How to Make a Good Impression at Work There's more to career success than talent and skill. It's unfair, but it's also not going to change any time soon. It's not enough to be very good at the job - we also have to project confidence and competence so that everyone else can see how good we are... Read more 3 Comments
New Year's Resolutions You'll Stick To New Year's resolutions are awful. They're self loathing wrapped up in the illusion of self improvement. And everyone expects you to fail, so that's fun. Instead of resolving to get rid of our bad habits, let's resolve to build good things in our lives. That's not just another way of looking at the... Read more 1 Comment
Plus Size Style Icon: Carrie Fisher Well, we've lost an icon. But I'm not here to talk about what a punch in the gut it is that we've lost Carrie Fisher far too soon. Let's focus on how lucky we are to have had her for as long as we did. As an actress, Carrie Fisher... Read more 4 Comments
The Bipartisan Appeal of the Pantsuit Your devoted blogger began her career in skirts. Not cute skirts. Not comfortable skirts. Just...work-appropriate skirts. Back in the 80s, we were all just happy to find clothes that fit. And when you had to wrestle yourself into pantyhose every day, a binding waistband didn't make that much of a... Read more 1 Comment
One Dress, Five Holiday Parties Not even the most dedicated fashionista wants to buy a new dress for every holiday party they're attending. Besides, who has the time when you're going to and recovering from all those parties? We're all about versatile wardrobe classics that you can wear again and again - plus a few... Read more
Plus Size Style Icon: Miss Patty Some women are born stylish. The rest of us can study them, pick up a few ideas and incorporate their fabulousness into our own wardrobes. Lucky for us, some of them are plus size so they're working with roughly the same clothing options as we are. For the first in... Read more
