Retailer Mikestyle: Statement Store

Appreciate your body. It helps to know what works for you and what simply does not. For instance, being 5’1″ tall (or low), I know that a lot of stylings and design patterns, colors overlapped can be overwhelming. In short, it will make me look…

Picking a Perfect Winter Coat

16 JunPosted by admin 0 Comments

As the saying goes, “every season has its small personal battles”… For instance in the spring, all the controversy is about deciding exactly when to switch from jeans or pants to skirts (that is truly a season-changing decision, because every woman knows that once you…

New Brand in Store: Wallabia

16 JunPosted by admin 0 Comments

As early as December (yep) I at last ventured to start my winter coat search. This one being my fifth winter spent in Des Moines, Iowa, which means it’s finally time to nail it. For my first cold season, I had no idea how cold…

Fashion week in Virtual Reality

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Des Moines Jeanswear Catwalk

15 JunPosted by admin 0 Comments

This one being my fifth winter spent in Des Moines, Iowa, which means it’s finally time to nail it. For my first cold season, I had no idea how cold a blizzards-blast this state and the city could actually be. So being low on the…

15 Jun

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Tips #1: Keep enough extra room to wear layers underneath The tragedy of a winter fashion is that it is simply inevitable to end up looking like a human onion, layered with warm clothes beneath the coat. I wanted to make a point of this…

Urban fashion VS Countryside style

15 JunPosted by admin 0 Comments

Practicality trumps fashion You can probably survive through December in an on-trend coat that’s only “officially” warm. You can probably convince yourself that January is not that cold either if you can just get through it. But by the time February hits you with the…

Going Bardot-esque in Paris

15 JunPosted by admin 0 Comments

Make sure it has pockets A coat without pockets is even worse than Friday without fun… You might not buy this tip now, but no coat, no matter how perfect, without pockets isn’t going to make you rue the day you bought. Especially when you’re…

15 Jun

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