Pop-Up!

Pop-Up!

Pop-Up [ˈpäp ˌəp/] noun A group of designers who set up shop for a limited time in an event space.              Terri rarely misses a chance to go to a pop-up event. A chance to meet area designers one-on-one and get a better understanding of their creative process.             Terri loves going to pop-ups because [...]

Forever Fierce-Individual Voices

Forever Fierce-Individual Voices

Today, we are celebrating passionate women with the Forever Fierce Campaign 2018.  The word fierce may describe a way of behavior or a determination deep down inside you. Life occasionally throws curve-balls. It takes that gut fierceness to get through the rough, take the good with grace, and shine through. For a life well-lived, one [...]

Red + Olive: a Complementary Collaboration

Red + Olive: a Complementary Collaboration

With the holidays approaching a few weeks ago, I wrote a post featuring a red Calvin Klein dress (link to that post HERE). Parts of the post were charts I created of colors that the experts in the book The Dress Doctors recommended to use with red (original Dress Doctor Post linked HERE). Fellow blogger [...]

Wearing Asiatica & February’s Linkup

Wearing Asiatica & February’s Linkup

Last week, my beloved photographer accompanied me into Asiatica, a most unique and high-end retail store in Kansas City. The brilliant folks at Asiatica offer one-of-a-kind garments created from vintage Japanese kimono pieces, contemporary artisanal fabrics, and other luxurious textiles. Each piece is designed and stitched in Kansas City with superb craftsmanship for a garment [...]

Catching Up With Sarah Nelsen-One Busy Designer

Catching Up With Sarah Nelsen-One Busy Designer

The Beginning Have you ever noticed a simple, unassuming event that eventually pushed your life in a different direction? While thinking about writing this post, I realized there was such an event for me in June of 2015. At that time, I wasn't doing style or fashion blogging. The thought had not yet crossed my [...]

The Beret-A Favorite Through the Decades

The Beret-A Favorite Through the Decades

My affection for Berets started when I was 17 from the striking pictures of Faye Dunaway. Her cool, sophisticated, dangerous stare looked out from posters of the big movie that year (1967), “Bonnie and Clyde.” Not as sultry a Faye, but it works for me. In this photo, I'm also showing off my new earrings [...]