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Myth Monday – Natural Fabrics Are Best
When I hear this common misconception, I always ask, "Best for what?" For breathability or eco-friendliness, natural fabrics may have a bit of an edge. However, for functionality such as waterproofing or durability or stretch, a synthetic or blended natural/synthetic definitely wins. Many people have a strong bias against synthetics and feel that it's always better to choose a natural fabric. In fact, synthetic science [...]
Myth Monday – Stylists Have All The Answers?
This is a very common misconception in the image world. Due to the popularity of style shows where people are torn apart, given a set of 'rules' to follow and made up by pros, many people think that a professional image consultant or stylist has all the answers. Since there is no regulation in the image industry, no training required and no skill set that [...]
Tip Tuesday – Choosing a Swimsuit That Works
I don't know about you, but I'm really tired of reading articles on how we all need to choose swimsuits that "hide those problem areas" or "balance out the body" or whatever latest euphemistic trendy words people come up with to suggest that somehow our bodies are horrible ugly things that need to be cloaked in illusion before heading to the beach (or anywhere else [...]
Myth Monday – “Everyone Wants to be Fashionable”
Today we're looking at the common idea that 'everyone wants to be fashionable'. This is a particularly challenging myth to overcome, given the prevalence of media and advertising that exist solely to make us feel bad about ourselves so we can buy more products and things and experiences. It plays strongly into the idea that everyone else is doing something, has it all figured out [...]
Myth Monday: Are You Born With Style?
Answer: FALSE! The idea that style is something people are born with is one of the most common misconceptions we run across when people begin to talk about image. Many people struggle with figuring out what works and what doesn't and because they are observing others and starting to think things like "everyone else can do this, why can't I?", the idea that it's something one [...]
High Heels – friend or foe?
I've been watching the media streams lately on the debate about high heels, touched off by an incident where several women were turned away from red carpets because they were wearing (gasp!) flat shoes. There has since been a storm on social media about boycotting the red carpet, or wearing flats in protest and it's caused me to seek out a number of really great [...]