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Reader Request: How to Style a Full Skirt
Reader Marina sent me this question in an e-mail: I’ve noticed recently how many lovely, full-skirts you rock (whether as parts of dresses or actual skirts), and I’m wondering if you might consider...
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Reader Request: Pairing Earrings and Statement Necklaces
Reader Sarah e-mailed me this question: I tend to gravitate toward matchy-matchy pieces, perhaps because they seem safe and that’s primarily what was modeled growing up in a rural community. In...
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Reader Request: Dressing an Hourglass Figure
Reader Gretchen sent me this request: My trouble is finding outfits that work without making my hips/butt look huge. My waist is 28″ and my hips are 38″. If I wear flow-y tops or pants, I look like I...
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Reader Request: Professional Style for Figures With Larger Hips
Reader Karin sent me this request via email: I am a 43 year old woman returning to work after 10 years out raising children. I am looking to return to mid-level corporate management, so a fairly...
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Reader Request: Contradictory Figure-flattery Advice
J. added this question to the suggestion box: What about advice for when your sense of what’s flattering is self-contradictory? Most advice only addresses one dimension at a time, and sometimes the...
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How to Create Balance Within an Outfit
Sometimes you want to wear something that’s intentionally off-kilter. Sometimes it can be tough to create visual balance in a figure that has extremes. Sometimes balance just isn’t a priority. But for...
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Reader Request: How Do Shoes “Make” an Outfit?
Reader Alyssa and I e-mailed back and forth about her fabulous question before I got a bead on it. She’s got a very small wardrobe of shoes – one pair for each season – and initially it sounded like...
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Reader Request: How to Style a Full Skirt
Reader Marina sent me this question in an e-mail: I’ve noticed recently how many lovely, full-skirts you rock (whether as parts of dresses or actual skirts), and I’m wondering if you might consider...
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Reader Request: Contradictory Figure-flattery Advice
J. added this question to the suggestion box: What about advice for when your sense of what’s flattering is self-contradictory? Most advice only addresses one dimension at a time, and sometimes the...
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How to Create Balance Within an Outfit
Sometimes you want to wear something that’s intentionally off-kilter. Sometimes it can be tough to create visual balance in a figure that has extremes. Sometimes balance just isn’t a priority. But for...
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Reader Request: Professional Style for Figures With Larger Hips
Reader Karin sent me this request via email: I am a 43 year old woman returning to work after 10 years out raising children. I am looking to return to mid-level corporate management, so a fairly...
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Reader Request: How Do Shoes “Make” an Outfit?
Reader Alyssa and I e-mailed back and forth about her fabulous question before I got a bead on it. She’s got a very small wardrobe of shoes – one pair for each season – and initially it sounded like...
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Reader Request: How to Style a Full Skirt
Reader Marina sent me this question in an e-mail: I’ve noticed recently how many lovely, full-skirts you rock (whether as parts of dresses or actual skirts), and I’m wondering if you might consider...
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Reader Request: Professional Style for Figures With Larger Hips
Reader Karin sent me this request via email: I am a 43 year old woman returning to work after 10 years out raising children. I am looking to return to mid-level corporate management, so a fairly...
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Reader Request: How Do Shoes “Make” an Outfit?
Reader Alyssa and I e-mailed back and forth about her fabulous question before I got a bead on it. She’s got a very small wardrobe of shoes – one pair for each season – and initially it sounded like...
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Reader Request: How to Style a Full Skirt
Reader Marina sent me this question in an e-mail: I’ve noticed recently how many lovely, full-skirts you rock (whether as parts of dresses or actual skirts), and I’m wondering if you might consider...
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How to Downplay Your Hips
My body has shifted and changed a lot over the years, but my hips have remained constant. No matter how much or little I’ve weighed, I’ve always had full thighs and hips. And I’m not afraid to show...
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Reader Request: How to Balance a Long Torso
Reader Toni e-mailed me this question: I’ve known about my long-waisted, short legged body style forever – ever since I realized at age 12 that one-piece swimming suits don’t fit me. However, I’ve...
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How to Create Balance Within an Outfit
Sometimes you want to wear something that’s intentionally off-kilter. Sometimes it can be tough to create visual balance in a figure that has extremes. Sometimes balance just isn’t a priority. But for...
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Reader Request: Long Over Lean for Petites
Fabulous reader Emily – who I was lucky enough to meet and chat with when I was in New York last summer – e-mailed me a while back asking about making the long-over-lean formula work on a petite frame....
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