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Discount Designer Style Tips- Life secrets for looking great on the cheap(er)

Honestly, this is one of my favorite posts...  Some kid's went to summer camp, I went shopping at discount stores (ok, some trips too)!  I consider myself lucky to have had a mother who from a very early age instilled in me the virtues of looking the best you can with any budget and who taught me how to seek out the best deals. I never (like to) pay full price for anything if there is a saving alternative! For this week's continuing reprise of some of my greatest evergreen material leading up to the 15th anniversary year of FocusOnStyle online, I want to spend this week’s review looking back at how you can get the best deals on great fashion.  Don't forget to tell

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Online Sample Sales, Coupon Codes & Deals

Shopping Guide to Deals, Saving & Sales
Shopping Guide to Deals, Saving & Sales Shopping Guide to Savings   Online sample sales, private flash sales, and simply good deals Deals, bargains, sample sale are all magic to our ears. But did anyone say,"online sample sales" around here? Wowza! You know we love a good deal around here. We have shared plenty of discount designer style tips for life secret's to look great on the cheap, shopping on the cheap tips, shopping secrets to bargain your way to style, and even what to wear to sample sales tips that you don't even have to worry about communal dressing rooms or finding a tucked away spot to try-on when you are shop online sample sales. We've culled some favorite web sites

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i-Ella interviews Sharon Haver

Sharon Haver interviewed on i-Ella
What a nice surprise to start the New Year! My interview as a featured fashion insider on i-Ella, the fab new buy, borrow, or swap designer fashion site is up and I wanted to share it with you.  i-Ella needed a peek inside my closet and I thought spotlighting some of my favorite shoes was the way to go.  Take a look and tell me what you think. You'll also learn a bit about my fashion philosophy and how I got into the fashion business to begin with.  The interview is below and you can see it in it's entirety on i-Ella.com; more press clips here. i-Ella Interviews Sharon Haver of FocusOnStyle.com: When you take a look at Sharon Haver’s

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Online sample sales, private flash sales, and simply good deals

Shopping List to Savings   Deals, bargains, sample sale are all magic to our ears. But did anyone say,"online sample sales" around here? Wowza! You know we love a good deal around here. We have shared plenty of discount designer style tips for life secret's to look great on the cheap, shopping on the cheap tips, shopping secrets to bargain your way to style, and even what to wear to sample sales tips that you don't even have to worry about communal dressing rooms or finding a tucked away spot to try-on when you are shop online sample sales. We've culled some favorite web sites to bring you our favorite online sample sales and flash sales faster than you can say S-A-V-E...

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Oversharing with dtripazcorazon- Interview with Sharon Haver: Founder and Editor in Chief FocusOnStyle.com

More than you need to know about me... well, sort of... Very cool interview with dtripazcorazon... bet there are some things that you never knew... ---------- Name: Sharon Haver Website: FocusOnStyle.com Education Business degree. Marketing major. Minor in law & some abnormal psych. I became a stylist: When an art director hired me for a 3-week shoot in St. Maarten. Upon my return to New York, word got out and photographers kept hiring me as a stylist. I upped my day rate ten-fold! I guess being a stylist pursued me rather than my pursuing it as a career. I worked steadily as a stylist for 15 years! At the moment: Renovation and home design is a hobby of sorts. There

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Most Stylish Blogger Award and 7 Things You Didn’t Know About Me

Award Season Starts Early Thanks to Jewels from the Roving Stove Plus, my picks for The Most Stylish Bloggers! Thank you, thank you to the gorgeous and talented Julie Anne Rhodes, aka "Jewels" from The Roving Stove for the Most Stylish Blogger Nomination! I'm more than flattered to get the thumbs up for "constantly amusing " you with the Impromptu Madness videos that Brad Boles and I have so much fun working on. If we had our own TV talk show (hint, hint out there), we would love to have YOU as our resident cooking expert! In lieu of an acceptance speech, part of the the Most Stylish Blogger nomination is to reveal seven things that you did not know

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Shopping On the Cheap- Who Wants to Pay Retail When There Are Great Deals

Sharon & Brad's Latest Radio Show: Talk show co-hosts Sharon Haver and Brad Boles share tips to live large on a low budget Sharon & Brad LOVE expensive things. Sure, who doesn't? But they also know how to buy the best for less with shopping tips to get you through the holiday season and beyond. Brad is in the airport off to a trip to Morocco this week, where he has a vacation home and he spent his afternoon thrifting in upstate New York. Sharon is recuperating with a cast on her foot, and where was her first outing? To a sample sale, of course! Brad Boles & Sharon Haver: Focus on Style- Talk Radio Hosts Sharon was raised with

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Shopping secrets to bargain hunt your way to top style…

Money-saving insider tips for shopping on a budget Dear Sharon:I want to look like a model but I don't have the moo-la! I need great ways for finding trendsetting clothes without spending a lot of money. Please, can you help me? --Style Saver (San Antonio, TX) Dear Style Saver: Never forget that great style is all in the mix, not in the price tag! Where you purchase your clothes and how much they cost you is irrelevant to the final outcome. Just because you spend a fortune on an outfit, does not guarantee a look that's right for you. Ironically, most of the models and ôin the businessö fashionistas who are wearing the cutting-edge clothes that you crave didn't necessarily

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Fashion Bargains segment

  July 23, 2003- UPN9 News, WWOR-TV, New York City- feature segment, “Fashion Bargains" Bargain-hunting stops at The Opera House Thrift Shop, Housing Works, Loehmann's, and Daffy's in New York City.

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