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Can You Wear Pants to a Wedding?

October 3, 2012 5 Comments

I love weddings. There’s the obvious reason why: Seeing two people in love join their lives together is undeniably amazing. And there’s the selfish reason: I love putting together new head to toe outfits. I usually spend weeks thinking about accessories, shoes, and most importantly, what dress I’ll wear. (I will not get burnt again [...]

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My Strange Magazine Habit

October 1, 2012 12 Comments

When I was a teenager I read magazines backwards starting with the last page first. This is still how I read magazines, but I didn’t realize it was odd until I told my husband, who thought this habit was very bizarre. On a superficial level, I can trace my backwards-reading to my rebellious teen years [...]

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The Culture of Celebrity, Magazines and Why Readers Lose Out

September 25, 2012 7 Comments

After watching “The September Issue“, a documentary chronicling Vogue’s 2007 September issue, I started thinking how the culture of celebrity has dominated mainstream women’s magazines. Go to the local bookstore or magazine aisle in the grocery store and you’ll see a common theme: Celebrities on every cover from Good Housekeeping to People. While magazines may be cashing [...]

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5 Lessons Only High Heels Can Teach

September 19, 2012 18 Comments

For the past month, I’ve attempted wearing high heels five times a week. I’d be lying if I said I did this challenge for a straight month since I took a break when I was feeling sick in early September. However, I did spend at least two and a half weeks giving the challenge a [...]

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Teaching My Dress to Dance

September 18, 2012 8 Comments

I have a confession: I can count on one hand the number of times I’ve worn a dress that hit my ankles. Most of the occasions were weddings or semi-formals in high school. Someone told me when I was younger that since I was short (5’5″) that I shouldn’t wear long dresses because they would [...]

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My Surprising New Favorite Magazine

September 17, 2012 2 Comments

Every year I use my frequent flier miles to sign up for new magazines. In February while browsing the list, I randomly checked off Fast Company after a year of reading their website of the same name. Fast Company is predominantly a technology magazine with a focus on social media, design and entrepreneurship. Or, in [...]

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