While many are in the midst or have just completed their “pre-sales” or “private sales” which are ususally reserved for the best customers and insiders (Yay Blueprint for Style got invited to more than a few!), discounts for high-end designerwear is on! YSL: discounts range from 30% to 50% starting June 1 (private sale happened [...]
Enjoy your family, friends, cookouts, BBQs, vacations, downtime, catch-up time, exhale moments, fly-by-the-seat-of-your-pants shenanigans, follies, forays and all the other stuff. We’ll chat again on Tuesday, June 1st!
It’s officially summer and it’s on!! We’re all ready for warm weather and sunshine especially after the particularly harsh winter (East Coasters know what I’m sayin’)! so, here are our top picks for Memorial Day weekend sales: Gilt Groupe: Vera Wang Lavender Label (cute dresses), Marc by Marc Jacobs accessories (likely the last chance to [...]
Know when the sales are so you can strike early…to get the best deals on the best clothing!
We’ve got a $100 Saks Fifth Avenue gift card for the best suggestion on topics to cover. Enter now and often — you have until June 4th! I was sitting in the park yesterday trying to think about the blog, what to write about, what’s next, what information and tidbits to share, and how to [...]
While this list can have variations depending on the location and length of your trip, these basics should get any wo/man through the weekend in effortless style! Sunglasses- we’ll believe in the power of positive thinking and thus, there will be sun! Plus, a scrunched-up face doesn’t make for pretty pictures or a nice introduction… [...]
Sometimes the best closet upgrades come from caring for what you have not only on splurging on what you don’t! Tiecrafters: For impeccably cleaned ties. They also narrow ties for $17. www.tiecrafters.com Best Weaving and Mending, Inc.: Specializes in reweaving suits and sweaters. www.bestweavingandmending.com Worth & Worth: Blocks and repairs hats. www.hatshop.com
A week’s worth of fashion, faux pas, follies, fabulosity, finds, forgettables, regrettables, and the like…… Style…Splurge: the most stylish of individuals don’t get it by buying it, it’s learned so spend some time and money to develop your own sense of personal style Back to the Basics: of color…blues are soothing, black is foreboding, red [...]
A stylish start to the week from last week’s lessons learned….. A Man’s Man: there is something wonderfully sexy about a man who is so comfortable with his manhood that he doesn’t need to advertise (a la…. loud music coming from his car, garish language coming from his mouth, overly showy jewelry hanging from his person) [...]
I’m Monica and anyone who knows me knows that I have grown up surrounded by style, fashion and personality! So, while I took a fairly circuitous route, I’m back where I belong. 
