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Mod girls, do you crave to be a jetsetter? Check out Michael Kors Fall 2013 Runway Trends

Michael Kors Fall 2013 Runway Review: Michael Kors unleashes a bright, mod collection for his jetsetting girl at Mercedes Benz Fashion Week in New York, balancing the ever-popular boxy, menswear shapes with super sexy, body con silhouettes – the best of both worlds.  Never shy of color, Kors really steps it up many notches with with a brilliant blue, safety orange, and ripe banana yellow to off-set the

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NY Fashion Week Street Style Trend: Color Blast Cold Weather Gear

It may be a cold blast in New York during Mercedes Benz Fashion Week, but  it’s a color blast for show goers from donning a Crayola Box array of bold, vivid, clear pows of color!

Wear it now ladies…and if you can’t do color-on-color, every one of these shades goes great with black or camel.  – Alix Kivlin

GET THE LOOK: We pulled some Crayola-pretty coats for you to

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Business Chic Stylist Advice- How to wear navy with brown

Dear Sharon: I’m 25 years old and work for a professional services firm. I usually wear smart shirts and trousers to work but I’ve got to admit that I’m a little bored of the usual black trouser, shoes and belt and trying to understand how to wear navy with brown to come out of my comfort zone.

 Recently, I bought navy blue straight (almost pencil type) three-quarter trousers from

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Ta-Ta, Cheerio Tangerine Trend, Emerald Green is THE color for 2013

Woop, Woop: Emerald green is Pantone’s Color of the Year for 2013

Another year, another color of the year.

For 2012, the “it” color was Tangerine Tango, what Pantone describes as a “spirited reddish orange, provided the energy boost we needed to recharge and move forward.”  But, that vibrant shade trickled into mass market  to become an overused shade of Boca Coral (yes, I named it;

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Vivid Color Trends: If It’s Bright, It’s Right for Resort

Vivid Colors Add Punch & Spunk To An Otherwise Neutral Palette

Ok, here’s some shopping advice, it’s time to brighten up

TV producers are surely rejoicing. The one-two color punch for resort is a bold mash-up of TV-friendly colors, so vivid and brilliant, that you may just want to adjust your settings… on your everyday wardrobe, that is.

These clear and crisp colors are NOT unfriendly on your

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Wear It Now: Black is Back As The Runway Trend To Steal – Spring 2013 Highlights

From the Spring 2013 runways, basic black is back on trend…

Black is the new black as the runway trend you want to covet.

But, if you are like me, your wardrobe is brimming with better than basic black pieces. So, here’s so the 411 on how to have next season, right from your closet.

With the last leg of the Spring 2013 shows winding down in

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FRENCH CHIC SHIRT LESSON 101: A classic white shirt balances a vivid print a la Leïla Bekhti

I’ll Have What She’s Having:  What to wear with a bold print skirt? A white shirt, of course, is oh soooo French Chic!

Leïla Bekhti, the French actress, knows that the best compliment to something bold and bright is palette cleansing clean, classic, and crisp starkness by way of a perfect shirt.

>> MORE from the French Riviera: Cannes Do Chic

Let’s review the styling finesse of the bold “Renaissance painting” print

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French Chic Shoe Lesson 101: Red shoes pops a simple LBD, a la Berenice Bejo

I’ll Have What She’s Having: The right, bright shoe with a classic LBD is oh soooo French Chic!

Less is more when the elements are right in this French Chic Shoe Lesson 101.

Berenice Bejo, of the The Artist fame, totally gets it when it comes to adding a bit of personalization and pizzazz to a LBD. Just look at her pictured here, earlier at a

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The color PINK- a trend shade that even the most ardent pink hater (like me) will love

Full disclosure: Pale pinks excessively worn on a grown-up woman makes my skin crawl.

There, I’ve said it.

There has always been something about a woman of a certain age (post student years in this case) drowning in otherwise wimpy goo-goo-gaga colors that just sucks the va-va-voom out of her style and her presence.

But take that same hue and amp up the volume and you have

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Listen Up! Ear Wangs by Fanny Wang Headphones for sound with grown-up style appeal

Sometimes you want a pair of on-ear headphones that don’t look like you’re ready to join the wannabe DJ set. Nothing wrong with the super-sized headphone look but at a certain age you look kinda ridiculous working out with a set of motherships attached to your head, not to mention some blinged out logo.

If you’re looking for something with a stylish yet sophisticated flair,

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