Oct

8

Finding Your Inner Beauty

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Inner beauty is like outer beauty, but better. More meaningful. More lasting. Still, one thing about outer beauty is that it signals to other humans how you feel about yourself and the world around you. A woman who wears designer brands like Prada and Dior isn’t necessarily wealthy or conceited, perhaps she is just happy to treat herself to nice things. If you dress poorly and don’t care about your appearance you are telling people around you that you have low self esteem and don’t value yourself enough to spend money on yourself. Perhaps you think you are too busy, or that money is an issue. But the real answer perhaps lies deeper, in your own psyche. One reflection of healthy inner beauty and health is to project that to the world around you.

When seeking a mate humans look for small, subtle signs to discover simple, but vastly important truths about the other gender. First, women look for a well groomed man when they want someone with decent self image and a commitment to himself. These traits ensure the man will keep up with his health and thus be around to protect the woman longer. It’s why animals look for flashy colors in male mates.

Men don’t always look for women with beautiful accessories, but it doesn’t hurt to demonstrate that you are a woman who cares for your body and appearance and that you don’t let that go. Thus, inner and outer beauty are linked in a very serious way. There is always a method for taking what you were born with and making it really shine.

Sep

26

Celebrity Shades

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Celebrities have coaches who keep them in the latest and greatest of fashions. It’s not by pure charm that they know what to wear and what fashionable looks work. That Tom Ford is always in season but Ray Bans ebb and wane. So, don’t beat yourself up if you don’t have as much time to commit to each day’s outfit or to fixing your hair, make up or other aspects of your wardrobe. When not filming, celebrities look every bit as normal and fashionable confused as the rest of us. That’s why so many magazines can survive solely on printing pictures of celebrities in civilian garb.

If you are interested in celebrity fashion there are a few celebrities who do it well, and do it with the best coaches in the business. Look at Angelina Jolie before she hit the big time. She was a model, so she knew fashion, but she was also wearing clothing that didn’t make her look sexy. She didn’t have a specific look figured out until later, when she had professional help. The same goes for her hubby Brad Pitt, whose fashion sense has taken a more serious and focuses turn in recent years.

Jennifer Aniston is another celebrity to watch. She is conservative and alluring, but she manages to be sexy and bold at the same time. She walks the thin line between beautiful and boring without breaking a sweat. That takes a lot of talent. You can also look at big shots like Adam Sandler. Not normally seen as a fashionable man, his look takes some work. He is sporty and carefree without looking like a frat boy. Not an easy task.

Jan

14

New Fashion, New Year, New You

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Ok, time to put down the remote, stash the laptop, turn off the X-box and throw away your magazines. The new year has arrived and that means its time to reorganize your home, get your life and goals in order and start thinking about redesigning your wardrobe and image. Each year, animals hibernate in winter and emerge fresh and new in spring.

Now is your chance to hibernate, re-imagine yourself, and emerge a new person when the snow thaws this spring. Toss out your fake, no-name gear and instead start researching online what look will suit you. Consider your face shape, hair color, skin tone, eye color and clothing before buying even the seemingly most simple accessory like sunglasses. MiuMiu may work for many young women, but will it work for you? How about trying a lesser-known but equally sexy brand like Alexander McQueen? This gives you street credit among fashion fans and avoids labeling you as a simple trend follower. See, you’ve been on your new year- new you bend for about ten minutes and you already have the tools to impress someone! Lets keep the ball rolling!

What else can you do to give yourself a fresh, new look for the new year? Well, look at Heidi Klumm (image). She is a supermodel, yes, she may have a few advantages on you there. But what I want you to notice is how much work she puts into looking as good as she does. Her hair is straightened, it doesn’t flow naturally like that! Her skin is flawless—we know how much work that takes! Her clothing it fitted, and that’s hard to find and expensive. Her sunglasses perfectly fit her look—that’s something we can do, but it will take time. We can all look as good as Heidi with hard work, dedication and attention to detail. You have more of the winter left before you, so keep hibernating, working on your new look and emerge this spring radiant and bold.

Jan

11

Sunglasses for a More Youthful Vibe

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I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but its now 2011 and that means another year has passed and alas, you’ve aged. 2011 sounds so futuristic. It sounds so far away, and yet here it is, and you’ll be writing it on your checks for the next 300+ odd days. So, take the fountain of youth into consideration and start purchasing clothing and accessories that give you a more youthful (but not childish or age inappropriate) look. Accessories are the easiest way to achieve this. We’re not talking about wearing your baseball cap backwards, but designer MiuMiu sunglasses will add a touch of youth without making you look like a hipster.

Youth is a hard thing to capture again once its gone. It is a general attitude, a way of looking at the world with wonder, awe and constant curiosity—traits that adults lose. Adult fashion is bland, expected and pre-packaged and lacks that curiosity and excitement that youthful wardrobes have. Sunglasses are a great and easy way to start bridging your way back into a youthful look. You don’t have to have Ed Hardy sunglasses to be young looking. Serengeti, if worn right, will add a sense of youth without looking like you are trying too hard.

So, if you want to start 2011 off with a new way of viewing the world, start by rearranging how you view yourself. Keep your youthful sense of awe and start dressing with more attention to youthful details, like sunglasses, jewelry and shoes.

Jan

6

Fresh Sunglasses for the New Year

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Happy New Year! Welcome to 2011, the year you are going to rock your own world, achieve all your resolutions and end up in January 2012 smiling at a job well done. You’re going to jazz up your look by adding designer accessories to pump up your sex appeal. Miu Miu sunglasses are a great way to achieve this new look. Jimmy Choo sunglasses are also hot right now, and will be throughout 2011, but the Jimmy Choo shoes are especially beautiful and exquisite. In addition, you’ll be looking great in new clothing that, even on a budget, if done right, can add amazing appeal and give a whole-new-you look.

Here’s a tip for shopping high class on a budget. Take a line from Johnny Depp, whose fashionable clothing is ripped up, retro and out-of-date. Apparently the best and easiest way to have a hot new wardrobe is to head to your local Thrift Shop and starting looking for what the old folks recently dropped off. You’ll be looking for dress jackets with padded elbows, ripped jeans and a tight band T-shirt. Add to this a few high-class accessories and you’ll have a whole new and totally affordable look that is unique, fresh and yet has amazing depth.

Another tip to high class fashion on a budget is to put all of your cash into accessories rather than clothing. Clothes are breakable, rip easily, stain easily and in general don’t last that long. Accessories stay in fashion longer than clothing and are more affordable often than clothing.

Jan

3

Persol and Celebrity Fashion

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Persol has made it to the top of most celebrity’s fashion eyewear wardrobes. Even superstar Tom Cruise looks dashing in Persol shades in 2010. Other major celebrities who have rocked the Persol fashion this year are Heidi Klum, Angelina Jolie, Zach Efron, Pierce Brosnan and many, many more. For women, there are dozens of high fashion eyewear brands that increase their fashionista points and help them look fashionable, modern and chic. Men, on the other hand, don’t have as many high fashion eyewear options. Persol is one of the few brands men can enjoy that helps them look modern and fashion. Tom Cruise is, in Persol, no exception.


Pierce Brosnan looks fantastic in Persol, Older gentlemen have a very fine line to walk between high fashion and looking petty in designer sunglasses that are too youthful for them. Recently, a barrage of older stars have started wearing fashion that is too young for them, and as a result look pathetic, like they are trying too hard. Think Harrison Ford in Carrera—too youthful and too modern for a superstar who is getting up there in age and who is constantly taking movie roles opposite extremely young women. Pierce Brosnan has yellowed teeth, grey hair, freckles and sun spots and even a ton of wrinkles and yet his personality and charisma help him look dashing, regardless of the fast that he comes across as human. Looking human is something most older superstars try to avoid at all costs. Persol helps men look charming, dignified and fresh without looking youthful.


Dec

19

Adidas Verses Nike Eyewear

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Adidas versus Nike eyewear, this is one question many people find themselves asking. When it comes to sports eyewear, these kinds of questions are only natural. Try to embrace the quandary and consider that at least you are asking the important questions about your sportswear fashion.

Let’s consider the important points. Nike sunglasses are active, friendly eyewear that have technologically advanced features as well as creative design and a very cool look. Nike knows how to up your cool points through fashion, and yet their primary goals are to protect your eyes during high impact or outdoor sports. Nike indicates an entirely focused attention and dedication to your sport. A voluptuous woman nearly nude on the sidelines of your sporting event is impossible to you. Nike logos on your eyewear indicate focus, adrenaline and passion—to sport. You are advertising to the world that you are interested in only one thing while wearing the logo. Enjoy playing basketball with a few friends?—then don’t wear Nike as that’s not for half-timers.

Adidas sunglasses, although similar, represent a different type and style of athletics. When you wear Adidas and not Nike you are saying that you are an athlete, but that your focus isn’t entirely on sports. You also notice fashion, quality and other aspects of life besides whatever sport you participate in. Remember that blonde on the sidelines?—You’d notice her and your Nike wearing friends would not. They’d be focused on the fact that the score is not in their favor while you’d be figuring out how to make your lose look like a win to the blonde.

Dec

15

Fashion From Mad Men

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Mad Men, the hit HBO series about 1960’s advertising men in New York, has been a huge success, and with it the surge in retro fashion and vintage eyewear and sunglasses.

Betty Drapper, played by January Jones, looks dashing in retro Ray Ban sunglasses. She pulls of the 1960s lifestyle and fashion without batting an eye. Her attention to detail with her wardrobe and mannerisms makes the roll one she was literally born to fill. Aside from the fact that she is wearing Ray Bans, we think the look is dashing. To get a similar look in 2010 you’d have to ditch the generic sunglasses and be a bit creative. We’re thinking a sexy pair of retro Prada sunglasses would update the look enough to make it manageable. You can’t walk around, after all, in 2010 wearing horn rimmed glasses unless you are a villain from Heroes. With a bit of a modern update, the Betty Drapper look could be one that could work in this modern and more fashion-friendly age.

But Betty Drapper isn’t the only one who pulls off the 1960s look. Don Drapper is another Ray Ban fanatic. Whenever outdoors, especially in season three, he looks dashing and time-appropriate in multi-colored Ray Bans and checkered shirts. To get the Drapper look, skip the Ray Bans and head for the Serengeti shop. These are a sexier, more up-to-date look that transcends any wardrobe making it more casual, cool and carefree. Add to that a leather jacked, denim jeans and a checkered shirt and you have the modern Don Drapper look one appropriate for 2010.

Dec

5

Big Bang Theory and Geek Chic Fashion

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Big Bang Theory, an American TV show about four geeky best friends who try to make it in the social world without any ideas, any clue and with the unwitting help of their hot next-door neighbor. But why, if the main two characters are so dorky and geeky, are they so often googled by young women around the world? Their fashion sense, their humor and their love of science? Maybe, but more than likely geek chic is coming back into style in a hot new way.
First, take Leonard’s eyewear., a simple Prada, heavy frame eyeglasses with thick lenses makes for an intriguing geek chic look. While Penny didn’t initially find him attractive, she learns to love the geek look. But what is really geeky about designer eyewear, creative clothing from a bygone era and a massive intellect? How could Penny ever resist? Its amazing she lasted the entire first season!
What about Sheldon’s clothing and fashion sense? Admittedly he has less direction, less hope and of course a lesser understanding of social conventions and norms. His clothing, however, indicates exactly what he wants it to. Corduroy pants with a long-sleeved undershirt and short-sleeved T-shirt over that with an image from a cartoon or physics phenomenon. He is signaling to the dork community that he is a member. He uses fashion to find membership, acceptance and feel a part of a larger group. Though the character is meant to have the inability to penetrate or understand society, he plays into the fashion world nicely and even found a fashionable niche to occupy. I guess he really is a genius!

 

Nov

28

Business Sunglasses and Eyeglasses

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If you wear glasses and work at an office, then your look may be fitting a certain undesirable fashion statement (unless you are going for the nerd look). We don’t want you looking like Dilbert or any random guy in a cubicle. We want to give you a fashionable edge. Think you can’t pull of Giorgio Armani?—think again! With a little work, you can take your look from boring office-dwelling geek to dorky chic, and trust me there is a difference. Here’s how to get the most out of the geek look without getting swept under the carpet as a cliché.
First, your glasses are all important. You want to make a geeky statement without going overboard, like the woman in the picture here. For starters, ditch everything you know about eyeglasses and obey this one simple rule. When looking for office eyeglasses go big or go home, and I mean designers not actual size. Think Armani, Jimmy Choo or Versace. Pick out a pair that will suit your face shape and color, but make this one item of your clothing designer grade. Your face is the first thing people see and will judge you based off of this. Keep that in mind and go big or go home.

Second, you can pull of the dorky office look and make it cool by embracing it. Don’t try to hide what you are. If you are an athlete, wear a baseball cap. If you are a geek, then a pocket protector and calculator watch are cute. Don’t’ shy away from what you are or what you enjoy at work, that is one surefire way to alienate yourself.

Finally, when trying to revamp your wardrobe get a few items that are not necessary but are definitely fun. If you wouldn’t normally spend money on a nice belt than now is the time to get a fun and ‘you’ belt that you’ll enjoy wearing and showing off. Your clothing is a billboard for who you are, don’t hide the facts!

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