Your Personal Fashion Stylist

In the online magazine Coco & Creme  Danielle Pointdujour asks "Would You Hire A Fashion Stylist?" I say yes. A stylist isn't a luxury of the rich, but the necessity of the working woman. My expertise is performing closet overhauls, which sometimes turn into interventions. I sort, reorganize, and classify, create outfits, and provide a shopping list to fill the wardrobe gaps.

Stylists are essential in an economy based on consumption. Some women are bombarded by the limitless choices, not knowing what will work or what won't. Some women think that it's expensive to pull together a great wardrobe. Others don't know how to work with the pieces that they already have. The focus becomes consumption at all costs, which is a recipe for disaster. Without a goal you're destined to waste money and time and become frustrated. A stylist lends the proper focus.

Who/what helps you solve your wardrobe dilemmas: siblings, friends, mannequins, TV shows, books, magazines?

Blogging Our Way to Color in Fashion

On the site Coco & Creme Mattie James asks: "Is Blogging Bringing Color to Fashion?" Her answer was positive, but requires ACTION!

As a natural-born researcher, my response was to find and compile a list of as many black fashion blogs to add to my sidebar for posterity.

My next step was to subscribe and add time to my blogging schedule to give thoughtful responses.

Look right under Fashion & Style for the beginning of my list of links >>>>>>