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Impromptu Madness with Sharon Haver and Brad Boles- Travel Wardrobe Tips, Episode 5

For this week's look back post to celebrate the 15th anniversary of FocusOnStyle online and with Memorial Day travel upon us, I thought it would be fun to watch this early Impromptu Madness deskside video about travel wardrobe tips that Brad Boles and I shot in 2010.   The lighting is awful and so is my hair, but the video is cute and right on the money for this weekend.   It feels like only yesterday that we shot this. I even remember where we went for lunch. Time flies. Enjoy! --S.H. A little video chit chat with Sharon & Brad: How to Look Chic When Traveling Sharon and Brad talk housewife to housewife: Don't want to look like a discombobulated tourist when traveling?

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What to wear on vacation in a city? Jennifer Aniston has really easy travel style

Jennifer Aniston wore a brown leather TOM FORD Jennifer bag with gold zipper details while strolling in Paris
I'll Have What She's Having: Classic style that's fit for city touring We know you don't want to look like a tourist, that's for sure! But what to pack and what to wear on vacation in a city can be problematic if you don't simplify it. Nothing can be easier than what Jennifer Anniston is wearing while strolling in Paris with beau Justin Theroux. Her outfit may not be head turning to a diehard fashionista, but it is elegant, rich, and true to the classic, clean chic style that flatters her. And, as far as I'm concerned, EXTREMELY wearable for most of us! The right blazer can go from casual to more dressed up, like this alice + olivia Camio Puff Sleeve

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Tourist Don’ts: Gym Shorts and Fanny Packs Please Go Away

Here we have it, another example of what not to wear when traveling about a big city… The fugly fashion continues with these most likely lovely but inappropriately dressed tourists in Venice, Italy. If for some wild and crazy reason you simply just don’t get it, it’s a fashion no-no to wear gym shorts, fanny packs, and muscle tanks (on a guy?!) in a cosmopolitan city– please try to have some respect for your environment. In an effort to continue spreading the word of what you should and, more important, should not pack in your vacation luggage, we have some suggested reading: Tourist Chic, Vacation dress do’s and don’ts How NOT to look like a tourist while vacationing in Paris

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5 Things to NEVER Wear at the Airport, says William Sledd

Sledd Takes Flight Thank the fashion gods for William Sledd because he has the chutzpah to video tape what we all are thinking! Puhleeze, watch William’s hysterically prescient video, 5 Things to NEVER Wear at the Airport and if you see someone resembling you in this clip, run– do not walk– to the nearest mall! In case you are in need of more traveling fashion mojo to avoid looking like a fugly tourist, please check out my evergreen column, Tourist Chic, Vacation Dress Do’s and Don’ts, because ugly clothing is eternal. William, you continue to rock!  [youtube]http://youtu.be/0GRCBo8bvZE[/youtube]  

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Tourist Chic, Vacation dress do’s and don’ts…

Fugly Fashion Mistakes | Tourist Chic, Vacation dress do's and don'ts: What to wear while traveling and how to avoid fugly fashion mistakes -> Our example of GREAT casual style is wearing clothes by AdamPlusEve. Tourist Chic, Vacation dress do's and don'ts...What to wear while traveling and how to avoid fugly fashion mistakes Dear Sharon:I'm employed in the tourist industry at a resort area which draws travelers from across the country. Being involved with tourists daily, permits me to observe the many different styles of dress— some good, some not. I often see a lot of women travelers who dress like they are in their teens, others who like they are ready to wash the car, or some who just

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