Join Me On Vibrant Nation!

Join Me On Vibrant Nation!

Happy Friday, everyone!  Join me over on VIBRANT NATION, as we discuss what mistakes women in Paris won’t make this fall!. VIBRANT NATION POST HERE! As we transition into a holiday weekend, remember to make this a fabulous Friday! I will be spending time with my grandsons…so see you on Sunday evening! Have a wonderful weekend!

What’s In Your Planner?

What’s In Your Planner?

Happy Christmas Eve!  As I begin to work on my planner for a new year, I actually do not want to part with the old one. Find out why over at Midlife Boulevard today!  Just click HERE!! Now, I must go…the planner is packed with activities for Christmas Eve! Have a Merry One!

When Menswear Makes Sense

When Menswear Makes Sense

“Effortless Style often takes, as it says, relatively little effort.  All you really need is loads of self-confidence…and a smile. (You can carry off anything with a smile!) Of course, a few tips can help you achieve your own effortless (or almost effortless) style.”  – Parisian Chic by Ines de la Fressange with Sophie Gachet….

New Books For Those Who Love Celebrating Style!

New Books For Those Who Love Celebrating Style!

I am so excited to tell you that Ines de la Fressange is releasing a 2013 Parisian Chic Planner on July 10th!  I just reserved my copy on Amazon.  Here is what the book description from Amazon says: “Ines de la Fressange shares fifty-two new secrets in this elegant and humorous weekly planner that is…

Parisian Influences:  What I Have Learned from Ines

Parisian Influences: What I Have Learned from Ines

“Frivolity is the key to eternal youth.”  -Ines de la Fressange Ines I had to take a brief break from the Paris Collaboration for the Morning of Beauty already on my calendar.  But I cannot help but think that my new style icon for the last year, Ines de la Fressange, would  have approved of such an…

Classic Visiblity: The Trench

Classic Visiblity: The Trench

London Fog Trench: Stein Mart Black Lee Jeans: Kohls “With jeans, dinner-suit pants, over a little black dress – is there any occasion when a trench coat will not do? It goes over everything and with everything!” -Ines de la Fressange in Parisian Chic Hope everyone had a wonderful weekend!! Today’s outfit may be a…

Menswear- Inspired VS Menswear

As a journalism major in the early 1970s, there were two things that captured my attention….the Watergate Investigation and shopping in Men’s Departments for clothing.   The female budding reporters thought the male-look was really cool and somehow helped establish our credibility in the campus newsroom.  But Menswear-Inspired Fashion is something that has come and gone…

Parisian Chic – Oui!

Parisian Chic – Oui!

Oh …to be in Paree……. When Paula of Fashion Over Fifty suggested that we both review Ines de la Fressange’s book Parisian Chic and answer each other’s questions, I inwardly wondered if she liked the book as much as I do. This book came to me at a key time in my style journey…this past spring. It…