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It or Miss: Jessica Simpson piles it on at the airport

Jessica Simpson's travel style, is it an it or a miss? Sometimes living out of a suitcase isn't easy. There are those who, sadly, opt for the schelpper look when traveling with saggy sweats and clunky sneakers. Then there are the travelers who get their basics all together. So chic, so jealous. Some are pack rats who wear whatever doesn't fit in their suitcase. >> Read: Fugly Fashion Mistakes | Tourist Chic, Vacation dress do's and don'ts And, we have Jessica Simpson at the airport as spotted by People Stylewatch. For me she's just too many things with too many big ticket trend pieces. Her eponymous shoe and bag line has great style for the price, but no need

The Perfect Gift to Bring Back from Paris

Look no further for some gift ideas that brim with Paris chic. Richard Nahem who designs custom walking tours of Paris helps a reader receive the perfect gift from Paris! Question: I have a fairly wealthy male friend who lives in Paris and Deauville, as well as Andorra. He is coming to visit in three weeks and wants to know what I want him to bring me from France. I don't want him to choose clothes for me, for obvious reasons-- what does he know and will it fit? What would be something totally cool that I could ask him to bring that not your typical girl from Kentucky would have? Scarf? Handbag? I just wanted to know what the

Paris Fashion Week: A History of French Vogue Magazine Covers Line the Champs Elysees

I see your picture everywhere work, turn to the left work, now turn to the right work, sashay shante A parade of Paris Vogue covers, on the Champs Elysees! Oui, oui, oui, we know. You wish you were in Paris to walk alongside the "catwalk" of glamour, but you don't have to be. We have the photo gallery of some of the best French Vogue covers that line the Champs Elysees right now. In celebration of its 90th anniversary, Paris Vogue gloriously displays 80 of its greatest covers along the most famous thoroughfare in France. The magazine has featured some of the most renowned photographers and artists of our time and the blown up covers on the Champs Elysees feature

Road trip shopping in Montana and Wyoming for iconic western fashion… Oh, give me a home where the buffalo roam… Where seldom is heard a discouraging word, except when it comes to the fashion that’s cloudy all day! City slicker fashion peeps have a romantic and idolized view of Western clothing. We assume that the fabulous fringe, perfectly worn in cowboy boots, dusty dark jeans, and delicately beaded belts are an easy find in any shop in a town where lodgepole pine outweighs cement or old time shoot ‘em up references still apply. Well, reality doesn’t always play as well as Ralph Lauren’s stylized vision of the Wild West when it comes to fashion. I should know about authentic western fashion

Don’t Give Shopping the Cold Shoulder in Iceland… Fashion insider Jenia Molnar certainly has a background in top designer fashion. But Jenia also has the secret talent of being a global black belt for finding the best shopping of every kind wherever her travels take her, Iceland included. Check the distance on a map, consider a trip, but do read… The Ultimate Reykjavik Shopping Guide, with online Icelandic shopping links too! While shopping might not be the first reason you booked a plane ticket to Iceland - perhaps it’s to traverse lunar-like volcanic landscapes, be mesmerized by endless waterfalls, soak in steamy geothermal pools or merely renew your charter membership in the Bjork fan club - there is plenty getting

Here we have it, another example of what not to wear when traveling about a big city… The fugly fashion continues with these most likely lovely but inappropriately dressed tourists in Venice, Italy. If for some wild and crazy reason you simply just don’t get it, it’s a fashion no-no to wear gym shorts, fanny packs, and muscle tanks (on a guy?!) in a cosmopolitan city– please try to have some respect for your environment. In an effort to continue spreading the word of what you should and, more important, should not pack in your vacation luggage, we have some suggested reading: Tourist Chic, Vacation dress do’s and don’ts How NOT to look like a tourist while vacationing in Paris

Souvenir Chic: Bought on vacation in France and want to find more…

Souvenir Chic: Tips to replace a favorite sweater bought while on vacation in France Tips to replace a favorite sweaterHelp me find this brand! I heard you on Martha Stewart and love your advice on handbags. I logged onto your website and thought I would ask you a question. I was in Nice, France and purchased a beautiful cotton sweater that I just love. The label on the sweater is called Module Zen Paris. Is it possible to find other sweaters by this manufacturer in the States? I loved the fashions in France, because they were so comfortable. Unfortunately, I don't find any stores in our area that come close to carrying anything like it. Can you help? Thank you.

Travel Hoop by Hoopnotica, fun and portable fitness that is pretty sexy too! When Marisa Tomei said the best thing to achieve her super-hot stripper body for her role in “The Wrestler” was partly due to hula hooping, it was time to spill the beans as the resident hula hoop fanatic! It may be the latest fitness craze, but I have been hooping for years and consider it my leisure sport– leisure suit, not included! I can attest to its many benefits - I had the best abs of my life this summer much of which I do attribute to adding daily backyard hooping to my fitness regime. Hooping is also very meditative. Once you get going it’s like being

Moose of the Moment and Musings from the West

Who said you can’t find chic in the highest mountains? Ok, we know that Jackson Hole is relatively fashion-free. It’s where Patagonia is my Prada and Marmot is my Margiela, and our Western is Marlboro Man iconic. After awhile you really want to go gaga for shoes not for their traction, but for their style appeal… what you wear in Jackson Hole, stays in Jackson Hole! Yeah, the Grand Tetons are amazing, the air is crystal clear but I am jonesing big time for a “real” fashion fix… I may have an escape in Wyoming, but I AM a New Yorker true and true. >> Wanna try some western shopping out west, maybe not so much Moose of the Moment:

Tourist Chic, Vacation dress do’s and don’ts…

Fugly Fashion Mistakes | Tourist Chic, Vacation dress do's and don'ts: What to wear while traveling and how to avoid fugly fashion mistakes -> Our example of GREAT casual style is wearing clothes by AdamPlusEve. Tourist Chic, Vacation dress do's and don'ts...What to wear while traveling and how to avoid fugly fashion mistakes Dear Sharon:I'm employed in the tourist industry at a resort area which draws travelers from across the country. Being involved with tourists daily, permits me to observe the many different styles of dress— some good, some not. I often see a lot of women travelers who dress like they are in their teens, others who like they are ready to wash the car, or some who just

What to wear while traveling to a different climate… Seasonless and comfy clothes to wear on a plane I am going on holiday in January-- leaving the UK in winter and arriving in Mexico in the hot sunshine. It's a 10- hour flight so I want to be comfortable while sitting on the plane but also look stylish and smart as we are flying 1st class. I appear young for my age as I'm 46 years old but usually pass for being 40. I don't want to dress too young, but not middle aged either. I'm pretty tall at 5'9" and have a slim figure. Please help me out with some of your fashion recommendations for what to wear while

TRAVELING TO FRANCE WITH YOUR PET?

HERE'S A NOTE FROM GAYLE MARTZ: traveling with pets to France Now with the Pet Passport in the UK. Pet's can now come and go, it's a Dog's life on the Riviera and Sherpa will show them how to travel safely and comfortably. Just so you know, rules have changed coming into France. FYI for your readers --French Embassy --Travelers may bring their dogs and cats from the United States into France, or transit in France, under the following conditions: - each family is limited to 5 animals. Every animal must be at least 3 months old. If it is younger, it must be traveling with its mother - every animal must be identified by a microchip or a tattoo

I'm not sure what to wear on the airplane to visit an old boyfriend out of state. When I walk off the plane, the first impression that I want him to have of me needs to be a GOOD one! I want to wear the right outfit that's casual and fun without looking too contrived or like I tried too hard. Movie stars and supermodels always look just right when you see them in airports and that's the look that I want! I'm thirty-years-old and like simple things with not a lot of frou-frou! Please, please help me with my "airplane chic" look so I can appear stylish, put together, and elegant. Thank you so much! (Nashville, TN) First

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It or Miss: Jessica Simpson piles it on at the airport

The Perfect Gift to Bring Back from Paris

Paris Fashion Week: A History of French Vogue Magazine Covers Line the Champs Elysees

On the Road: Authentic western looks are more romance than reality…

Travel: The Ultimate Reykjavik Shopping Guide

Tourist Don’ts: Gym Shorts and Fanny Packs Please Go Away

Souvenir Chic: Bought on vacation in France and want to find more…

Hula Hoop Mania: Hooping gets its sexy on

Moose of the Moment and Musings from the West

Tourist Chic, Vacation dress do’s and don’ts…

What to wear while traveling to a different climate… Seasonless and comfy clothes to wear on a plane

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