one household name fashion designer. I felt like I was watching reruns of 80's prime time soap operas where the characters dabbled in glutinous excess on every level, including fur. But have we not progressed from those stereotypes of what appearing glamorous is all about? That was for the

Humor Chic

Witty, cheeky, brilliant, and VERY fashionable It's funny how the fashion flock can sometimes take themselves so seriously. Add some tongue-in-cheek insider observations and it's Humor Chic! Karl Lagerfeld and Vivienne Westwood aleXsandro Palombo (yes, the a is small, the X is a capital as is the P to represent the Latin symbols for Pax Christi) likes to think of himself as the father of fashion satire. He has just the right amount of wit and whimsy to poke a very manicured finger right back at the fashion industry and have them smile all the better for it with Humor Chic, the world's first Daily Society Portrait blog. Palombo is a global foot soldier (Prada or Dior Homme, I wonder)

Jean Paul Gaultier for Target is one of the more interesting collaborations to hit cheap chic

Jean Paul Gaultier for Target take on a Breton stripe T-Shirt

Donna Karan Fall 2010 Collection Marks Its 25th Anniversary

WHERE IT NOW | #NYFW Runway Review: There is a three dimensional beauty to each architecturally crafted piece of fashion sculpture yet it remains easy to wear & always elegant It's almost hard to believe that the Donna Karan label is turning 25. Then again it is almost more impossible to think that there ever was modern fashion before Donna Karan. Donna Karan was able to reinvent women's fashion in a manner that made a woman of any age look modern, polished, and stylish in a way that let's you know that ‘she' has arrived. Her pieces endure fads and trends are like stunning old friends that you want to revisit time and time again in your wardrobe, perhaps by

Backstage Beauty at Westminster Dog Show

Poodle backstage in the benching area at Westminster Dog Show

Edition by Georges Chakra NY Fashion Week, Fall – Winter 2010

There is a pristine elegance in the collection's delicate beauty that is feminine but highly sophisticated at the same time. Runway Review Excerpt: The Edition by Georges Chakra collection brings to mind a very modern update on Jacques Fath who was known for his curvaceous and architectural cuts in cocktail dresses and ballgowns in the late 1940's to early 1950's. Once at the Paris flea market, I was lucky enough to come upon a steel colored brocade cocktail dress with a double row of velvet ribbons, black net inner slip, intricate inner and outer seaming, and sculpted to resemble an upside down champagne flute. The exquisite dress by the French designer Jacques Fath who was known for his curvaceous and

‘Follow the Model,’ Miss J’s Guide to Unleashing Presence, Poise, and Power

Booking it: J. Alexander tells it like it is and the boy can talk... I know! Dear Diary: Reading "Follow the Model" by my old friend, assistant stylist / sidekick, former partner in bettering the crimes of fashion is just like sitting around and talking to Alex, ummm Miss J. Well, we've already gone through this, he has as many names as he has fabulous steps. He is Alex to me as his real name is Alexander Jenkins but others also know him as Jay. Then there is J. Alexander from his modeling days and Miss J to those who know him from Americas Next Top Model. The book will explain... ôFollow the Modelö is a steady stream of consciousness. A long

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