Some Hot Dishes

Perhaps an espadrille is just not your style.  Would you like something a little barer, with more of a sandal feel yet just as comfortable? Look no further than the avarcas .  A traditional S...

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My BFF and I were in Saks and she tried on Chanel leather espadrilles.  Drool.  That combo of sophisticated leather with the casual jute sole really appeals to me.  If that doesn't say summer ...

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I don't know how long the Pantone company has been choosing the color of the year.  I don't know why they do it or how they pick it.  All I know is that some years I'm happy with their choice a...

http://somehotdishes.blogspot.com/2014/01/2014-color-of-year-hmmmmm.html

We've covered the topic of care tags here.   Some of them are clear and easy to follow. Others, not so much.  One area that seems to create confusion is dry cleaning.  Prevailing wisdom is tha...

http://somehotdishes.blogspot.com/2014/01/dry-clean-only-really-are-you-sure.html

Way back in the 1940's, DuPont created the first acrylic fibers for use in fabrics.  They marketed it under the name Orlon.  It was considered a great step forward in fabric technology being pr...

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The last part of the process, after determining what you want to do with your wardrobe and purging what doesn't work, is deciding what you need.  There may be holes that need filling, basics tha...

http://somehotdishes.blogspot.com/2014/01/style-resolutions-for-2014-part-three.html

This is the resolution that might be hardest for more of us to implement - purge what doesn't work in our wardrobes, no matter how much we paid for it and how wonderful it is or was when we bough...

http://somehotdishes.blogspot.com/2014/01/style-resolutions-for-2014-part-two.html

First resolution:  dress like a French woman. One wonders if they're all put together perfection when they step out their doors. The ones who get photographed certainly are.  What is the magic?...

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There are some things you come across that you use and fall in love with.  Here are a few of my recent finds. On the recommendation of Dani , I tried the Diptyque Feu de Bois candle .  She wa...

http://somehotdishes.blogspot.com/2013/12/random-goodness.html

I don't know if it's because Thanksgiving was so late this year or I'm just looking for an excuse for my neglect. Whatever the reason, I did not send Christmas cards.  I'm not sure how I feel ab...

http://somehotdishes.blogspot.com/2013/12/did-you-forget-to-send-christmas-cards.html

I suppose strictly speaking I don't need anything.  I have more than enough clothing to satisfy my basic needs. My wardrobe extends beyond that, I have enough for special occasions, vacations, h...

http://somehotdishes.blogspot.com/2013/11/distinguishing-want-from-need.html

It's a tough time of year to be a reformed binge shopper.  The stores are filled to the brim with new fall goods. Every retailer and their neighbor is having some version of a friends and family...

http://somehotdishes.blogspot.com/2013/10/heres-what-i-didnt-buy-and-why.html

I love scarves. I have a big plastic container full of them.  I try hard to wear them and I manage to pull one out two or three times a month.  I hate to think of them languishing in the closet...

http://somehotdishes.blogspot.com/2013/10/theres-app-for-that.html

Let's start off with a disclaimer. I'm not supposed to be shopping. I'm not supposed to be surfing the web.  I shouldn't look at the many retailer emails that hit my in box.  I don't need cloth...

http://somehotdishes.blogspot.com/2013/09/my-entire-fall-wardrobe-in-one-place.html

Let's say you've achieved closet nirvana. You have all the fabulous shoes, bags, and clothes a girl could want and you make amazing outfits and look sensational every day.  Even if your reality ...

http://somehotdishes.blogspot.com/2013/09/making-it-last-shoe-edition.html

Please understand that this is a rhetorical question. I don't really want an answer. I have a thing for snake, I'm sure I'll add more snake print pieces to my bulging shoe closet.  What is it...

http://somehotdishes.blogspot.com/2013/09/how-many-snake-print-shoes-does-girl.html

I don't wear jeans often. My office does not have casual Fridays. We may have the rare dress down day connected to the success of the Arizona Wildcats, that's once or twice a year. I live in the...

http://somehotdishes.blogspot.com/2013/08/an-ode-to-cropped-flare-jean.html

Muse  (myooz) n. 1. Greek Mythology Any of the nine daughters of Mnemosyne and Zeus, each of whom presided over a different art or science. 2. MUSE                A. A gui...

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The ups and downs of my search for the perfect summer lip color, first chronicled here, almost threatened to wear me down. I thought the Revlon lipshine was "it".  Then I realized I couldn't ke...

http://somehotdishes.blogspot.com/2013/07/the-elusive-perfect-coral-lippie.html

Grey is one of those difficult to define colors. It's not just what you get when you mix black and white. It can have tones and shades stolen from other colors. It's softer than black against the...

http://somehotdishes.blogspot.com/2013/07/when-skies-are-grey.html

Yesterday I expressed my angst about choosing between the Miu Miu and the Prada flats.  Still undecided, by the way.  As I googled images of both and shopped various websites, I came across the...

http://somehotdishes.blogspot.com/2013/07/some-decisions-arent-black-and-white.html

I posted these Miu Miu flats a while back.  Love the color block, the pointy toe, the slight bit of heel.       Then I came across these Prada flats.  The obvious similaritie...

http://somehotdishes.blogspot.com/2013/07/this-or-that.html

I wasn't kidding in that earlier post. I love lip colors. I have literally dozens and dozens in my bathroom cabinet.  I am a sucker for packaging and marketing. If I see something fabulous in a ...

http://somehotdishes.blogspot.com/2013/07/another-lip-color-review.html

This jacket  has been floating around in my cerebellum since it landed on the All Saints website a few months ago.  It's perfect for me and the climate I live in.  Light leather that is easy t...

http://somehotdishes.blogspot.com/2013/07/obsession-all-saints-reptile-quad-jacket.html

In the summer time I'm all about easy and minimal. Easy as in a streamlined beauty routine, and minimal as in not much clothing.  Simple makeup, simple hair, simple outfits.  Your skin and hair...

http://somehotdishes.blogspot.com/2013/06/review-aerin-beach-cream.html