Archives for May 2020

05/28/2020

Ultimate Guide to Face Masks: Safety Precautions + Where to Buy

Fall fashions are going to look a little different this year, face masks are the It accessory. Thank you COVID-19. For Back to School, the trendy kids will have to slip off their llama-printed mask in between slurps from metal straws. Masks come in as many colors and patterns as a unicorn’s den. Designers have crafted options to provide a safe, fashionable mask to outfit everyone in the family and meet preferences such as ties, elastic bands and pointier cuts versus a strip of cloth. Aside from a way to exert the style trend of 2020, before donning your mask, follow precautionary measures to ensure good health as many sold are non-medical grade.

Fashion is taking note, masks are the leading accessory of 2020.

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05/22/2020

The Plus Side of Petite Sizes, You Can Wear Kid’s Clothes

The love affair has been a long one. It began when I saw a woman wearing the most remarkable black velvet pea coat. New York City, morning rush hour walk, but I had to stop her to ask where the coat was from, assuming it would be a couture piece with only five in existence. She pulled me aside with a hushed giggle and whispered, “Gap Kids.” Of course it was Gap Kids, I’ve always admired their children’s styles and wished they’d make the same designs for adults. As a true petite-sized woman their size 10 or 12 would fit. While I don’t actively look for children’s sizes because the cuts are created for females who don’t have a learner’s permit, the clothes offer a fun, stylish option. What’s even more fun is the kid’s clothes prices.

Borrowing clothes from your kids, shown here in a Ralph Lauren crewneck flag sweater.

For women who have a smaller build and tomboy style, here are our picks to add to your summer essentials list:

: 1. Kid’s T-shirt

: 2. Linen dress

: 3. Strapless top

: 4. Boy shorts

: 5. Prairie blouse

: 6. Raincoat

: 7. Kid’s denim jacket

: 8. Midi dress

: 9. Jolene top

: 10. Crewneck pirate stripe

USA tee 2. Eileen Fisher dress 3. Trina Turk top 4. PQ Swim shorts 5. Marc Jacobs blouse 6. Marine Layer raincoat 7. Gap Kid’s jacket 8. Alice + Olivia dress 9. Veronica Beard top 10. Appaman sweatshirt

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05/07/2020

We’ve Been Told to Return to Work, Now What?

If we were to Zoom into private spaces during shelter-in-place, dining tables would look like a breeding ground of kid’s books, coffee cups and chewed up pencils without erasers–a fusion of office, classroom and everyday activity. We’ve built enough forts to populate a nomadic village. We’re experts on the routines of our household and rather not have the conversation about slacking on toothpaste. Now that signs of reopening the country are in play, with a message from the president to return to work, the next wave of uncertainty is triggered. Safety is foremost, there is the profound need to ignite intellectual, mental and physical nourishment, as well as the reality of earning a living. The best way to be responsible citizens is to maintain life at pause when able, reenter society with an awareness that this virus is omnipresent–remaining vigilant on using sanitizers, incessant hand washing, wearing a face mask and social distancing. Says Governor Andrew Cuomo of New York it, “‘violates common sense for states to reopen before meeting CDC guidelines.”