Earlier this week I was blessed to share a stimulating conversation with Mark Levy, the brilliant founder of Levy Innovation, who has been described as “a positioning guru extraordinaire,” “a Superman of the mind,” and “a horse whisperer for writers and thinkers.”
With accolades like that you might correctly surmise that our talk included phrases like externalized thinking and thought leadership but, surprisingly, Mark and I also mulled…
Do you believe in magic?
Not the sleight of hand magic where coins disappear behind ears and pop out of noses or where ladies are sawed in half. I’m talking about the magic of life.
Are you still able to feel a sense of wonder when you see a butterfly or admire the perfection of a rose?
Are you able to feel enchantment when you meet just the…
Good writers know that the secret to good writing is good editing. And fashionable dressers know that the secret to good dressing is also good editing.
Fortunately, words and dresses can’t get their feelings hurt, which means you can be just as brutal as you like when editing your closet.
Just as a book editor can delete an entire paragraph or chapter with one push of a…
Nude may be the hot new neutral but this is one trend that can have dire consequences if it’s not executed properly. We know nude is just a few short pages away from naked in the dictionary and there’s a thin line between looking smashing in nude and looking at first glance to be naked.
Rule #1: Do NOT match your skin tone.
Choose a shade darker.…
In addition to wearing her actress cap, Rachel Bilson turns out a monthly fashion Q&A column for Instyle magazine. In November, she was asked a tough question:
“If your wardrobe could consist of only five pieces (no limit to the number of accessories), what would they be?”
And while the thought of only five wardrobe pieces certainly seems limiting, I thought she compiled a quite excellent list:
1.…
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