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Can Animal Print Be Tamed?

That’s the first question and we suppose the answer has to be “yes” because it’s everywhere!  So the second question is “how?”  Blueprint for Style used its innate style sense and then went on the hunt (LOL!) for some back-up, and here’s what we’ve come up with for the stylish and sophisticated set: 10.  Use it sparingly at one time – too much of anything is a bad thing!

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Style for the More ‘Bountiful’ Beauties

When we say ‘bountiful’ beauties, we are referring to the more voluptuous of us that cannot so easily slither or wiggle into a size 6 or 12 (nowadays people in general seem to be getting bigger and wider, and it is now thought that the average dress size is nearer to measurements of bust 41 inches, waist 34 inches, and hips of 43 inches. These measurements correspond to a size 12, (UK size 14))…yet, for some reason, most mainstream clothing

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Bomber Jacket – A “I-Gotta-Get-This”!!

Ok, it’s not a style must-have but, I can picture at least four different scenarios in which this bomber jacket ($526) would set off an outfit…. Scenario #1: long jean skirt, tall Phallon riding boot, junk tee t-shirt, and my bomber jacket! Scenario #2: cream full skirt, cognac-colored wedge heels, white tee, and my bomber jacket! Scenario #3: skinny jeans, multi-colored ruffled top, some flip flops, and my bomber jacket! Scenario #4: black pencil skirt, black fitted shirt, black tights and

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So Much to Share, So Little Time!

Everyone needs to check out Uptown Social Magazine– get a subscription as soon as possible.  They’ll be running an article this week on German travel……it’s haute and if anyone is headed there, (after all, it is once again the mecca for fashion in Eastern Europe), you’ll need the insider information that will be provided! Well Blueprint for Style has lots to say but, we try to balance that with what we think you, the reader, wants to hear.  With so much

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1stdibs – A Site for All Things Couture & Vintage

If you are a collector (or just a lover) of all things vintage, rare, couture, and/or collectible then head to 1stdibs and check out the clothing, jewelry and watches, and furniture, lighting and decor!  While you’re there bookmark the page – they get new listings often!! .

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Quick – What’s the Fastest Way to Change Your Outfit?!

If you screamed “accessories” then you were right!  Some of you may have said “jacket,” or “outfit,” or “purse” and, if so, you were wrong….because most people don’t carry multiple jackets, purses or outfits when they leave the house but carrying a few extra accessories is totally reasonable! So you leave the house looking like this in the morning….. You can very easily change it up by removing your jacket and adding (1) a big belt perhaps purple,  or (2) a

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Light It Up!

For guys, there’s some connection with cigars.  I’m a woman so, I don’t know what it is but I need the fellas to clear it up.  Cigars are “cool” therefore, if you smoke a cigar, you must be “cool” too.

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Top 10 (or so) Style Tricks of the Trade

These should be no-brainer tricks of the trade you should live by, male or female (PRINT and SAVE): Undergarments are to be worn but not seen (as in low-slung pants or panty lines). The sum off all the parts is greater than the individual pieces–that’s why it’s called an outfit! Style does not have to equal the outfit off the runway or on a celebrity. The golden rule is show “skin” or “shape” but never both. Black shows wear fast

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