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Add some ZING! What color shoes to wear with dressy neutrals for holiday chic

Stylist Advice-  How can this reader add pizzazz to a neutral holiday dress…

 I am wearing a mocha dress with sequins at Christmas and wondering what color of shoes I should get? Please help!!! (A.W. via Fashion Advice)

 >> READ: Perfect Party Shoes

     Standout sequins in muted shades of nude are very of the moment this holiday season. They are a sultry take on subtle and can

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Stylist Advice- What to wear to a black tie optional event with the boss? Try an evening wrap!

If a black tie optional event is mostly business men, can this reader dare to bare with a backless dress?

Dear Sharon:  I would sincerely appreciate your input on an issue I am having with a business black tie optional event.  I am attending a “black tie optional” awards ceremony anddinner for a builders’ association in Western NY (near Canada). My completely platonic date is my boss.

The

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Leather Weather: Black (leather pants) + White = Italian Style

I’ll Have What She’s Having: Black leather pants that look so right

Yesterday, we talked about the ageless chic of a black leather motorcycle jacket, and today it’s time to talk about your lower half.

>>MORE: Leather Style

There’s an off-handedness that Italians have. They could be wearing the most extravagant item — think a healthy dose of gold, a swath of fur, ornate embellishments, or in this

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Leather Weather: A Black Leather Jacket At Any Age To Suit Your Every Mood!

I’ll Have What She’s Having: A modern & global spin on a classic black leather jacket as an age-appropriate celebrity favorite

Baby, it’s leather weather! Not too hot, not too cold (yet) and just right for some hard core downtown motorcycle style done right, may it be city, casual, or dressy.

From London, New York, to Cannes, we’ve got Kate Moss, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Isabelle Huppert sporting

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Stylist Advice- Plus Size Layering, Define A Focal Point

Dear Sharon:  I am overweight. Sometimes I wear blouses open with turtlenecks underneath. Can you wear a scarf with the open blouse and turtleneck? (C.M. via Fashion Advice)

  I’m not sure that I love the way you start out your question by announcing that you are overweight. Regardless of your size, we ALL need to make the most of what we’ve got which should come from

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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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Stylist Advice- How to jazz up a conservative red holiday dress

Dear Sharon: I’m wearing this holiday red shiny Tahari dress with an open portrait neckline to my husband’s company Christmas party.

I am wondering what shoes and jewelry to wear with it. Thanks! (H.E. via Fashion Advice)

 I’ve spent some time pondering  if I should sugarcoat this or not, and I need to be both truthful to you and to my professional style aesthetics.

I have to be honest here, I don’t

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Stylist Advice: Are Flared Pants in Style?

Expert stylist’s advice, our weekly installment of style & lifestyle questions from YOU for us to contemplate is back, first-up comes a query on flared pants that everyone could learn a thing or two from

 From Suzanne-   Are flared and/or belled pants still fashionable to wear?

 With Miuccia Prada’s Fall takes on the bookish, print filled charm of the haute 70′s and fashion’s latest fixation on

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Wear It Now: The Sleeveless Blazer Is A Runway Trend To Steal – Spring 2013 Highlights

From the Spring 2013 runways, the sleeveless blazer is back on trend…

The sleeveless blazer returned as one of the top runway trends you’ll want to covet. In fact who can resist when you consider how versatile they are come the transitional weather we’ve been facing as of late.

So, here’s so the 411 on how to have next season, right from your closet.

With the Spring

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Stylist Advice: Your Classic Uniform, My Way!

No-brainer fall into winter dressing starts with a great coat…

Dear Sharon: I get confused at what to wear when I have appointments all over town and getting ready for work gets complicated. I wish for the days of a classic uniform, like school but a stylish one of course!

Do you have any ideas on how streamline my wardrobe to a few good, solid pieces to

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