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Color Combo to Try: Peach + Gray

If you ever find yourself stuck in a style rut, playing with fun new color combinations is a great way to liven up your wardrobe. In this series, we feature unique and unexpected color combinations, then give you stylish outfit ideas so you can try out these color combos yourself. For more color-centric outfit ideas, be sure to [...]

Real-Life Style Challenge: Revisiting the Graphic Tee

Back in high school, I stuck to a pretty regular uniform of graphic tees and jeans. It was an easy way to get dressed those early mornings and still look cute. But as trends changed and I got older, I wore graphic tees less and less. They stayed in my closet, though, because they were [...]

Real-Life Style Challenge: The Uniform Project

This week’s Real-Life Style Challenge came together from a multitude of sources. First, a reader wrote in asking to see how a simple change of accessories could change an outfit’s entire mood. I was ready to take up the task, but I wondered how could I represent all these different possibilities clearly if I was just wearing [...]

Color Combo to Try: Mint + Mustard

If you ever find yourself stuck in a style rut, playing with fun new color combinations is a great way to liven up your wardrobe. In this series, we feature unique and unexpected color combinations, then give you stylish outfit ideas so you can try out these color combos yourself. For more color-centric outfit ideas, be sure to [...]

Real-Life Style Challenge: Dressing by the Decades

Like we always say here at CF, fashion is cyclical – trends are always coming around again, so whenever you need inspiration, you can always look to the past. That’s exactly what I did this this week: Feeling like I was out of ideas for a new Real-Life Style Challenge, I cracked open the history books, and [...]

Real-Life Style Challenge: Mixing Prints

For most of us, springtime is the air, and we’re counting down the days until we can wear our brightest, happiest wardrobe staples. So with the sun shining here in Boston, I decided it was time to break out the prints. Although I was apprehensive at first, this week’s Real-Life Style Challenge proved to be [...]

Color Combo to Try: Red + Pink

1. Honor Pre-Fall 2012, 2. Emma Stone, 3. Jessica of What I Wore If you ever find yourself stuck in a style rut, playing with fun new color combinations is a great way to liven up your wardrobe. Bright and bold shades are definitely in for spring and one of my favorite color combinations to wear at the [...]

Real-Life Style Challenge: 6 Items, 6 Days

You might notice a change of scenery in this week’s Real-Life Style Challenge. When I was planning out which challenge to try next, I realized it would fall exactly during my Spring Break. I asked myself how I could do an adequate challenge with a small suitcase. Packing itself is enough of a struggle without [...]

Real-Life Style Challenge: Borrowing from the Boys

This week’s Real-Life Style Challenge is inspired by our friends of the opposite sex. Menswear-inspired fashion for women has been making the rounds at fashion week for many seasons now. We’ve covered the menswear trend here before, but this week I’m taking the look to the streets and testing it for real. The Challenge: This week’s [...]

Real-Life Style Challenge: Nothing But Neutrals

Welcome to the latest edition of Real-Life Style Challenge! Last time we learned all about maximizing color in our wardrobes. This week we’re going to take things in the opposite direction and focus on the other end of the color spectrum… neutrals. Neutrals include basic shades like beige, black, brown, white and gray, which are seemingly the [...]

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