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I inadvertently started my blog during my infant son’s nap time back in 1999… before the term ‘blog’ was even popular.

Through it all, I believe…

Your style is your fingerprint in all that you do… it’s how you see the world + how the world perceives you.

 

The blog archives go back to the beginning and are updated regularly.  You’ll find 1,000’s of posts about modern business, branding, positioning, marketing, photos, fashion, style, beauty, lifestyle… and most importantly, how to do anything authentically. Enjoy!

The Blog Posts...

Christmas Windows Paris- Printemps Loves Lanvin and Alber Elbaz for Holiday

Retail Remedy: Everybody loves Lanvin! Can Alber Elbaz do no wrong? Window shop these Paris holiday windows and see... Noel au Chateau where Mr & Mrs Lanvin once lived is the theme of this year's haute Paris Christmas windows... Printemps Paris The windows at Printemps are delightfully enchanting this year. Alber Elbaz, head designer for Lanvin, was chosen to create the windows this year. The theme is Noel au Chateau, and represents the famous Chateau Mr. & Mrs. Lanvin lived in. Marionettes styled after Mr. & Mrs. Lanvin dance their way through the various rooms of the chateau in each window with one of them being haunted by ghosts. >> LOOK at more beautiful store windows from Printemps Paris Actress

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Sally Bass Wearable Art- Jewelry to Covet

The bolder the better to wear and admire I caught up with wearable art designer Sally Bass in Jackson Hole this summer and thought there is no time better for you to discover her amazing, unique one-of-a-kind jewelry than right now! Her bold and striking creations are perfect to gift yourself or to someone who has everything. Sally Bass Sally Bass jewelry is not for the fashionably shy. Many of the large-scale designs are so distinctive, or as she puts it --there are no ordinary production pieces here-- that you you may also want to keep the jewelry on permanent display as a work of art for your home when you are not wearing them. READ: More about Art The

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How to Wear Metallics, Impromptu Madness with Sharon Haver and Brad Boles, Episode 21

 Metallics like silver, gold, bronze, copper & pewter, are hot fashion trends but how do you pull them off without looking like a ball of aluminum foil? In this episode of Impromptu Madness, co-hosts, Sharon & Brad tell you how to wear metallics and look chic, not cheesy. Plus, Sharon is having a "Maude" moment with her scarf and Brad is going off-topic and is carrying on about their old friends Miss J. Alexander, Michael Alan Stein and Patrick Lucas. It's Impromptu Madness so watch, laugh and take in some of information-packed fashion tips... Watch How to Wear Metallics, Impromptu Madness with Sharon Haver and Brad Boles, Episode 21 Watch more Impromptu Madness with Sharon & Brad  Video topics include:

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Bianca Jagger Rocks Roberto Cavalli Like A White Horse

I'll Have What She's Having: I've been mesmerized by her style since Studio 54 Think of this as post kismet... or some odd coincidence of If You Could Read My Mind. Just as Brad Boles and I were reminiscing about Disco Sally and Studio 54, this photo of the eternally gorgeous Bianca Jagger, dressed in a green caftan by Roberto Cavalli, turns up in my inbox! Please Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood but as a Native New Yorker, 54 and Disco Nights were part of my coming of age. Enough tired Studio 54 music puns, but it is hard for me to not make the association as seeing Bianca on the dance floor or lounging on a sofa are iconic

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How to Wear Animal Prints and Mixed Prints- Impromptu Madness with Sharon Haver and Brad Boles, Episode 20

How to Wear Animal Prints and Mixed Prints video fashion tips:.There's an art to mixing loud patterns & prints, here's how to master it... Sharon has her vintage leopard on-- yup, when vintage looks rights, it means it's a classic!Brad says that leopard is his signature pattern in decorating and has a leopard carpet in his his home as well. But how do you mix prints and pull off leopard or other bold animal prints without coming off like a crazy lady gone even madder? Our fashion and style experts, co-hosts Sharon Haver & Brad Boles tell you how in another hilarious and fact-filled episode of Impromptu madness. Watch How to Wear Animal Prints and Mixed Prints- Impromptu Madness with

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Robert Verdi’s Hot Celebrity Holiday Gift Video

'Cause celebrities are naughty and nice... and they LOVE gifts! You know that around here at FocusOnStyle, Sharon has no patience for dry, route, and the same old style advice. Fashion should be fun and all fashion experts should certainly have a sense of humor... after all, who wants to be told to burn that sausage dress from someone as snappy as an undertaker? Sharon and Brad have been vlogging some hysterical tips about What to Wear to an Office Holiday Party, What To Wear & How to Plan a Holiday Party at Home, and What to Wear to A Holiday Party In The Country and the holidays are a time to share. So, here's a fun take on holiday

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What to Wear to A Holiday Party In The Country- Impromptu Madness with Sharon Haver and Brad Boles, Episode 19

The What to Wear to a Christmas Holiday Party video series continues... Co-Hosts Sharon Haver & Brad Boles helped with What To Wear to an Office Holiday Party, What To Wear to a Holiday Party at Home, and now the most casual of holiday parties, What to Wear to a Holiday Party in the Country. Is Brad getting a litle too giddy from all this holiday cheer? He's sporting The Poodle's gondolier hat from last Halloween! Watch: What to Wear to A Holiday Party In The Country- Impromptu Madness with Sharon Haver and Brad Boles, Episode 19 Watch more Impromptu Madness with Sharon & Brad Video Fashion Tips include: Snow and general lousy weather can wreck your best laid fashion

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Lady Gaga Costumes for Monster Ball Tour by Giorgio Armani, a collaboration that’s out of this world

Giorgio Armani & Lady Gaga may be the oddest of fashion bedfellows, but what magic it is! They are at it again... Giorgio Armani sketch of a Lady Gaga costume of his design First there was the series of outfits that included the haute couture satellite dress-- one of our favorite Gaga costumes-- that Giorgio Armani designed for Lady Gaga for the 2010 Grammy Awards. And now, there's more in the insane pairing of over-the-top spectacular, yet still elegant collaboration, to come from the genius collaboration of Giorgio Armani and Lady Gaga that the designer calls a "stimulating and enjoyable challenge." We'll say as these costumes are a far cry from the tailored power suits designed for Naomi Watts in

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Classic Chic Gifts- The 5 Best Style Essentials to Fashion Up Her Wardrobe

Confession: I'm not a crazy gift kind of girl. But WE all need some of these MUST-HAVE pieces in our wardrobe. Don't get me wrong, nothing beats the surprise of a gift. But what about all those weird things that some poor soul went out on a limb finding because "you would never get it yourself," like a ridiculous pair of fuchsia chacha slippers because they look so hot in the store! Listen up, you do not want to burden the recipient with ideas about how to get rid of your wacky gift when you can give something classic and chic that endures. No wardrobe cannot be without some solid, go-to items that live on longer than the season itself.

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Supermodel Style- Claudia Schiffer and Yasmin Le Bon Get Casual Chic Right

I'll Have What She's Having: We get so caught up in red carpet fashion, but it's everyday style that most of us need! Sure, it's fun to ogle red carpet fashion and photos of today's young crop of models, but what's supposed to inspire a real woman over 30ish? Really, when was the last time you wore a ballgown or a pair of cut-off shorts and thigh high boots? Not too recently, I'll bet. We need grown-up ageless style that we can wear everyday of our life, not in some fantasy. We are old enough to see trivial trends come and go and savvy enough to know what works on our body... what we want is realistic fashion without an

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What to Wear to An Office Holiday Party- Impromptu Madness with Sharon Haver and Brad Boles, Episode 17

Fashion Conundrum Solved! Office Holiday Dress Tips Video from Sharon & Brad OMG- it's that time of year where you need to dig up party clothes that you will never wear again! Well, maybe not... Women get so confused when it comes to what to wear to an office holiday party. You want to be festive but not too festive. You want to look professional but not boring. And you never want to look like the drunk girl with the dangling shoulderbag who looks like she wants to hook the boss! Or the wacky chick that Brad remembers from Patricia Fields' party or the poor soul with toilet paper on her heel or her pantyhose stuck in her skirt that

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Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show Designer Todd Thomas Talks About What’s Behind Those Sexy Costumes

In Their Words: Todd Thomas helps you get your sexy on! Every day is the real deal, not the dress rehearsal. Step it up. Full speed ahead. Gorgeous & sexy models. Skimpy costumes. Over-the top theatrics. More fun than a week in Las Vegas. Flirty & frothy glam fun. Did any one say, lingerie fashion show? Yes, ladies and gentlemen, it's that time of year again. Todd Thomas is the creative genius and head designer behind the larger-than-life lingerie inspired costumes at the 2010 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show. I was able to have Todd answer a few questions about his inspiration behind those wildly sexy costumes and how YOU can bring some of that crazy glam sexiness into YOUR life.

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What to Wear When Shopping Sales- Impromptu Madness with Sharon Haver and Brad Boles, Episode 16

Sweeties, what you wear to a sale is almost as important as the deal itself! When you are after a great deal, you must sacrifice something. And that usually is the privacy of your own dressing and the luxury of an over attentive salesperson.But who needs fussing over when there is money to be saved?You need to get in, get out, and hone in on the deals fast, before that hand from the other side of the rack reaches in and grabs your bargain find becuase Ms. Thing from the The Addams Family is always there! Watch What to Wear When Shopping Sales- Impromptu Madness with Sharon Haver and Brad Boles, Episode 16: Watch more Impromptu Madness with Sharon &

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