26 Jul Stylish, Easy Ways to Get Beach Ready
03 Jun State of Style: Show Off Your Threads & Win a Trip to Essence Music Festival
For years I had been trying to make it to New Orleans for the Essence Music Festival. I always heard nothing but great things about the 3-day event and it's always around my birthday. Last year, I finally made it to EMF and it was everything and more! Parties, great music, food and cheap alcohol, what's not to love? And of course I'm heading back this year.But if you haven't booked your flight or hotel, you're not totally out of luck. Using your sense of style can actually help you win round trip airfare for two, four night accommodations at a New Orleans hotel, two tickets for each night of the Essence Fest concerts {the lineup includes some of my faves, like Mint Condition, Emeli Sande and Beyonce}, two VIP Experience tickets and ground transportation.
18 Apr Outfit Ideas for Rainy Days
I'm so happy the weather is finally getting nicer and Spring has sprung. But you know what else that means? Spring showers. When the rain starts, it can put a serious damper on your outfit choices. The downpour means the shoes you really want to wear have to stay in the closet and some garments aren't appropriate for gusty winds. But you don't have to let the rain cramp your style.
Check out a few outfit ideas that are fashionable and functional for different occasions and styles. These four looks are perfect for a rainy day.
24 Dec New Year’s Eve Dresses for All Sizes and Less than $100
Once holiday shopping is done, the next hurdle is what to wear for New Year's Eve. Whether you're hitting the town with friends or having a get together indoors, you want to ring in 2013 looking your flyest. But of course you're not trying to spend a ton of cash on an outfit and you don't have to.
A dress is the easiest way to go as it's just one piece to slide in to versus coordinating a top and bottom. Though you'll inevitably take a ton of pictures in your beautiful dress on NYE, don't feel the need to ditch your frock after the clock strikes midnight.
Continue to get tons of wear out of it by dressing it down with the one item every woman has {or should have!} in her closet: a black blazer. Or layer a fitted long sleeve shirt over the dress and belt it to give it a new look.
Check out the gallery below for a dozen New Year's Eve dresses for all sizes. They range from glittery sequins to figure flattering wraps and they're all less than $100.
22 May What to Wear While Thrift Shopping
I know I promised part two of my San Francisco thrift shopping tour {check out part one here} but I had a reader ask me what I wear while thrifting and I tweeted her the photo above. I've briefly mentioned some tips on what to wear {especially if you're hitting up a hectic warehouse sale}, but this is my first time devoting an entire post to the best pieces to wear that will help you have an easy thrift shopping excursion.