New and Tried Outfits to bring on BUSINESS TRIP

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1. Wear a silky boxy lose shirt under a boxy below the hip sweater. You know, those 1980's brass button sweaters. If the blouse is a bit too lose and slipping down or off of the shoulder, make sure you wear a punch of color of a tank top under it. You could even wrap a brown belt around your waist over the blouse or wear it over the sweater to hold the whole outfit together.

2. My father used to wear a long cardigan sweater. They are selling new on this tradition of our dads. Wear your dad's or purchase on, wear it under a short fitted blazer type jacket, wrap a belt around your waist of the long cardigan and a fine pencil skirt (skirt that goes right above or directly in the middle of the knee-secretary type) for a dressy outfit walking through the city of Boston. For a top under the "daddy's" sweater, again, wear your tank or a blouse.

If you are traveling on a business trip, here you have mix and match outfits, let's go over the list to see what we have to bring:

A. silky blouse (can wear this blouse for both days if not stained)
B. lose boxy style to the hip sweater
C. jeans
D. 1-2 tanks depending on color of sweaters
E. long cardigan "daddy" sweater
F. brown belt
G. short fitted blazer type jacket
H. pencil skirt
I. stockings
J. 1-2 purses (perhaps a clutch, and an over the shoulder style)
K. undies
L. one pair shoes, one pair of boots for winter (can always slip the boots off and
throw on the shoes for an office or business meeting.
M. winter coat or rain coat and wrap depending what state or country and weather

Jeans, tee, sweatpants

Jean pants, jean jackets, jean pocketbooks, now it is jean shirts mixed with other fun clothes.

When in Boston last week at the Prudential Center, I shopped in all of the stores, window shopping and purchasing a couple of little buys-nailpolish, scarf and headband.

One memory I had to remember as I memorized one of the dummy figures in an exclusive store. (are they called dummies?) Anyway, there was an outfit that I just fell in love with. It is not fancy. It is nothing fabulous. It is just comfortable.

So, what does it look like? A long tunic jean shirt worn opened over a white loose tank top and a pair of grey knee level sweatpants. The accessories worn were a long gold necklace with a charm at the end of the chain, knee high socks that were thin closely related to a stocking and a sock fabric, and pumps (shoes with hole at the toe).

My knees are not doing great, so wearing heels may cause some problems. I am not the knee sock type of person which is great for a young gal, but I loved the rest of the outfit.

I had a jean shirt at home. It just so happens I walked into the Loft and lo and behold, there was a pair of grey sweats, knee level. I found a peach colored tank at Sally's Army. By the way, the sweats were $15.00 and not $50 or $60.00.

So, throw on those sweats, roll them up a bit above the knee, throw on that tank and jean shirt, select your favorite necklace, don't forget an awesome purse or satchel and there you go! Sandals or flats would look great with this outfit too!

Tee Shirt and Scarf

I absolutely love how today, you can wear a tee shirt and scarf. None-the-less adding flowers to a tee and then a scarf to compliment the flowers, a pair of jeans, flats and your off. The scarf can be wrapped around your shoulders like a wrap for the coolness that is coming our way. Grab your cardigan sweater and off you go for a cookout or an evening for dinner. You will fit in anywhere, because the scarf and flower combo is elegant. If flat shoes are not your thing, then wear your heals!

Stylist in Prudential Center

Today, I went into a fairly exclusive clothing store in the Prudential Center Boston. I met a great gal who was a stylist. In this particular store, that is what their position is called. I love it don't you?!:) She was awesome to talk to. She approached me on my outfit that I wore today; a pair of military pants, a brown tee shirt with a khaki green shirt over it and gold flats. Asking me where I got my pants "A cheap store" I said. I told her it was "Dot"s and then our conversation went off from there.

She shared with me that she was a single mom and I got to tell her a bit about myself. I was a single mother and now remarried, writing blogs, ebooks and creating a website. That was her desire also to have her own website. My suggestion was that she start a blog first to get her name known out there, kinda like what I am doing.

We talked about various styles, one of them being the Bohemian look. I told her that that is a style I have been studying and trying to understand the various components of it. I love the store FreePeople so we shared that name and then she told me how she loves to dress in all various styles especially the Bohemian; her description " a bad... pair of shoes, a bad...pocketbook and sunglasses, with a worn out pair of jeans and tank.

Years ago, when I was in college in Boston, my french teacher had a french name for the way I used to dress: a pair of jeans, dressy blouse and high heels. It had to do with an artsy phrase. I always wished I had written it down. I guess the Bohemian look she was talking about today was what I was doing in the late 1970's and early 80's.

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Questions you want to ask yourself:

1. Does my clothing look good on me; is sit baggy, do my shirts hang too low, do my shirts rise above my belly, are my pants too short or too long and hang on the ground?

2. Is my belt too tight and it buckles my pants at the waist?

3. My lipstick-does it make me look pale or is the red the wrong red?

4. Should I wear white or cream and why should I care?

5. I have never cared about my clothing, I don't have the money, so who cares?

6. Do I take someone with me when I go shopping?

7. Are my white pants too sheer in fabric and can I wear white now that it is fall?

8. Are jeans o.k. to wear out to eat (etiquette)?

9. I look terrible in sequence and that is all that I see out in the stores. Should I wear it?

10. Should I buy black boots, brown boots, grey boots, high heeled boots, flat boots?

11. I have too many clothes and do not know where to put them all:)

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