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MODERN MOM– TURNING 30 IN STYLE…

It's all about easy pieces and the right hit of makeup for terrific casual style It's all about easy pieces and the right hit of makeup for terrific casual style 8 great ways to get casual right now Dear Sharon:I will be turning 30 soon and I need some advice on fashion. I dress casually most of the time since I'm astay-at-home mom. But, when I do go out for fun or to my child's school, I try to look nice. My problem is I feel like I am still dressing like a 23 year old. I want to dress more my age so I can fit in with the other mothers but I don't want to look like June

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The Decisive Shoe Buying Guide

What Shoe to Wear With What Outfit and When-- Shoe Shopping Tips Star Jones from ABC television's The View shares tips about how to select the right pair of shoes Dear Sharon: Help! I want some basic rules for shoe shopping. I'm afraid that when it comes to shoes my fashion IQ is zero. There doesn't seem to be much rhyme or reason to the shoes, sandals, boots, and flip-flops I see people wearing. The only thing I learned from my mother about shoes is: no open toe or white shoes before Easter or after Labor Day. Is this an old school myth, or is this still true? Can you wear open toe shoes in the winter? If so, should

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Fashion Gets Romantic

Fashion Gets Romanticů Clothing Shows A Softer, More Feminine Side Clothing Shows A Softer, More Feminine Side clothing shows a softer, more feminine side Dear Sharon: I usually prefer suits and a tailored, crisp kind of style of clothing, but suddenly I can't bear to buy another blazer or wear another black turtleneck. Any advice to update my wardrobe without trashing everything I already own? -- Classically Clean (Boston, MA) Dear Classically Clean: Sweet sister of stagnant style, you have picked the right season to summon up your softer side. One of the bigger trends for this spring has more romantic inspiration than Andrea Bocelli has arias. Fashion may be having a more lyrical moment, but please promise not to

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Booty Call The Best Boots To Update Your Wardrobe And How To Wear Them

Classic Cut Dear Sharon: I love calf-high and just below the knee boots. What outfits do these look best with? Can we still tuck in our jeans? Help me out! -- Absolutely Bootabulous (Curtice, OH) Dear Absolutely Bootabulous: What can't you wear with boots this season?!? The right pair of boots is a sure-fire wardrobe picker-upper like no other. Living in fear of what outfit looks best with a boot is dressing without any spirit of personal style. Expand your options- add contrast to flimsy, flirty dresses with a lace-up boot, continue a sleek monochromatic line of a sheath dress with a sculpted heel knee-high boot, or vamp up schoolgirl pleats with a hacked-off booty and great tights.No wardrobe should

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Breast Cancer Awareness Month 2000…

Breast Cancer Awareness Month 2000... do something! October 2001 Dear Sharon: I am a junior in high school and while searching the web, I saw your page related to Breast Cancer Awareness Month. My mother passed away from the illness two and a half years ago after a 12-year battle. My grandmother died of ovarian cancer and I have many other relatives, friends and neighbors who have been affected by cancer- especially breast cancer. Since Breast Cancer Awareness Month is October, I was wondering if it is possible to have some kind of awareness in my school for that month. Do you have any suggestions? I was wondering if money was collected could it be donated toward a cancer society? Thank you -- Striving For A Cure

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FOCUS ON STYLE BEST, WORST, and, MOST OF 2000 LIST

FOCUS ON STYLE BEST, WORST, and, MOST OF 2000 LIST Most Frequently Asked Reader Question: My image is in the toilet and I suddenly decided to care about how I look. Help! (this is a paraphrased compilation, of course) Most Over Abused Hair Fad: The Charlie's Angels Farrah do--- it really only looked hot on Farrah on its first fashion go round. Hair Trend That Makes the Most Sense: The Bob. The classic cut that is great on most, including Vogue Editor Anna Wintour who is responsible for making this a headline do. The Flavor of Most Weeks: Celebrities replaced supermodels who replaced regular models as the coveted magazine cover queens. Socialites replaced actors who replaced models as the bold face

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Spring fashion trends to update your wardrobe… Spring fashion trends to update your wardrobe…

Spring fashion trends to update your wardrobe... Dress tips for what you'll really want to wear into summer Dress tips for what you'll really want to wear into summer Dear Sharon: I spent the last rainy weekend weeding out all the clothes from my closet that I will never wear again. Now, I’m left with well-fitting great basics, but I’m not a basic kind of girl. I love fashion forward styles, but don’t want to invest in something that looks tired next year. Help me fill the fashion holes in my wardrobe without breaking the bank and still look totally in style. –Looking for a Spring Fashion Fling (Tampa, FL) Dear Looking for a Spring Fashion Fling:  Invest in styles

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GOING, GOING, GONE… Pashmina Wraps Up

Dear Sharon: On a recent plane trip, the woman sitting next to me was draped in a shawl to keep warm. I asked her what it was and she said “pashmina." Then, I started to notice a stole revolution all over the place… everyone seems to be wrapped up, except me!  I spoke with a fashionable friend about shopping for one. She said I shouldn’t waste money on last year’s trend. My friend even offered to give me one of her old pashminas if I really was so desperate to covet this look. Is pashmina really passé? – To Have Or To Has Been   Dear Has Been: Overdone. Overcooked. Saturated. Totally five minutes ago in real fashionable circles. So last

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Super Thin Women and Vanity Sizing, finding your correct size

SUPER-THIN WOMEN DROP OFF THE SIZE SCALES Well, I guess that depends on where you are shopping. The angel of fashion sure knows I certainly grumble in my dreams every time I only see size 2 leather pants dramatically reduced on a sale rack. In case someone missed the column that you are referring to, it was about Vanity Sizing. That's when some companies feel it is psychologically better for the consumer to wear a smaller size, so they downsize their sizes. Typically, in this 'be thin' society, a designer garment will be cut larger than a chain store garment, career-type clothes are usually cut fuller than ones in the contemporary department.... when you spend mucho money on clothing, the

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Top ten last minute cool Holiday Shopping Hints For Those Who Never Want To Leave Home

Holiday Shopping Hints For Those Who Never Want To Leave Home Yes, my damsel of be darned, bitter end holiday shopping, these are the sounds echoed by like minded and exasperated potential bearers of gifts who are being shaken and shook from the aisles of stores bloated with frenzied shoppers all after the same quest: To find the perfect present. In fact, according to a recent Xylo study, twenty-five percent of women named shopping as their top stress creator. Oh, the joy of it all. But there can be joy. You can give yourself the gift of unlimited hours of blissful sleep, while your inexplicably clever holidaypresents arrive after a mere few minutes-ok, a few hours for a whole list

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FASHIONSPEAK- A Dictionary of Style Talk for Fashion Buzz Words

FASHION SPEAK: A dictionary of fashion buzz words A DICTIONARY OF STYLE, talk the fashion talk Whew! I'm just all over (finished, kaput) fashion speak -it can be exhausting. Yes, my girly (feminine) glutton for glamour, the batwing (akin to dolman, we'll explain later) sleeve rules for kicking (baby has legs) fashion insiders (the ones that get the latest poop before you). Like the poncho of last fall, this fad (perish the thought) is absolutely right now and will be O.O.D. (my lingo for out of date) before the season is over. So best get it soon, before the masses take it on and no person in their full fashionable mind would bother with something so five minutes ago (a

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Put your label on DESIGNER DENIM

Put your label on DESIGNER DENIM, designer jeans fit When Gucci paraded raw-edge weeeeeeeeell-worn jeans and jeans skirts down its Milan runway, Neo-Bohemian Chic was born. Look, I like designer clothes-- if not to wear, but to drool over-- as much as the next girl about town. But ripped jeans (no matter how many roses are embroidered on the skirt, or how many beads and feather flocks are appliqued to the pants) are just not my idea of true top designer form... it is only styling, baby. Trend junkies, go and get those bona-fide hip Gucci jeans (you probably had them on order before they made it to the stores anyway), but everyone else-- savor the flavor and have it

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Think Pink…

Think Pink... Shop for a Cure October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month--2003 hop for a Cure October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month--2003 [img205|left]. National Alliance of Breast Cancer Organizations (NABCO). Y-ME National Breast Cancer Organization. Cancer.gov - Breast Cancer . SHARE: Breast Cancer Support Groups. Cancer Care. Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Archive Breast Cancer Awareness Coverage:.2004.2002.2001.2000

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