Sharon Haver - FocusOnStyle.com style posts

Retail Remedy: Venice Window Shopping, Italian Summer Style

Retail remedy, what's better then that, holiday or not? This entry is part 1 of 1 in the series Venice Window Shopping... Or, how I spent my summer vacation, Part Uno: The family and I (pooch included) were lollygagging about in Venice for a bit. In true Italian style– as I know it– everything is beautiful but doesn’t necessarily work as expected. The loft apartment we rented was amazing: Brand new renovation in an Old Venice building with a fab rooftop deck and view, super clean and modern Italian style with attention to every detail, except completion. Wow, that sounds like our construction projects sans the view! As the first renters after the total renovation we had the pleasure of

FocusOnStyle Mobile: Fashion headlines on your phone

Get Focus on Style fashion updates on your cell phone… Life is fast and we are always moving, but you don’t want to miss one fashionable thing. Don’t fret, http:/FocusOnStyle.mofuse.mobi is all you need to add to your phone and you will have our sparkling beauty, style, and fashion content on the go. So easy, so good, so chic! For a faster set-up fix, snap the FocusOnStyle QR Code, below: Tip: A QR Code is a bar code that can be scanned by most camera phones and read using a QR Code reader. A QR Code is essentially a link to our mobile site. Anyone with a camera phone can take a picture of it and if you have a

Oslo Style: How to dress in snowy and slushy weather

Style tips to look cute in bad winter weather… This week has been far from glamorous when it comes to dressing! With temperatures dropping to minus-degrees, we have had both snow and rain most of the week in Oslo. And even though I am dreaming of California weather, every day before I wake up and quickly realize I need to dig deep into my closet for warm and comfy clothes it becomes quite ok that the season is changing. In just a few weeks, I will start my Christmas-shopping. I will listen to Christmas carols while I search for the perfect dress for the Christmas parties in December. However, despite of the colder weather I still manage to find some

Oslo Style: How to get new outfits for free

Home Town Style: Oslo, Norway… Get some Oslo stye: Retail remedy tips to shop your closet. I know, going shopping with an empty wallet is not easy. Trust me, I am the kind of person who always finds great things to buy- - no matter what, no matter where, and especially when I cannot afford to buy a thing. However, from time to time many of us do have to rethink before buying that pair of boots that are just a bit too expensive for our empty wallets– even though we try to convince ourselves that the quality justifies its price since they will last forever… yeah right. Sometimes budget overtakes the lust for something new. Since many of us

Doggy Style: Halloween Parade is Top Dog

Because every pup likes a good outfit! There's Poodle Viscous, the punk with the red Mohawk. Joe the Plumber, unlicensed and pants hanging low. Joe Six-Pack with his PBR. A Chihuahua as Obama. Rapunzel in her tower. Spaghetti and meatballs. Edleweiss Heidi, the astronaut, a taxi cab, sushi to go, Totto as the Strawman, Oscar the Grouch, garbage pail included. So much more… Even, a ferret about to change into her mermaid costume. Every pet is top dog when it comes to style. What has become quite the institution in the NY dog scene, without further adieu please look at our very dressed to the best canines at The 18th Annual Tompkins Square Halloween Dog Parade. Let's go... –October 27,

I’ve been seeing a lot of amazing hair accessories lately that put hats to shame. And what is great about them is that you suddenly have a covetable head of hair with little effort! Let's look to Project Runway's Kenley Collins for inspiration. Kenley has been sporting fabulous oversized feather hair accessories that keep her looking Betty Paige retro yet chic. The hair accessory trend started this summer when it was all about the thin braided hippie head wrap. You know you’ve seen it on everyone from Ashlee Simpson to your co-worker, and while that look is cute and ultra easy to pull off, its time for a change. Right now in Los Angeles, the ultimate fall-back comfy casual outfit

Home Town Style: Show us what’s hot in your town

Home Town Style Contributors- make your city a trendsetter . Do you have the eye to spot fashion and style trends in your local community? From Pocatello to Paris you can have style. But what’s hot in one town hasn’t made it on the radar in another and its totally dead some place else. FOS is seeking global guest bloggers, videographers, and photographers to contribute the top looks from their town large or small. All posts must be original and accompanied by a visual(s) that you took yourself (no "borrowed" photos or videos please). Detail shots are great! Show us: hometownstyleATgmailDOTcom

Watch what's in store at one of the leading trends spots in France Paris shopping spree - Colette Shopping TV. Watch what's in store at one of the leading trends spots in France for the best in style and design. We love Colette-- who doesn't? It's been a must-stop trend shop for what's next in Paris for a decade with everything from the latest techno gadgets to top designer fashions displayed in a gallery-style walk around setting. With the dollar feeling like an old centime, sometimes just a petite bite of what's tres chic can get you through the day. Watch the adorable Colette video with delight: Merci Colette for granting us Colette Shopping TV with English subtitles-- a witty

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

Diana Style…

The allure of the People's Princess Diana Style by Colin McDowell; Forward by Manolo Blahnik. Princess Diana's Style - her life as a fashion icon.A decade later: Diana's style evolution from frumpy to fashionable to fantastic! I cried when I heard Diana, Princess of Wales died. I don't really understand why. Even when photographed in one of those ghastly hat horrors that we have come to accept as de rigueur for British royalty there was always something so compelling, so visceral, so natural about the Princess of Wales that you absolutely could not resist taking your eyes off her. And when she did get the royal boot and or fell mercy to the public humiliation of her fair prince reportedly

Holiday attire for men… A guy’s guide to dressing festive

Holiday attire for men… A guy's guide to dressing festive I've received a Christmas Dinner invitation from my employer that states "Holiday Attire." What is considered "Holiday Attire" for men? (Tamarac, FL) Just what everyone needs to top off the most chaotic time of year is an invitation with specific fashion plate requests- especially from your boss. ‘Tis the season to be overwhelmed! Holiday dress for men is luckily not as fancy as it is for women. A guy can get away with sprucing up enough to look festive, but not to the point of looking overly foppish. When a holiday party invitation asks for "holiday attire" or "festive dress" it really means to simply not look dour and have

Fall Fashion Trends…

Fall Fashion Trends... Details that mean a lot of style. Update your wardrobe to new fashion heights without having to start ove Details that mean a lot of style. Update your wardrobe to new fashion heights without having to start over. See: Fashion trend photosSee: Photo gallery of European fall winter accessory fashion trend photos Dear Sharon: What are the best colors and styles to wear for the this fall and winter seasons? ľFashion Show Me (Palmerstown, Dublin, Ireland) Dear Fashion Show Me: Ahh, a straight forward fashion question for a fall winter season that's big on looks with just the right smack of a style shot. The key to updating a fashion-forward wardrobe is to hone in on the

Take Note…

Pamela Anderson and the The Lycra® British Style Awards Pamela Anderson and the The Lycra® British Style Awards What would life be without references? When the wisdom of life starts to clog your brain, jot it down. Crib notes, if you must! It's nice to see that even Pamela Anderson suffers from any occasional lapse of memory. She may have hosted the dinner for TheLycra® British Style Awards, known in the UK as the 'Oscars' of the Fashion Industry, but when it comes down to not missing a trick, there's no souped-up techno solution for Pam. She does it the old-fashioned way: a cheat note scratched on her palm in blue ink (pictured far left). What the scribble actually says

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