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Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s PUNK: Chaos to Couture at The Costume Institute of The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Every once in a while f-a-s-h-i-o-n takes itself way too seriously and fails to remember the heart + soul that is the inspiration for its being. There, I have said it.

I wanted to love PUNK: Chaos to Couture at The Costume Institute of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. But when you take the grit out of a movement and distance it from its authenticity, what’s left are derivative pieces

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Wanna go on The Power Trip? Jackie Collins, up close and sizzling after all these years

I’ll Have What She’s Having: A lust for life that doesn’t quit. And The Power Trip to go with it.

I just adore Jackie Collins.

My grandmother and I used to hunker down in front of the TV and watch those “Collins sisters” whenever they did a chat show. Jackie and her sister, Joan Collins, the fiery, smart, gorgeous, and quickest wits in an era when

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Palette Cleanser: Neutral Coats by way of Naomi Watts’ Carven + Paris Street Style Ladies for a Fresh Start

I’ll Have What She’s Having:  Neutral coat newness in an understated gray coat like Naomi Watts or  beige à la the Paris chic set

Need Transition Inspiration? Neutral coats in gray or beige for celebrity style, like Naomi Watts in Carven or the chic Paris street style ladies are the perfext palette cleanser for your transition wardrobe.

Naomi Watts wore a modern classic Fall 2012 Carven coat while out & about

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Can you say cheese chic? A chain camera strap as cool as your best handbag, sans the quilting

Shopping Find Alert: Fashion bloggers, fashionistas, and the stylish set will love this one…

You’ve got the fancy-pants camera but those old school camera straps are just plain fugly.

Say ta-ta to looking like you hopped off the tourist bus and say hello to chic.

SFK by Sarah Frances Kuhn has you covered in style.

Imagine a chain camera strap spinning a riff on a classic chain strap

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I hope you didn’t, but if you did: 5 ways to not fall off the New Year’s style resolutions wagon

Liar, liar… my big, empty promise to myself and why New Year’s style resolutions hardly ever work…

It’s a week into the new year, and where are you?

In my over 20 years in the style business, I have never once thought that truly being stylish came from a check list at the start of the year. I don’t bother with resolutions of any kind anymore. If I was really going

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Shape your style with ICONIC MOMENTS. Play with me. On Pinterest.

… you’re kinda doing it already and not knowing.

A funny thing happened to me when I was building a Pinterest Board of Iconic Moments. Even after being in the fashion business for a couple of decades, my favorite images for everyday style that come to mind right off the bat, ironically, best represent how I like to dress and what inspires my style.

Insert big drumroll

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How to Glam Up Everyday Clothes? Look at Kate Hudson Wearing Ann Taylor

Just out: Ann Taylor’s Holiday 2012 ad campaign starring actress Kate Hudson

What makes my morning soar is to see everyday, real world clothes look glam and gorgeous.

Not the red carpet fabulouso outfits that are totally aspirational and inaccessible to our real lives- but real clothes designed for regular women, and that they happen to be worn by a gorgeous actress. Marketing genius, yes.  Style strategy

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Grown-Up Denim Dresses – Diane Kruger In Chanel

Grown-Up Denim Dresses like Diane Kruger’s hybrid number from Chanel puts a new spin on true-blue standby’s

Leave it to the forever-stylish actress Diane Kruger to signal a new era when it comes to denim dresses. After all, the last three to four season’s have seen denim rethought in every iteration possible, from Chloe’s patchwork moto jeans to Celine & Stella McCartney’s must-have tunics -denim

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Celebrity Personal Style Watch- Charlotte Ronson Gets Eyelet Right, Here’s how you can too

How to Wear Eyelet And Look Like A Grown-Up Like Fashion Designer Charlotte Ronson

With signs of an early spring blissfully taking hold over much of the states, designer Charlotte Ronson’s recent appearance at an NYC Ferragamo event in an on-trend white eyelet dress had us looking forward to the sartorial season ahead while taking note of her well styled look.

While eyelet often tends to bring

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Fashion Meets Interiors- Martin Margiela designs La Maison des Champs Elysees Hotel in Paris

There’s no secret around here at FoS that I’m a huge Martin Margiela fan. There’s a minimalistic, yet futuristic simplicity of perfectly pared down, yet well-designed pieces that are always timeless, yet still maintain an avant-garde edge. So when a favorite label fashion expands it’s aesthetic to interiors, like Rick Owens or Jean Paul Gaultier, I’m sold… well, more so if that winged back

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