Sharon Haver - FocusOnStyle.com fashion posts

Urgent Notice- Kate Middleton’s $340 Dress, Stalls the Reiss Site- We Have Alternatives

Wowza, when the Duchess of Cambridge wears it, the world goes crazy! Yesterday, we wrote about how much we loved Kate Middleton's $340 Reiss dress as compared to what Michelle Obama was wearing in the same photo. Guess, Sharon was not alone in her sartorial choices, because we received the following urgent notice email from Reiss: Due to incredible demand for the Shola dress as worn by the Duchess of Cambridge yesterday, we are experiencing huge volumes of traffic to the site, causing some instability. I can assure you we are doing all in our powers to rectify this, and normal service will be resumed as soon as possible. In the short term, we have posted a holding page, to

Gwen Stefani Knows How To Wear a Bow and Make It Edgy, Well Armani Helps

I'll Have What She's Having: Two Big Bows and NOT look like you escaped from a prom! Ok, I must confess, bows on grown-up women can really wreck my style nerves. It's not that I don't like a good bow here and there, it's that many women have a tendency to make them look too sweet and juvenile and end up looking ridiculous. But when worn right, a few well-placed bows on a dress can look positively stunning. Case in point: The Giorgio Armani white and black gown that Gwen Stefani worn on the red carpet for the premiere of Paolo Sorrentino's "This Must Be the Place," at the Cannes Film Festival. >> READ MORE: Armani brand Granted, it's an

Stylish looks that brim the generation gap! Ann Taylor held a chic preview party for its Fall 2011 collection at the trendy Beauty & Essex Lounge; an atmosphere fit for the confident, stylish woman AnnTaylor is aiming to project to us. The woman we guests should want to dress like. Is this the Ann Taylor we all knew? The store my mother went into and I cringed? It is. And it's having a make-over. Evolving your customer base is essential to a timeless line, and Ann Taylor is executing that well by designing some edgier pieces to lure the young women in, while maintaining democratic pieces to stick with the consistent customer to this brand. Fabrications are luxe and attention

Kate Middleton Is Major on Polished, Professional Fashion Style

I'll Have What She's Having: Timeless & ageless elegance that's neither stuffy nor trendy Kate Middleton on a visit to Northern Ireland. I get asked so many times about what to wear to work to still look professional, yet not rigid or boring. So many readers get caught up in the glamour of red carpet fashion or the fashion trend of the nano second, but when it comes to looking professional at work, get stymied. >> WATCH: What TO Wear On A Job Interview and How to Pull Off Office Chic For me, looking professional and chic always involves a bit of timeless elegance... the kind of style that looks great in photos that are a few years old, or

Jane Badler, Age-Appropriate Fabulous

I'll Have What She's Having: Sleek, chic, and sexy at a certain age. Young girls dressed like old ladies. Middle-age woman dressed like young chiquitas. It can get confusing. At a certain point, you may still have the body to wear a bandage micro-mini dress (god bless you) but really should know better. Style is about looking gorgeous, fabulous and confident, without an expiration date. And, Jane Badler looks hot. Why? Because she looks stylish, vital and in control. >>MORE: Age Appropriate Style Jane Badler at the "V" Season 2 Photocall in Madrid There's nothing fussy or girly to drag her down. Her clothes are a play on modern classics but not trendy. Sure Badler also can wear a more

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

Club Monaco Launches at Shopbop Now

Here's a capsule collection that wins my approval! If you want effortless chic at an affordable price, you'll love this curated collaboration... In all honesty, the whole collaboration idea is getting over-saturated and over-rated. Who cares if a high-end handbag designer slaps their name on a plastique bag and sends it out to the masses? It's still an extension of a marketing scheme and something that you wouldn't/shouldn't be caught dead wearing with or without the "designer" name? But every so often there is a colloboration that makes style sense. Club Monaco at Shopbop is one. Club Monaco has been a fashion insider's not-so-secret spot for picking up fashionable pieces without an eyeball bursting price tag. Shopbop has some of

Impromptu Madness with Sharon Haver and Brad Boles- Video Episode 1, Barbie and American Fashion

Chit chat video... On this show: Sharon and Brad talk housewife to housewife: Barbie, trendsetters, American fashion, and post New York Fashion Week Spring 2011. >> MORE Impromptu Madne >> LISTEN to Sharon & Brad on blogtalkradio Sharon Haver is the founder and editor in chief of FocusOnStyle.com. Brad Boles is the editor at large and also a reappearing cast member and Jill Zarin's gay husband on The Real Housewives of New York City >> MORE FocusOnStyle videos on Youtube Sharon is wearing an Acne jacket, Barney's COOP T-shirt, and Nicole Farhi necklace, her own of course. .

Age Appropriate Fashion and Beauty Tips To Transition To Fall

Sharon & Brad's Latest Radio Show: Fashion, beauty & hair tips to look ageless and chic on any budget. Gossip, dish, and inside style tips... On this week's episode of Focus on Style-Talk Radio, the hosting duo Sharon Haver & Brad Boles talk about about what YOU want to add to your wardrobe to wear now and into fall on any budget.

Rachel Zoe Fashion Tips – What She Hates, What You Want

We snagged a call with the celebrity stylist for her fall fashion tips and sexy style advice On the phone with Rachel Zoe... Rachel Zoe, the celebrity stylist turned multi-media mogulina, got on the phone to promote Season 3 of her Bravo reality show, “The Rachel Zoe Project” that premieres on Tuesday, August 3rd at 10pm ET/PT. BTW: She did not die nor go bananas on the conference call. We love the allure of the red carpet-- but come on-- having great style is not only about the fantasy but having a wardrobe that works for you in your life. So we asked Rachel what she thinks YOU should have in your everyday wardrobe this fall. SHOP: Rachel Zoe's Picks

Madonna Material Girl Collection Is The Ultimate Mommy And Me Clothing

Sketches from Madonna's Madonna Material Girl Clothing Collection

American Fashion On View

Charles James "Butterfly" Dress, 1955. Smoke gray silk chiffon; pale gray silk satin; aubergine, lavender, and oyster white tulle. Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

SHOP Sex and the City 2 Fashion by Halston Heritage

Watch and Buy. It's crazy, we know, but you can actually shop the SATC2 fashion right from the movie (before it even hits the screen). Halston Heritage Stripe Lurex Pleated Cocktail Dress in Electric Blue - as seen on Sarah Jessica Parker in "Sex and the City 2" SHOPPING GUIDE: Sex and the City 2 | Halston Heritage You asked us, you've got it! After yesterday's story about the maxi dress being the mega fashion trend from "Sex and the City 2," we have been asked about the other fabulous Halston Heritage pieces from the movie. Like the Halston Heritage Stripe Lurex Pleated Cocktail Dress in Electric Blue (pictured in both a movie still above and left) as seen on

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