LA Style Story: It’s a Wrap!
I have a luncheon to attend and my wrap dress, a vintage bathrobe from my mother’s trousseau, 62 years ago, is a lovely choice. It not only incorporates some of our Spring trends…ditsy florals, wrinkled fabric, shine, and vintage lingerie, it’s a wrap silhouette which happens to be flattering on most women. I’ve styled it with platform sandals, Steve Madden, in creme for fluidity. If I brought in an additional colour it would break the line and look choppy especially because my dress is long. My sweet little vintage clutch, Magid, anchors my look by giving the eye a place to focus. The bag’s soft blue colour and beaded floral appliqué lend the right amount of contrast to the dominant creme colour and brings out the floral pattern on my dress.
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Style-Tip: if you take the time to ask yourself why you’re choosing certain pieces to wear together, you’ll have a better chance of catching potential mistakes. Take the time to check your closet for pieces that are multi-functional, you may be pleasantly surprised.
LA Style Story: Abracadabra
Arm coverage is a thing for women of a certain age. Be it muscle-tone, lack there of, crepiness, bat-wings, too fat, too skinny, always cold, too pale or not having a good arm-day, the list goes on and on. Whatever the case, here’s a good option that I came up with after obsessing on an Alexander McQueen kimono top, that wasn’t in the budget for a project I was working on, years ago. On the fly, I came up with my own version that I love and wear often. This is how you do it. CLICK HERE TO SEE THE VIDEO.
Take a large scarf, vintage, like mine and fold it in half, then tie a tiny knot, joining the top and bottom corners, together. The large opening at the center-back is where you’ll slip your arms, through to come out on either side of “the sleeves”. Take notice of how it drapes in a cocoon shape from the back and looks like a kimono in the front. It works with column dresses, Bisou Bisou, and Giza Birkenstocks, like mine, pants, leggings, and looks especially cool with cut-offs. If you want more length, (or more butt coverage), tie 2 scarves together, (using the same method), in different prints, a print and a solid, 2 solid colours, there are no rules. Abracadabra…Arm Problem Solved!
Style-Tip: Scarves of different lengths and sizes make a great addition to any woman’s wardrobe. Aside from their ability to finish and elevate your look they can extend your wardrobe because they are so multifunctional.
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Cheryl Benton, aka the “head tomato” is founder and publisher of The Three Tomatoes, a digital lifestyle magazine for “women who aren’t kids”. Having lived and worked for many years in New York City, the land of size zero twenty-somethings, she was truly starting to feel like an invisible woman. She created The Three Tomatoes just for the fun of it as the antidote for invisibility and sent it to 60 friends. Today she has thousands of friends and is chief cheerleader for smart, savvy women who want to live their lives fully at every age and every stage. She is the author of the novel, "Can You See Us Now?" and co-author of a humorous books of quips, "Martini Wisdom." Because she's lived a long time, her full bio won't fit here. If you want the "blah, blah, blah", read more. www.thethreetomatoes.com/about-the-head-tomato
