April 2016 | Blueprint for Style

Accessories

Ready For the Weekend: Beaded Necklace

When you’re on vacation, you don’t want to be loaded down with multiple pieces of jewelry (and you certainly don’t want to have to keep track of what’s what). Two pieces of fabulous jewelry that you can put to work and that can do double-duty is the right answer…. I saw this beaded jasper necklace and the multicolored, earth-tone beads made it ideal for every day but pretty with an all-white look or evening outfit. Right now, it’s an additional

2016/04/29

Lifestyle & Tech

Six Must-See Movies For Fashion Lovers

Do you love fashion? Are you as committed to the cause as the fashionista next to you? If so, then I’m sure you’ve seen this six fashion-related movies: The True Cost, Dior and I, Scatter My Ashes at Bergdorf, The September Issue, Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has To Travel, and Coco Before Chanel. Each will provide a fashionable lesson or two worth learning…. The True Cost – a movie about the clothes you wear, the people that make them and

2016/04/28

Accessories

Designer Handbags are OUT!

Trends ebb and flow and come and go but the last time the designer handbag industry saw an “ebb” was ages ago! Peek in your closet and count the number of designer handbags you have….maybe seven, 10, or maybe just one? Designer handbags are going the way of the samurai and while the reasons are numerous, we can partially thank millennials for not wanting the cache of a Chanel or Louis Vuitton neverfull. If you’re in your 40’s or 50’s,

2016/04/26

Health & Beauty

Ready for the Weekend: bkr Water Bottle

It’s such a small little thing and there are so many that exist in all colors, shapes and sizes that it’s hard to figure out what to get. I usually just grab for the cutest one (hopefully with gold on it) and make sure it fits in my cup holder in my car. …that is until my girlfriend hooked me up with the bkr water bottle! It’s a glass water bottle (sexy!) covered with silicone and BPA-free! It comes in several

2016/04/22

Outerwear

Doing Casual Better…

I’ve lived all over the world albeit mostly in the United States once I was “of age” but even in my travels, I am drawn to how different people do “casual”. Head to the left coast and casual is undoubtedly based on yoga pants and the like. Run to the east coast and the backbone of casual is denim. Down south casual seems to look a little more dressed up and for the ladies, it can be more dresses and

2016/04/15

Clothing Maintenance & Organization

10 Steps To Declutter Your Closet : Part II

Part II: Let’s finish up strong….. Last week, we laid groundwork for getting the space (and our mind) ready to clean up the junk and non-value added “stuff”. Today, you can download the FINAL FIVE steps to declutter your closet to create more space and, frankly, more control in that tiny space that causes so much angst for all of us! After today, it’s on! You’ll have a little more space to breathe and a little more control of

2016/04/06

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