Accessories
The Scarf – Instant Style
We have the “It” Handbag, the “It” Shoe and now the “It Scarf”. During the last few years we have witnessed scarfs being worn day and night, on young and old, and for casual or dressy occasions.
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What are furoshiki bags?
Furoshiki are square cloths used to make bags to carry clothes and other items by the Japanese. Today designers are using some of the same folding and knotting techniques used to make furoshiki to create handbags with handles and clutches. A furoshiki bag can be made from leather, cotton, nylon, linen, satin or silk. Learn…
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How to Select a Handbag
How to Select a Handbag. Investing in quality is very important when selecting a handbag. A good quality, classic handbag is a simple leather bag without a lot of ornamentation. Make sure that your handbag is well made. The stitching should be secure. The zipper should be strong enough to work properly. Fabric bags should have zippers that do not get caught in the material of the bag. A good quality handbag should last for many years.
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Essential French Style, The Scarf
A visit to Paris confirms that essential French style is a scarf. The scarf is an important part of French style in every French woman’s wardrobe. Scarves keep you warm, and they improve the look of any outfit. Scarves give women French style a more worldly, sophisticated, and refined look.
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How to Wear a Brooch
An attractive brooch can turn an ordinary outfit into something fabulous. The brooch can go in an out of style but a brooch is a classic jewelry piece to own. In fact it is fun to have more than two or three. Brooches come in a variety of materials, styles and sizes and are very versatile jewelry pieces that can be worn with casual or dressy clothes.
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The Art of Layering Jewelry
Layering is a popular asset when it comes to personal style and layering jewelry is a great way to make your own unique fashion statement to any outfit! So here are a few ways to inspire and cultivate your current jewelry wardrobe.
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Evening Bags 101
Wear evening bags to dressy events. They are perfect for cocktail parties, dances, weddings, formal, or black tie occasions. An evening bag is also appropriate when you go to a nice restaurant for dinner, the theatre, symphony, ballet and opera.
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Are berets in style?
Berets are classic and timeless headwear and they are emerging as a woman’s key accessory. Berets can be worn by everybody, young or old, male or female. Berets, as defined by dictionary.com, are round close-fitting brimless caps of soft wool material or felt. “The beret is the t-shirt of hats,” says Stephen Jones. Mr Jones…
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Wearable Sculpture by Amy Smith
I came across wearable sculpture and Amy several years ago at her Flying Color Studios. Amy was participating in an Open Studio event in Sebastopol, California. She designs and custom makes fabulous hats and fascinators that add personal style to anything you wear. Amy uses quality materials, usually straw for Spring / Summer, and felt – (either new or recycled vintage) – for Fall / Winter. She blocks the material on antique blocks and usually finishes her creations by hand, adding beads, feathers and other embellishments.
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Handbags, the Shape of What’s to Come!
Handbags have saturated the fashion accessory scene for quite a while. There are numerous sizes, shapes and colors of bags to choose from. Designers must come up with something new every season to get noticed. This season they are focused on geometric forms such as circles, triangles, rectangles and squares and unusual shapes. These new shapes look especially stylish with classic style clothing since they can make a fashion statement.
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