Sharon Haver – FocusOnStyle.com

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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...

4 Fashion Bloggers Wear a Denim Shirt 4 Different Ways

What do fashion bloggers really wear? An oversized denim shirt, styled their way! Don't you wonder what some of the young fashion bloggers wear and how they put together their basics to look so stylish? Well, so does our newest contributor Toni Brown of thefashioncloud, here to bring you some of the blogger fashion tricks of the trade from the stylistas online. --S.H. It's starting to look like Spring is going to be all about lace, floral prints and silk for many fashion bloggers. As the sun is not quite here to stay yet let's talk denim. I don't think there is a single girl today who does not own a pair of jeans and the same goes for cut-offs

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Donatella Versace wears Versace very well

Donatella Versace wears her own design to present the Best Costume Designer Award for the Taiwanese film "Face" to the Hong Kong's 4th Asian Film Festival We're always fascinated with fashion designers and what they chose to wear. There is a little naive pat of us that would hope to think that a designer-- particularly a woman designer--designs for herself and the consumer is just luckier for it. But that's not always the case. one off from the Spring Summer collection but here are a few ideas to get her sexy bright look in different price points: More Scala... .  

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Sex and the City 2 Movie Fashion Oops Promotion Junkets Start

Sarah Jessica Parker, Cynthia Nixon, Kristin Davis > WATCH How to Accessorize a Little Black Dress We're loving Kristin Davis in Oscar de la Renta Just because a dress is pretty, it doesn't mean it's right on you... As for Sarah Jessica Parker, we know how she pushes the fashion envelope as much as she can for the red carpet . Her frou-frou dress is cute but perhaps it would work better if it was either a tad longer or a bit less fussy; no matter how buff her body is, we feel the combination of a bare leg and super short frou-frou dress is simply too girly on a grown woman. Less is more, but... Cynthia Nixon looks timeless

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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

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Lady Gaga undone was Stefani Germanotta and very brunette

Lady Gaga's real name was Stefani Germanotta & here she performs at the Bitter End in NYC We all thought that the entire world has seen these early Lady Gaga videos, but are constantly amazed to discover that so many have not. Before there were the outrageous couture costumes, the high budget "Telephone" video, and a whole lot of thought to personal branding, Lady Gaga was Stefani Germanotta. She was a very talented singer and pianist with not a very terribly distinctive look other than looking like any girl, every girl, anywhere. But boy, could she sing. The question is would she have made her enormous impact in the music world as a stringy haired brunette with no discernible fashion

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Best Shopping Site Finalist for FocusOnStyle at juli b Style Awards

We are the Reader's Choice Award Finalist for Best Shopping Site, you know we rock big time! FocusOnStyle has been nominated in fashion as "Best Shopping Site" at the juli b Style Awards. Bravo, bravo to us! Not to sound perplexed, but WE really consider ourselves an online fashion magazine for can-do chic with a some fabulous fashion finds in our editor curated shopping guides as well! Seems like the Style Awards aficionados over at the luxury juli b newsletter agree with our forward-thinking, inspirational and aspirational, high/low mix of shopping online and nominated FocusOnStyle as a Reader's Choice Award Finalist under the Best Shopping Site category. Our Focus On: SHOPPING Guides For those us you not familiar with our

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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

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Avatar Your Image Stamp of the Social Media Kind

Is it time to give your social avatar an Avatar Makeover? Let your social self shine.. We make such fast judgments and while that may not always be in our favor, the truth is that it happens. So why not make the best of your personal brand with your social avatar? I've asked Sharon Daniels, our newest FocusOnStyle Contributor, to share some tips about why it is important to create a more befitting social brand YOU. -- S.H. A great avatar and creative social media marketing is key in today's ever evolving social networking world. It's one of the best ways to attract new clients and create earning opportunities. Scientific research shows people connect to attractive images and faces. With

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