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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!

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Sexpert Chic Valentine’s Day: How to pull off a convincing burlesque strip tease

Tonight's the night! In honor of Valentine's Day please revisit our Best of Sexpert Chic series, a new post every day until V-Day! Sexy Fridays, Valentine’s Day series…''Vintage glamour, French lingerie, and burlesque strip tease go hand in hand. How to fling, flutter, and take it all off with these Burlesque Seduction Tips from Gentry Lane, artistic director of Gentry de Paris Burlesque Revue Part Four of a Weekly Four Part series French lingerie, seductive silk, and tips to tease More often than not, what you don't see is more exciting than what you do see. Why? Because your imagination is always racier than reality. Which is why slipping into one of our 1930s-style nuisettes is so utterly sexy. Because

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Sexpert Chic Valentine’s Day: Stylish Vibrators heighten your design aesthetic too!

In honor of Valentine's Day please revisit our Best of Sexpert Chic series, a new post every day until V-Day! Rock, roll, and buzz your way to some frisky fun with our Jimmyjane Sex Toys Buying Guide These are the stylish sex toys that have had plenty of screen time on Sex and the City and The Real Housewives of Orange County, plus the provocative “Let’s Do It Again” video collaboration with musician Dave Stewart. Part Three of a Weekly Four Part series Buying Guide | Sex Toys Worth the Buzz It's been hard not to notice the growing trend of "stylish" sex toys hitting the market. Where once the market was awash in "adult novelties" that would make even

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Fashion for Relief Haiti- Naomi Campbell fashion show video

Naomi Campbell’s Fashion For Relief™, a spectacular charity fashion show and auction to raise money for Haiti. Naomi Campbell Earlier tonight at Mercedes Benz Fashion Week, Naomi Campbell pulls friends in high places for an incredible fashion show spectacular hosted by Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York to benefit the victims of the Haiti earthquake. Sit back and enjoy the video of the amazing show, but please don't forget to donate to Fashion for Relief. Watch the all star Fashion for Relief Haiti fashion show:   Fashion For Relief Haiti will aid the White Ribbon Alliance for Safe Motherhood (WRA) as it advocates for the health needs and rights of women and girls around the world and will provide direct support

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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

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Sexpert Chic Valentine’s Day Tips: Bringing sexy back, without feeling foolish

In honor of Valentine's Day please revisit our Best of Sexpert Chic series, a new post every day until V-Day!If it’s Wednesday, how about making it Hump Day? Any relationship can cool off, and when it does, it can be daunting to try to heat it back up. Anyone who's made failed attempts to do so knows that it can be a risky proposition. At Jimmyjane, we get a lot of emails asking how to heat things up again, so we thought we'd share some suggestions with you. Desperate times may call for desperate measures, but here are a few that won't feel quite so… desperate. 1. Start slowly. Attempting to "jump start" your sex life with your significant other

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How to get wavy, curly big hair gorgeousness from hairstylist Paul Labrecque

Romantic hairstyle how-to's to make every day Valentine's Day! From runways to the red carpet, beautiful wavy hair and voluminous curls are the modern big hair trends. We have some exciting and easy hairstyling how-to tips from top hairstylist Paul Labrecque, who shares his styling secrets to get muse-like curls and seductive waves at home. >> Get more fabulous hair tips on FocusOnStyle! Glamorous and romantic loose waves are always a coveted hairstyle and a very modern change from pin straight, flat-iron hair that is really reaching its style expiration mark. Hair Tip: Make sure hair is very wet before you begin styling... Apply a curl activating gel and a leave-in conditioner. Paul is partial to his own Paul Labrecque's

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Sexpert Chic: Home Alone? Indulge yourself for self-loving, Jimmyjane style

In honor of Valentine's Day please revisit our Best of Sexpert Chic series, a new post every day until V-Day!   Sexy Fridays, Valentine’s Day series… Home alone, but never lonely! Try some of these self-loving sensual tips. Part One of a Weekly Four Part series   If you're single, conventional wisdom might have you believing that spending Valentine's Day at home alone isn't for the faint of heart - but it can actually be an ideal time for some well-deserved self-indulgence. Celebrating Valentine's Day is always best if you do it on your own terms (whether you're single or not). Let someone else fork out for the overpriced prix fixe dinner, eat the cheap chocolate, and jostle with the

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Glass Couture Shoes are fantasy footwear to wear and behold

Introducing Q by Pasquale: Wearable Designer Glass Footwear This is the absolute shoe fantasy! Five years in the making, this collection is composed of the finest Murano Italian glass, 24-carat gold beads and gold leaf detailing, and fine Italian leather. Take what you knew about Cinderella's glass slippers and throw it out the window. Designer and “cobbler to the stars” Pasquale Fabrizio has created an incredibly posh, decadent, and most importantly durable glass shoe that puts fairy tale imagery in a whole new light. What is also amazingly clever, is that Pasquale designed the sole of the shoe to be completely clear. When you look at the profile of the shoe, you can see right through it. Every angle of

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Benetton ad starring YOU, global casting competition

Benetton launches the first worldwide casting session to find the personal styles of young people and their vision of the future. Strike a pose. Strut your stuff. Well, you do that anyway but now you can do it for the chance to be featured in a global United Colors of Benetton ad campaign. Launching today, IT’S MY TIME, Benetton's Global Casting Competition seeks new faces for the United Colors of Benetton Fall-Winter 2010 advertising campaign. Benetton is inviting everyone to send in their videos/pictures, create personal look-books and show what makes them unconventional and unique in their style. The Deal:If you are voted into into the top 100 by Benetton site users, you win 200 euro in Benetton vouchers &

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