Chic Style Tips, Style Advice, Trends & News for your fashionable look, stylish home, and lifestyle

My Bag Cares…

Eco bag helps plant trees and looks cute too The eco chic "I'm Not A Plastic Bag" phenomenon by luxury handbag designer Anya Hindmarch created quite a stir a few seasons ago. Not only did Hindmarch's designer green awareness bags sell out in a matter of hours, but Whole Foods ceased distributing non-reusable plastic bags across their stores in the US, Canada, and the UK. The crazy thing is that the once hot eco "designer" bag-with-a-message sold at a health food supermarket has become fodder for the counterfeit set and can be seen hung from the sidewalk stalls with all their other cheesy knock-offs of "luxury" goods-- not exactly an extension of the pc eco message but still sported by

Get Smart, the car that is…

Smartcar - Eco chic and sweet Smart car - Eco chic and sweet automobile from Mercedes-Benz and the founder of Swatch watches. What would happen if a major car manufacturer and whimsical watch company produce a cute little joint venture? You'd get 4-wheels with lot's of moxie! The inventor of the Swatch watch, Nicolas Hayek, brought his dream of an "ultra-urban" car to Mercedes-Benz, resulting in a teensy, fun, and sturdy “it” car that's been cruising the streets of Paris, Rome, Barcelona or London, and now the US of A. The eco stylish Smart Car Fortwo has extremely low exhaust emissions, uses only water-soluble paints for its three basic colors - black, white and yellow, and its molded-in color body

Slides, mules, backless shoes, they’re back…

But to some women did slide shoes ever go away? The women's slide shoe makes a fashion comeback! Slides, mules, backless shoes are back on trend -StyleThing! Slides, the women's shoe to literally take a stance on. Admittedly, there are some stale pairs of slides in my closet—some rather over-priced pairs, barely worn, yet intrinsically classic backless beauties that I cannot make it out of the house wearing without thinking, do I look like one of the them? You know the club of women of a certain age who think clanking around in slides is a sign of sex appeal to an otherwise drab wardrobe, usually involving a pink cardigan. There is typically an over-processed hair color and geranium lipstick

The Secret of French Chic Do’s and Don’ts

French chic do's and don'ts -Paris street style photo video, come on and get inspired... watch our Paris street style photos video! Let us take you on a walking tour of what's in the Paris store windows and how the fashion looks are interpreted on the street-- without even leaving your computer! The Secret of French Chic do's and don'ts... Dear Sharon: I recently returned from my first trip to Paris and was amazed at how the French women really do have that certain something that you always hear about. I felt that my wardrobe obviously looked different and my clothing style didn't do justice by comparison. My husband says I'm nuts and not to worry, but looking at those women in Paris

Snow Boots to stay in style…

How to survive winter weather and look great in stylish snow boots too! Hit by that first blast of winter snow, freezing weather, gusting winds, and your sense of style can be on a slippery slope. You don't have to dress one part fashion darling and one part Ethan Frome to bear the elements, there are certainly enough stylish snow boots to keep your feet waterproof and toasty too. There are those style sisters who trudge ahead mindless of the bad winter weather in delicate, flimsy footwear thinking they look chic—but we consider them to look pretty dumb! A smart and stylish fashionista knows that looking great means dressing appropriately for the weather. You don't have to dress one part

Bombshells with brains – Study reports that curvy women are more clever.

In dressing right for your figure we all know the basic body type shapes of apple, rectangle, pear, and hourglass, but now a scientific study in the Journal Evolution and Human Behaviour states that research has proven that “women with large hips and small waists are more intelligent than those with either “apple-shaped” or linear bodies,” as reported in The Times of London. The paper also suggests that study results indicate that these women give birth to more intelligent children - possibly a result of higher levels of omega3 fatty acids on the hips. The researchers also believe that this may be a new explanation as for why many men find curvy women more alluring. Now, baby got back and

Bring up the girls – Non-Surgical Breast Lift

Wear this season's backless fashions in high style Non-Surgical Breast Lift- How to wear this season's backless fashions in high style with reusable Instant Breast Lift adhesives from Bring It Up. There are so many gorgeous back baring dresses around right now, and JT's Sexy Back song certainly has its fashion timeliness. But what's a hot mama to do when her girls go freestyling down once they are let loose on their own? As Dr. 90210 fans, we remain equally as spellbound viewing a surgical breast lift procedure as we are in watching Ab Fab rerun rants of the dratted saggy-titted hippies. In our real world, lies that gorgeous special occasion backless dress which should not be reserved for the

Are dresses really the new denim…

NY Fashion Week what to wear, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Hillary Swank, Demi Moore, Are dresses really the new denim? NY Fashion Week what to wear-- there are sighting of on-trend premium denim, particularly seen at the week's celebrity money shot-- Maggie Gyllenhaal, Hillary Swank, and Demi Moore sitting front row at the trendsetting Miss Sixty show. Photo and text Copyright (c)2007 Sharon Haver, distributed by FocusOnStyle.com. All rights reserved. While the web is all a flutter with bloginas feverishly throwing up their Spring 08 New York Mercedes Benz Fashion Week forecasts, I thought you might want to know what to wear right now. Seasons past, a good chunk of the fashion crowd had a thousand and one ways to doll up

Power Plate Review: Power Plate vibration training at home…

Power Plate is the celebrity fitness machine for a speedy workout My Power Plate review fot vibration training at home. Celebrity fitness machine for a speedy workout. Madonna may have gotten the buzz on everyone's lips, but Brookstone has the super fast workout machine to jiggle your hips. Don't get me wrong, the Power-Plate is a strange bird when it comes to exercise. We all want everything faster than lightening, after all who has time to waste? So here comes this fitness apparatus which uses Acceleration Training, a.k.a. vibration training to produce a full tilt boogie workout in only 15 minutes by initiating 25-50 muscle contractions per second— it's like the Iron Chef of butt crunches! Sounds pretty amazing for

A little country ditty to keep your summer rolling Ticks and Tatts - Ticks by Brad Paisley is a little country ditty to keep your summer rolling You know how there are those funky summer songs which have that memorable hook that you can't quite get out of your head? To this day, I can place my Hamptons summer with Sheryl Crow's “All I Want to Do” chorus etched in my brain. Move forward a dozen years later and a few thousand miles West, and this time I'm all itchy about Brad Paisley's infectiously catchy tune, Ticks is just what you need to have some fun this summer… “…. your jeans are playing peek a boo I'd like to see

Shoe Innersoles, jazz up your step…

Fashion treat for sweaty feet Fashion Shoe Innersoles - Chic treat for sweaty feet with Summer Soles. Shoe innersoles, or insoles, those yucky-colored uninspiring liners that hardly deserve a place inside our faultlessly chic shoes. But they do have that extra absorbent quality that's a bonus for summer sweaty feet. And let's face, when you go without hose on a hot day, your feet can get pretty sticky and blistered. But what's a fashionista to do? Skip the blue gel or humdrum beige drugstore insoles and put some groove in your step! Summer Soles are brightly colored, tastefully neutral, or jazzy animal print innersoles that are so stylish you won't be embarrassed to kick off your shoes. The fashion friendly,

Double your shoe wardrobe…

Convert backless shoes into chic and strappy footwear Muleos backless shoe contverter. Stylish shoe accessory strap to convert a pair of mules into strappy sandals. Come on, just say the dual shoe mule ten times fast. Just try to say it without tripping up. I dare you. Ok, you won't trip as much as when the hem of your wide-leg pants gets caught in your mules. Or, what if you commit the nasty fashion faux pas of wearing pantyhose with backless shoes? Besides looking ugly, your feet slip with every attempted step. What about when your foot hangs off the back of the slide like a drag queen trying to make good on borrowed shoes? Then, there's that clitter-clatter down

French Chic Fashion Tips – What to wear in Paris

What to wear in Paris can be a challenge. Follow my timeless French chic fashion tips and you can master Parisian style, where ever you are… French chic… What to wear in Paris (our Paris inspiration shopping guide is at the end of the page) Dear Sharon: I'm going to Paris for vacation and don't want to look like a tourist. I'm not familiar with what is acceptable to wear in such a chic city for touring around. I'm thinking the usual American customs of wearing shorts, T-shirts, sweats, tennis shoes, UGG's, or flip-flops probably won't go over well in Paris. What should I wear to a dinner cruise on the Seine or trolling about Paris to visit museums, shop,

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