Fashion Fridays: Freshen Up Your Look This Year

Happy New Year Ladies!

I have missed you darling fashionistas! With the holidays, I had two Fridays in a row without an ounce of fashion. Now I’m itching to dive back in. We’ve got lots of fun installments coming. Some fresh looks at prickly fashion issues and some fresh new guinea pigs including a darling work colleague and some friends I’m going to be visiting in Florida in February – Fashion Fridays road show!

Let’s tiptoe back into the fashion waters with some simple ideas. I decided to write this post earlier this week when I was walking behind a lovely woman around 50 who was dressed from head to toe in taupe. Bland boring medium brown. Taupe flats. Taupe formless pants. A taupe oversized cardigan.

Yawn.

Here was this precious woman being drowned out by colors that drained her and quite possibly made folks sad to be back at work.

If your wardrobe is suffering from some winter blues, or simply needs to push refresh to give it an updated jolt, here’s a few simple fixes! You can put those Christmas gift cards to good use.

1. Buy some fun beads. I love all the colors and styles Noonday Collection is featuring right now – and you can feel great about your purchase. Look at these adorable women and designs featured on their home page. I’m personally digging on that fuchsia acai rope.

2. Wear a scarf! For Pete’s sake – it’s winter. If not now, WHEN? This is the perfect time. Plus there are so many beautiful colors of winter scarfs on sale right now – click winter scarfs on Macy’s website and you’ll have your pick (here’s two, from Ralph Lauren and Rampage). If you hate to tie them, pick up an infinity scarf and double loop it and voila, perfect refresh on the same old blazer you wear on Wednesdays…

3. Buy totally trendy sunglasses. Walk into the office with that scarf thrown over your shoulder, a swagger in your step, and your new shades on. You don’t have to spend a fortune. Aviators with lavender lenses are popping up everywhere – and you can pick up this pair for NINE bucks!

4. Shop for, in store, and acquire one new pair of work trousers. Let’s face it. We’re always shopping for the fun item. The new moto jacket. The leopard pump. That dangling pair of earrings. But our daily work trousers are WORN OUT! Invest in a good pair of pants that are long enough for you to wear with your heels and don’t droop on your bum. This is a solid pair from Banana Republic but they’re not lined which is a bummer in winter; these gray pair are lined, versatile and on sale at Nordstrom.

5. Pick up a colored bootie. I know this is ridiculous. I wouldn’t recommend it if you were going to spend $200. But you can pick up boots now on sale everywhere, and I had to follow the boring pants recommendation with a final fun one. These adorable cranberry bow-detailed booties are only $50 with free shipping at DSW for members. C’mon. (And you can wear them with every pair of work pants you own – navy, black, gray, ivory…)

So go forth! Freshen! And report back. And send new ideas!

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