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Oscar Mania

As I sat doing research for this piece, my mind was bombarded with color choices, fabric choices, accessory choices. Two thoughts constantly nagged like a bee buzzing from one flower to another: Truly, how do all those actresses and actors decide on who will be their designer? How do they make their final choice of the dress from all the other dresses?

The prestigious honor of obtaining the coveted Oscar goes to those selected few that become masters at their craft and are recognized on Oscar nig

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Sunday's Lagniappe - Looking for Spring

Funny how the simplest things make us happy.  Take for example, today the sun came out, the snow has been melting and it was absolutely delicious to wear only a heavy sweater sans hat, scarf and gloves.  Yes, the weather has made me absolutely chipper and thinking of Spring with smiling cream and yellow daffodils, easter egg colored tulips and my favorite, orchid blossoms. Sigh.

For me, and I'm sure for most of you, Spring also means less clothing. No, I'm not talking of joining a nudist colony o

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BCBG, The Academy of Art, Max Azria and Tips

We came back from our 2011 Fashion Week bursting with excitement.  Simply said, the designers did impress.  The following is our little insight.

Sleek and chic are often used as buzz words. For this fall, they are anything but just buzz. When a designer can convey effortless simplicity in his or her design so that the clothing seems to float on the body even with a touch of geometrical structure, they have achieved sleek and chic in my book. These two words aptly describe all three of the shows K

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The Hunt for Warmth = the Right Coat

Here ends another cold week in the North East and now my mission has reached critical stage.  I have been on a mission to find the right coat to replace my beloved long wool coat that is surely saying daily: fix my lining or retire me! With old man Winter hanging on even though Phil saw his shadow, I’ve been bargaining with my coat to see me through this season while I look for its replacement. Like everything these days, choices abound as well as a whole lot of confusion, especially when you ar

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High-heeled shearling boots are the perfect combination of warmth and sass! Although shearling (real and faux) is a current trend in both fashion and footwear, it is also a wardrobe mainstay that never goes out of style. So, investing in a pair of shearling boots won't seem ridiculous a year from now.

Since I love to hunt for great quality items for those of us that do not have money trees growing in our backyard, here are my Top 5 High-Heeled Shearling Boots under $200.



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Every girl on her own wedding wants to make the most perfect impression on others. However, not everyone owns a stunning figure. I’m tall and thin, how do I choose my wedding dress?Well, unlike a bride with a slender figure, you have a skinny figure. You are so-called skinny beauty. Skinny beauty is also beautiful and popular. But sometimes, you may make an impression on others that you look like a bamboo. To avoid this happening in your wedding, you can do as follows:

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1. Choose a ball gown wedd
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When making a Pattern or making a marker for a given design in the apparel industry many times young designers and small start up companies can not afford the cost of a state of the art plotter due to high cost and maintenance service required periodically to maintain these digital plotters running.


Fortunately, you are not obligated to pay twenty thousand dollars for a state of the art paper-plotting machine when y

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I hope that you had a great time with the weekend drama on the Emmys and the season finale of Drop Dead Divas on Lifetime TV. I hope my post will give you some Monday Motivation. ;)

If you’ve been even near a magazine this September-eve, you have definitely heard of Isabel Toledo’s new shoe line for Payless Shoes. Ms. Isabel designed that to die for sage dress and coat combo that First Lady Michelle Obama wore to the presidential inauguration back in January 2009, putting her on the fashion map.
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Silk Scarves Shawls and Wraps, Designer Silk Chiffon Silk Evening Shawls &Wraps on Sale at Yours Elegantly! Why? Because Women crave this fashion Scarf Shawl Wrap at an affordable sale price.

  

 

It is just amazing as to why women love the feel of silk scarves. Silk Scarves Wrap Shawls are en vogue in designer elegant styles and every fashionable woman has a closet full of them. Yet more silk scarves, silk wraps and silk shawls are craved by stylish women who understand what an important and easy

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Budget fashionistas rejoice! Fashion designer, Rachel Roy has partnered with Macys for her new line: Rachel Rachel Roy, a line geared toward young fashionistas that embrace color and bold prints. The Rachel Rachel Roy line is the fresh and trendy, mid-price range collection dubbed as the "younger sister" of Roy's high end collection, Rachel Roy New York.

The collection includes items that can be worn for just about every occasion, with colors that pop and textures that scream touch me like her fa

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I would love to get all your comments and complaints if you have any, thanks so much

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Blogging for my online store

It will be almost a year since I've opened my online store: Know Boutique. I started a blog while I first opened the store. Is it just me or keeping up with blogging can be so difficult. Any suggestions on topics I should discuss? Here is my blog link: www.knowboutique.wordpress.com. If you could write a fun comment that would be awesome on my blog link. Comments are like Christmas they are sooo fun to read.
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The Post Office

While Standing in line at the Post Office shipping out orders, I noticed a line out the door and misbehaved customers. Know Boutique would like to remind all of you in our Holiday Spirit to give thanks to the people who deliver our mail and packages. Without these hard workers Know Boutique would not be in business. Just a small thought from the Know Boutique team!

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1st Trunk Show in Fairbanks Alaska

Ok so I started this online store: www.shopknowboutique.comWell I noticed that promoting an online store takes a lot of time so I had the genius idea. I was up in Alaska this summer for an event and I was talking to a girlfriend about my online store. I was wearing one of the pieces and she loved it. She was also suprised to see how affordable the clothing was (nothing over 20 dollars). So we had an idea to throw a trunk show in Fairbanks Alaska. We have quite a few people that have RSVP'd so wi
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IN THE KNOW

Ok So have my Online Boutique: and it's main focus is for everyone to get really good deals and be " In The Know"Well I just received this information:Nordstrom is changing the logo on their makeup, so they're selling a ton of the makeup for ONE dollar online. The make-up line E.L.F. (eyes-lips-face) has been bought out by Nordstrom and will be re-packaged with the Nordstrom name on it. They are getting rid of the entire make up in the ELF packaging. They are selling everything for $1 (some is $
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Laziness of an online store

So as some of you know I have an online store: www.shopknowboutique.comWhy does it feel like a mission to post new product up with description I have been lagging for two weeks? Is it easier are more motivating to have an online store or brick and board store? Know Boutique is having a really lazy day or week or maybe it was memorial weekend and I'm still feeling like I'm on vacation.Signing out!Jen
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Laziness of an online store

So as some of you know I have an online store: www.shopknowboutique.comWhy does it feel like a mission to post new product up with description I have been lagging for two weeks? Is it easier are more motivating to have an online store or brick and board store? Know Boutique is having a really lazy day or week or maybe it was memorial weekend and I'm still feeling like I'm on vacation.Signing out!Jen
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Consumer buying in America

How much are people wiling to spend on fashion? About 6 years ago an average college student was willing to spend 80 dollars on a shirt from A&F clothing or similar lines as them. Dam they must have been making a pretty good margin, but now that $80 shirt a college student use to buy they want 5 for $80. I wonder what shopping in America will be like once our economy bounces back. Do you think the consumer is going to become more picky on pricing or do you think we are going to go back to normal
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