Your Fashion, Your Rules

Your Fashion, Your Rules

Epiphanies come from all sorts of significant and spiritually moving events – births, deaths, stuff like that. Mine comes from The Devil Wears Prada. Well, at least my fashion epiphany. Well, one of them. The movie is chocolate and wine and coffee and croissants...
Stuck in a Style Rut? Just Head for the Elevator

Stuck in a Style Rut? Just Head for the Elevator

Fashion, hair styles and makeup are ever-evolving things that change from year to year and season to season, like an elevator moving up an endless skyscraper of style. We’ve all seen it – those people who never abandoned their Farrah Fawcett “wings” or Pretty in Pink...
Are Designer Labels Worth It?

Are Designer Labels Worth It?

Dear Kelley, Is it worth it to buy designer labels? Yes, no, maybe – here’s the thing … quality shows. I was recently talking to a friend who is a stylist to celebrities. She specializes in red carpet. And she knows her stuff. She mentioned a designer to me that she...
Your Step-By-Step Guide to French Style

Your Step-By-Step Guide to French Style

Regarding French style, Coco Chanel famously said that before you leave the house, look in the mirror and take one thing off. But that’s assuming you put a few things on. When I was young I loved playing dress-up, putting on grown-up dresses that dragged on the floor,...
The French Perennial

The French Perennial

    In a very un-French-like gesture, it’s time for a little full transparency. This year, like it or not, I will be transitioning from my fabulous fifties to my sexy sixties. So in an age seemingly dominated by millennials, how does one embrace being a...

Basic French Style

What is it about French fashion that makes it so appealing and, well, French?  I would sum it up in two words – confidence and class. The French woman wears the clothes – the clothes don’t wear her. There is a classic simplicity that never goes out of style and looks...