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Ageless Style Week- Why dressing age-appropriate is usually bunch of malarky and looking ageless is genius

This week's Summer Spotlight is Ageless Style... I'll Have What She's Having: What the heck is dressing age-appropriate anyway when Ageless Glamour rocks it out of the house! Have you seen Sandra Bullock, Christie Brinkley, Raquel Welch lately? Really, they are hard to miss. Sandra Bullock is 49 and promoting Gravity, something she is surely defeating. Christie Brinkley is on the talk show circuit for "Sports Illustrated Swimsuit: 50 Years of Beautiful." She is beautiful and 59. Heidi Klum (not too bad herself) wore the same leopard Dolce & Gabbana dress that Raquel Welch wore months ago, and  'who wore it better' tabloid posts are all over Raquel as the winner. Oh, yeah, she's 73. Ok, I'm probably going to get some

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Ageless Style Week- How to look older? I’m a young mom and my sons are being mistaken for my little brothers

This week's Summer Spotlight is Ageless Style... Let's help this reader with stylist tips on how to look older  Help, I need style advice fast! I am 27 years old, 5ft 1 and a size 4/6. I have a decent figure considering I have had two children but have a major issue... and I know in 10 years time if I still have this issue I will be laughing, but at the moment, I find myself at a complete loss. >>RELATED: Tired of being mistaken for a kid? Here's how to dress to look older My issue is I look roughly between 18/20 depending on what I am wearing but have been told I sometimes look near 15. I know I should be happy I look young for

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Ageless Style Week- Can a senior wear a short skirt?

This week's Summer Spotlight is Ageless Style... Just because you could doesn't always mean you should when it comes to senior style. But, then again…  Can a 70-year-old fit woman wear a skirt above her knees? I'm never sure what is right for me. (L. via Fashion Advice)   [box]>> RELATED: Did you read my essay on How To Master Your Look from the book Senior Style: 65 Things to Do When You Retire?[/box] When you ask if a senior can wear a short skirt, well, there really isn't a solid answer. It's a tricky question. I am all for feeling and looking young at heart. Appearing sophisticated, worldy, and wise isn't bad either.  And looking hot at a certain age, that's  pretty

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French Chic at a Certain Age: Man-Tailored Jackets in the way Ines de la Fressange works them

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Oh la la... I'm shooting another segment for the C'es Chic Crash Course and so much is going on here on FoS. It's a triple threat for this week's Summer Spotlight of Ageless Style + highlights  from FocusOnStyle's Best of 15th Anniversary online, PLUS, Day Three of the three-part FoS series Ageless, Age-Appropriate French Chic At A Certain Age. Master this style: How to pull off classic man-tailored  jacket like Ines de la Fressange's tuxedo and school boy looks Wearing a jacket can get a bit tricky. If you're busty, you end up looking boxy (wear it open). If the jacket is too conservative, you just added 10 years to your appearance and, worse, the aura of being inflexible and boring (avoid anything

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Quick At Home Hair Color Tip: How to touch-up roots + save your highlights

I don't know about you, but I was a little scared to learn how to how to touch-up roots or fix my faded highlights at home. Not anymore! [Fade out to memory of high pigment, over saturated color and brittle ends] It's summer and for many of us it means travel and spending more time outside. We're not always as diligent as we should be in protecting our hair from the sun and highlights can take a beating. But, what to do when you can't get to your hair colorist to touch up your roots or refresh your color? I have a simple at home tip that works for me. You can touch up your roots or add a gloss to

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Business Chic: What to wear in a freezing office when it’s hot outside!

We all know that there can be some crazy tempreture fluctuations especially in the sweltering summer when the A.C. gets turned up. Let's help this reader get her Business Chic in gear & figure out what to wear in a freezing office when it's hot outside with some smart & stylish layering tips.  Dear Sharon: I've taken your advice and transitioned my wardrobe for summer as I've just relocated to the dreadfully humid environs of Houston for work but now my big dilemma is that both the bus on my commute and my office are absolutely freezing. What are quick fixes I can try to avoid shivering at my desk or pulling a space heater next to me? (M.F. via Fashion Advice)  >> RELATED: What to

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Spex Appeal- How to Find the Right Sunglasses and Eyewear Shape for Your Face

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This week’s look back at one of FocusOnStyle’s 15th Anniversary shopping advice posts takes in how to find the right sunglasses and eyewear for your face shape just as the blinding rays of summer begin to hit us. Learning how to find the right pair of sunglasses for your face shape not only helps you go incognito in style, but also helps instantly add glamour to any look while protecting your eyes and skin from the suns harmful rays. Keep on trend this season and the next with these timeless tips culled with you in mind.  After all they're sunnies, have fun with them. Whether you go for bold or go for classic, either way you're certain to add a dose of

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What’s on your mind? Do you need some free fashion advice? Reach out and share…

As we're getting into the start of the hot & muggy days of summer here, so many of us are winding down. But not here. We're actually gearing up for some fab new additions to the FocusOnStyle lineup. In addition to my VIP One on One Stylist Style Mentoring Sessions, I'm working hard on creating the C'est Chic Crash Course and some other premium offerings. Just for you. We're also doing a bunch of updates to the FocusOnStyle site itself... oh, that behind the scenes action. BUT, what I want to know, is more of what you want from me and the FocusOnStyle team. > Do you need some free fashion advice? To be considered in our Stylist Advice content,

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Who says there aren’t different ways to style short hair?

Short hair is certainly becoming a "thing" lately with so many actresses deciding to make the crop from pixi cut to longer in the front. I know there are a jillion different ways to style short hair, because once upon a time, Gad Cohen cut my hair to the shortest its every been. And blonde too!   Here's Gad's expert hair advice in case you're considering a short cut this summer.- S.H. THE SHAPE SHIFTERS... Stylist days: Yes, that’s me as a blonde on a photoshoot set for a Ladies Home Journal cover with Gad Cohen. I’m wearing my Hermes jophers with a role of double-stick tape around my neck! No, I’m not talking about a new Twilight movie here.

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Puma knocked itself off and I want in!

Shoe Alert: A couple of summers ago, I bought a pair of Puma by Hussein Chalayan Black Label open toe wedge bootie platform net sneakers. Let's break that down. I have never been a fan of open toe booties, most hybrid sneakers, and net shoes, well... BUT, I loved these shoes. Wore them to death as they were one of the most comfortable summer shoes ever that seemed to work with just about everything in my closet. You can tell from the snap above, that I've left the skanky, worn out pair in my closet because I couldn't bear to part with them (yet). Here's my morning thrill. Puma knocked themselves off, and at a fraction of the price that

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On Trend- How To Wear White Right a la Gwyneth Paltrow and Kelly Rutherford

For this week's 15th Anniversary of FocusOnStyle online, and in honor of the warmer weather (finally!), let's revisit timeless tips on how to wear white BEFORE the old adage of waiting for Labor Day. I don't know about you, but looking light & brght is tops on my list after this wicked winter. Postcript: since the writing of this post, I know own a couple more white coats! --S.H.   >> RELATED: White Clothing Care Tips- You Don’t Have To Marry the Drycleaner (if you don’t want too)  I'll Have What She's Having: White clothing tips to not look like a bride, a nurse, or the Good Humor man! According to old school fashion rules, Memorial Day is the official time to finally break

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Yes, I’m telling you to wear ugly shoes! Spring Comfort Shoes are not just for the schlumpy set

Spring comfort shoes mark a trend that's worth taking from the runway... Finally, in style and practical options are here! Ok, some will call them ugly. Let's just say they're stylishly ugly (how's that for a fashionable oxymoron?). After years of seeing girlfriends in freakishly tall platform heels and wearing confining yet proper shoes myself, I for one am on board with what's been coming down the runway, and you should be too. Might I add, this is one throwback I'm willing to try as the comfort shoe trend is just as easy as it sounds. >>Back to Basics: The Return of The Chic Sneaker Back in the 90's, it was a big departure from my preppy phase to go

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How to Dress to Look Taller – Petite Fashion Tips Video

For this week's look back to celebrate the 15th anniversary of FocusOnStyle online, let's peek at my video about how to dress to look taller when you are a petite. While 'ya looking, how abour my hair? I think my stylist was having a Jane Fonda in Klute moment.  Enjoy! -- S.H. Petite Fashion Tips to Dress to Look Taller from the Sharon Haver for About.com at Lord & Taylor New York Petite Video Series… Haven't you ever seen a celebrity or met someone in the flesh and said to yourself, "Gee, they seem so much smaller in person?" Well, it's not that they "seem" smaller, they know how to dress to look taller. >>More: Petite Style Tips In this

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