Summer is just around the corner. And with this Covid-19 stay-at-home lifestyle, I think I will be wearing shorts this Summer more than I have since I was a teen. In the past, I dreaded Summer because I just never felt confident in my shorts outfits. I'd gained weight and I felt insecure about my mid-section. About six years ago, I made myself face my Summer wardrobe and give myself advice like I'd give my clients. When I did that, my Summer wardrobe came to life. For me

I have to be 100% real with you. Shorts are not my favorite garment to wear. I generally leave them for 3 occasions: vacation/water-time, hiking/outdoors, and the random times we go to amusement parks. I do not wear shorts when working with clients or going to nicer dinners; unless it's a dressy romper. I just find them to be less professional and polished. So what shorts do I keep on hand for the summer months? Based on the environments I wear them in, I keep 3 differen

Hats. When we at A La Mode decided we were going to do a series on how we style hats, I got a little anxious. It's only been recently that I have started to wear hats. I say that but, I did wear a teardrop shaped cocktail hat for my wedding! I liked it when I tried it on but, on the day of the wedding it kept slipping from the front of my head (weighted down by the veil) to the back. By the time we walked down the aisle "married" I whipped the thing off and I didn't put

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A hat is a rather timeless accessory. I think back to my History of Dress class in college. Through new eras, headpieces were often a status symbol. Berets, bonnets, bowlers, fedoras, the list goes on. As something that likely started for function, turned into fashion and statement. Today, hats continue to influence in the wardrobe scene. For myself, I have found it rather challenging to find THE hat. I wear my glasses 95% of the time. To be honest, they are my favorit

I have LOVED hats my entire life. I went through a phase in high school-college were I went away from them, but before and after they have been a constant for me. When I was in third grade, I entered a beauty pageant...gasp! Can't believe I did as I have never been very self confident, but my older sister had done it years before and it was super low-key so I of course wanted to also. I remember I wanted to wear a black hat for it (a la Debbie Gibson style) and a few of th

Hats! I LOVE HATS! Hat's are fabulous and they say so much about your personality, but the absolute best thing about them is that they hide bad hair days! We don't talk much about styling accessories but the A La Mode crew decided that we're going to show how, starting with hats! People usually find them to be tricky to wear, but they're honestly so easy! I wear everything from beanies, to baseball hats, to wide brim hats, but I think people are most scared of the wide brim h

What it is: Scruples High Definition Hair Spray Where I bought it: Ulta Beauty Cost: $18.00 for 10.6 oz Thoughts: Hair. It's always been really important to me. When I was really young, I had long straigth thick golden hair. < -- age 5) Around third grade, the Dorothy Hamill haircut became the rage and I got the "Dorothy" cut. But, when my hair was cut, curls showed up that had been weighted down before. How to work with my hair became a frustration. (age 12 --> In sixth gra

To wrap up blazer styling, I'm showing two different looks. I have a very inverted triangle body shape, so my shoulders get in the way of a LOT of blazers without major alterations. Because I am cheap and not super into them, I often stick to super classic versions with lots of stretch. Check out my video explanation here for the full run-down! Look #1: Shorter double breasted sweater tweed blazer: I ADORE this blazer. I purchased it last year in the Portugal airport from

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