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

Weekly Web Roundup: 06.19.2009

Who said what online… FocusOnStyle.com shares stylist tips to show you how to wear a jumpsuit like Padma Lakshmi, and there’s a an inspiration board to add wardrobe versatility! Cool cupcakes are on girlawhirl’s summertime agenda. SheFinds is excited to spice up a boring summer uniform with three fun vests. Smarter Fashion shows us their top 5 hot beach bags for summer. Beat the heat in style with StyleBakery’s ultimate summer survival guide The Beauty Brains explains how MiN New York Solution2 bumps off razor bumps.

“The “One-Dress” that Angelina Jolie really wanted…”

Curated by Malcolm Harris, it's the one-off dress with endless possibilities The “One-Dress” that Angelina Jolie really wanted, curated by Malcolm Harris You must have heard the volcanic gossip eruption about designer Malcolm Harris thinking that the multiple phone calls he received from Angelina Jolie were pranks. He hung up on her twice! Well, wouldn't you? I would put them in the same class as my calls from Yoda and move on. However, I did pay attention to the tidbit, as our new "social friendship" is based on the suggestion of a mutually good friend. And, Malcolm‘s design concept is about the collaboration of a great social being. The "One-Dress" is a genius of an idea, curated by Malcolm Harris,

How to wear a jumpsuit like Padma Lakshmi…

How to wear a jumpsuit like Padma Lakshmi... Inspiration Board with stylist dress tips to add versatility to your wardrobe Stylist tips and Inspiration Board to add versatility to your wardrobe I'm really tempted to but a jumpsuit for summer but I'm not convinced that it would add much versatility to my wardrobe. I'm trying to watch my fashion purchases and only buy items that can be worn a few different way s to get more mileage out of them. There's no doubt that jumpsuits are a very hot summer trend. You are absolutely right that a jumpsuit can be a one hit style wonder, but a strapless jumpsuit also can be a fantastic layering piece that acts as a

It or Miss: Sienna Miller in Baggy Peg Leg Pants…

Peg leg pants, are they modern or an instant fattener upper? Hard to imagine fashion individualist Sienna Miller ever looking less than stellar in her style, but we’re scratching our collective chin on this one. Here we have Sienna wearing all the right pieces of the moment- boyfriend jacket, loose-fitting nude colered T-shirt, and baggy peg-leg pants in white! Our fashion brain loves the look of a fuller pant, but my neurotic personal brain even grapples with the thought of looking mondo when I wear my pegged pants, but I kinda sorta love them just the same. Hubby says they are not the most flattering fit, our Alix on the Go went nutso every time she saw them on a

Make My Outfit Work: Silver Gladiator Sandals… Try our Inspiration Board with Three Style Variations!

Personal Stylist, Please Make my Outfit Work: Silver Gladiator Sandals. Try our Inspiration Board with Three Style Variations! I have a date coming up and I don't know what to wear. Well, I kind of have an idea already, but still not sure if it works and hope that you can help me. I have attached a picture of the outfit that I would like to wear so you can please advise me if it's right and if the silver gladiator shoes match the dress. Ohhh, my dress has a star print and is a black strapless tube dress. Hope to hear from you... thanks!(via email) When you are wearing something rather glaringly outrageous, like your super rockin' silver gladiator

I’ll Have What She’s Having: Jane Fonda, Aspirational Ageless Beauty

If you are going to resemble someone, best be a beauty who sustains… I have the kind of face that people find some kindred association. Usually, an insistence that they know me from high school, from somewhere, they are convinced. Or, they think that I look like a celebrity. The celebrities seem to range far and wide and are more dependent on the age of the person who initiated the comparison rather than a direct relevance to me. It's been insisted that I resemble Terri Hatcher, Sigourney Weaver, Brittany Murphy, and Frances McDormand. When I permed my hair it was Marie Schnieder from her Last Tango in Paris days– boy, that image sticks in the mind of some men. There

Jelly Shoes, Designer One-Ups the Cheapie Summer Sandal…

Even Givenchy has jelly gladiators and you should too! Jelly Shoes, Designer One-Ups the Cheapie Summer Sandal. Even Givenchy has jelly gladiators and you should too! Once upon a time jelly fisherman sandals with cute anklets were all the rage for grown-up girls. Then the ubiquitous jelly shoe lay buried at the bottom of the bin of boardwalk novelty stores alongside beach sarongs that screamed the name of the beach du jour in iron-on type. Wait up--jelly shoes are back and quite chic this time around! I must say that the leader of the fashion pack for jellies are the Givenchy Shoes Cutout Jelly Flats in matte plastic. Now, if you think about it, quite a fashion steal to get

TOMS Altruistic Chic: Look good, do good…

Shoes to look cute and help a poor child TOMS Shoes to look cute and help a poor child. Altruistic Chic: Look good, do good. We think of footwear as an accent to our outfits, something that both looks great and is comfy... well, most of the time. However, in many developing countries most children grow up barefoot and walking is often their primary mode of transportation. Children have to walk for miles get basics like food, water, shelter, and medical help. Some cannot even attend school as shoes are part of their uniform. Wearing shoes enables them to walk the distance that they could not barefoot. It prptects their feet from cuts and sores from unsafe roads and contaminated

Burberry Lights Up Manhattan Skyline

The English are coming have arrived... Few cities can compare to the magnificence of the iconic Manhattan skyline at night. Now visitors to New York and natives alike have a new jewel in the sky– Burberry! Decorating the NYC skyline is no easy feat. The new Burberry Americas headquarters on Madison Avenue is one of only six grand fathered signage locations in New York. In honor of the official lighting of the 50 foot long logo, Mayor Bloomberg declared yesterday, Burberry Day and there was quite the fete in celebration of its official lighting last night. It was definitely trench coat night as New York weather also paid homage to the British brand and its designer Christopher Bailey by providing

I’ll Have What She’s Having: Kate Moss in Ksubi cut-off shorts and heels

As if Ms. Moss would get it wrong, but a whole lot of others do so let’s share some tips to get it right… Ragged but refined cut-offs, tailored jacket, asymmetrical hemmed- T-shirt hanging out, low-key duffle bag, and to-die-for platforms. Superb! No over affected, jangling It-gizmos, no excess of skin to distract and cheapen her look, absolutely the right amount of off-handed chic that keeps Kate Moss ahead of the style pack. Now, Kate looks fantastic in her black Ksubi cut-offs and heels but it's not as easy a look to pull off for most. You would think, but from what I see on the street, shorts can get tricky. There are three ways to go wrong with

Let's help this Pilates instructor figure out what to wear to work to look chic and flatter her athletic build I have been a Pilates instructor for 15 years and constantly trying to find interesting and comfortable tops that flatter my figure and suit my almost Bohemian style. I'm 53 years old, 5'7', and weigh in at 155 pounds. I feel that tunic length tops work best on my figure, particularly ones that have rounded hems, long sleeves, and a boat neck or ballet neckline. I have a heck of timefinding these type of tops or even longer shirts with a shirttail hemline—it seems that they are always straight across the bottom. I just need tops that are long sleeved,

Amy Winehouse Clothing Line… Yup, it’s a fashion go!

Let’s think about this one… Amy Winehouse first pounced on the music scene with her amazing voice and unique and edgy punky fifties-flashback style. Then, all that sketchy stuff started happening and happening and happening. But I– we– do believe in second chances. Possibly even a third in some special cases. No matter how you look at it, Amy still rocks her image and personal life is meant to be, well, personal. So here we have it with the morning news from WWD, Amy Winehouse joins the ranks of a zillion other celebrities and gets her own fashion line! She is developing a fashion collection with London label PPQ, designed by Amy Molyneaux and Percy Parker, the design team who

Red carpet posing tips to make you look just as amazing… It's that time of year where we all get snapped more than ever. What with summer parties, June weddings, graduations, and the big vacation on the calendar, we need to be a little paparazzi ready in our personal lives. From years of being a stylist on photography set, countless times of listening to the king of the pose, my friend, Miss J. backseat model with all his directives, I can look at the perfect red carpet photo and tell you how to instantly get into the most flattering position when a camera is in front of you. If there ever was a single photo to capture how to pose

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