Come Fly with Me

Posted on | August 30, 2010 | No Comments

By: Eliz­a­beth Cun­ning­ham | Guest Blogger

There comes a point in your life where you start to appre­ci­ate qual­ity over price point. I’ve reached this point with sun­glasses. After years of cheap plas­tic frames, scratched lenses and metal frames that leave green lines on your tem­ples, I now appre­ci­ate a solidly made pair of sun­glasses that can instantly upgrade your look and com­ple­ment both your work wardrobe and your beach ensem­ble. (And pro­tect your eyes from the sun, of course.) Right now I love Ray-Ban Avi­a­tors. They were orig­i­nally devel­oped to “ban­ish rays” for US Army and Navy fighter pilots, and became extremely pop­u­lar with the pilots because they made for less extreme tan lines than their gog­gles (pilots need to look good too, you know). Ray-Ban’s new releases tin­ker with the Avi­a­tors’ clas­sic style but main­tain all their sophis­ti­ca­tion, pol­ish and sense of adven­ture. Sun­glass Hut car­ries Avi­a­tors from $139–189, a bit of an invest­ment in price but a sure­fire pay­off in style and quality.

Jenn’s Style Playlist

Posted on | August 25, 2010 | No Comments

The lat­est playlist brought me to the eclec­tic yet dar­ling Amer­i­can Apparel.
Meet the trusted LBD’s inde­pen­dent, fashion-forward sis­ter.  Xo!

Ruffle It Up

Posted on | August 20, 2010 | No Comments

By: Becky Ewert | Guest Blogger

As I was indulging in a bit of retail ther­apy a cou­ple of weeks ago, I was over­whelmed by ruf­fles. Since I’ve seen them on plenty of button-up shirts this spring and sum­mer (I even have one or two in my closet), I guess it only makes sense that they’ve mul­ti­plied and latched onto cardi­gans as their host for the fall and win­ter. I’m a big fan of both ruf­fles and cardi­gans, so I’m tick­led pink about this trend. Here are some options I find par­tic­u­larly lovely, from casual to business-appropriate.

 

Overt Ruf­fled Cardi­gan. A short-sleeved cardi­gan is the per­fect segue from sum­mer to fall. I think this color is super ver­sa­tile (avail­able in white and black as well), plus it looks all soft and comfy, like some­thing I’d throw on after a yoga work­out. If I prac­ticed yoga. Ahem. (The Lim­ited, $59.50)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mixed Media Ruf­fle Sweater Jacket. The ruf­fles on this are CRAZY, right? Pic­ture a shirt paired with a 70s-style pow­der blue tuxedo and you’ve stum­bled onto the obvi­ous inspi­ra­tion behind the design. And that suits me just fine. (Banana Repub­lic, $89.50)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fox­tail Orchid Cardi­gan. Yes, I real­ize flow­ers are not tech­ni­cally ruf­fles, but I had to include it because I love the detail­ing. It’s so incred­i­bly del­i­cate and ele­gant, and think­ing about the jux­ta­po­si­tion of pair­ing it with a masculine-style pant makes my head spin with hap­pi­ness. (J. Crew, $98)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ruf­fle Trim Cardi­gan. If you’d pre­fer a “less is more” approach to a ruf­fle, this is the sweater for you. It even has a lit­tle ruf­fle on the cuff (a cuf­fle?), which is a sweet touch. (White House Black Mar­ket, $78)

Don’t Sweat it

Posted on | August 18, 2010 | 2 Comments

By: Erica Dao

Since our guest blog­ger Lisa enlight­ened us with how to ‘Look Hot While You Sweat,’ I thought I’d share how to stay fresh while you sweat. It’s  not as witty and fash­ion­able as Lisa’s post, but I can guar­an­tee that most of you who are read­ing this want to be ‘sure’ at any given time (side­bar– remem­ber those Sure deodor­ant com­mer­cials?). If you’re going to look hot while you sweat, you bet­ter darn well smell good too.

Intro­duc­ing DeoDry™ Dry Effect Deodor­ant from The Body Shop. I have tried a lot of dif­fer­ent deodor­ants and this magic stick of fresh­ness is pretty darn close to per­fec­tion. It goes on clear, some­thing other deodor­ants only claim to do. It also keeps me pretty dry and smelling pretty pleas­ant, even after a long sweaty work out  at the gym (just being honest).

What really sold me was the fact that this deodor­ant doesn’t con­tain parabens or alu­minum salts! Parabens are  preser­v­a­tives used in prod­ucts like sham­poo, makeup, lotions, etc that have been shown to mimic the hor­mone estro­gen. Alu­minum salts are mostly found in over-the counter deodor­ants and antiper­spi­rants that basi­cally help plug the sweat glands so you’re not drench­ing your favorite tops — def­i­nitely an unsure moment wait­ing to happen.  Both ingre­di­ents may be linked to breast cancer.

DeoDry™ con­tains nat­ural ingre­di­ents like Com­mu­nity Trade aloe vera, Com­mu­nity Trade alco­hol & vol­canic min­er­als. It comes in three fab­u­lous scents (my fav is Fresh Flo­ral) and as a stick or roll on. So don’t sweat it, The Body Shop has your back (and underarms).

 

 

 

Looking Hot While You Sweat

Posted on | August 16, 2010 | 9 Comments

By Lisa Steinke

So… I’m preg­nant! But don’t worry, I’m not let­ting a lit­tle thing like hav­ing a bun in the oven influ­ence my fash­ion choices– just yet. (Talk to me in three months when a mumu is the only thing that will fit). I’m 18 weeks along and still, thanks to Jeg­gings and some­thing called the Belly Band, able to fit into my pre-prego wardrobe.

Baby on board or not, I’ve always worked out. And lately, I’ve become some­what of a yogi. I can hold my own in a down­ward dog. Or arch my back like the best of ‘em in class. But as much as I love to twist my torso and say ommm, I don’t love shop­ping for the out­fits. Because, let’s face it, although we all want to look just as cute in the gym as we do out on the town, it’s not always easy to pull off. 

And then I was flip­ping through Us Mag­a­zine and I saw Whit­ney Port from The City wear­ing a cute yoga out­fit with lit­tle ruf­fles on the back­side (I know, I know, she’s all of about 21 so she can pull off extra fab­ric back there) and it inspired me to try again to find cute yoga and work­out clothes. You know the kind that a 37 year old preg­nant chick can wear. And nat­u­rally, I grav­i­tated toward pants that flat­ter in all the right places and pullovers that pull right over all the right places.

Over at Nordy’s (don’t tell Bloomies I cheated) I found pants called Zella Fash­ion Skinny Booty Capris (pic­tured above, left) I was sold. They had me at Skinny Booty. At Bloomies, I dis­cov­ered Juicy Cou­ture Yoga Fleece pants and Juicy Cou­ture Polka Dot Yoga Capri Pants that are adorable! And you can’t for­get to throw a good hoodie to  into the mix. And of course Juicy came through again with the Juicy Cou­ture Burnout Fleece Hooded Pullover.

 So preg­nant or not, work­ing out or not, I want to look hot. Even if I’m sweat­ing while doing it. 

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