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December 4th, 2009
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Author: Last Wednesday, the Flyer hosted Work It Wednesday at the Beauty Shop in Cooper-Young.
I don’t mean to brag, but I have a singular talent for spotting new stuff. It’s a gift. (if only I could parlay that into some sort of bankable skill … oh, wait, maybe I have).
At any rate, I noticed Amanda Taylor’s jacket — on its inaugural wearing — as soon as she walked through the door.
The zippered jacket came from The Limited, and Taylor says she kind of a “walking Limited ad.”
“It’s good for young professionals,” she says of the store. “I like things that are classic and professional but young at the same time.”
She paired her new jacket with a red shirt, gray slacks, and gray ankle booties, but The Limited also was (perhaps is?) selling a matching skirt.
I’d personally like to see the matching skirt (just to see!), but Taylor opted not to buy it because she thought that was a lot of zipper for one suit.
As for me, I’d sort of forgotten The Limited existed, but a quick jaunt through the website has me intrigued. I kind of like this accordion top on their main page.
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When it gets all cold and gray and Novembery, sometimes it’s hard to see people’s outfits. You know, with them being covered up by coats, scarves, umbrellas, gloves, hats, and the occasional rain cloud and all.
Which is why I have devised what is now known as the “Amber McFall theorem.”
This rule posits: In any winter weather, the cuteness of an outfit completely covered by winter outerwear directly correlates to the cuteness of the shoes.
Ergo, cute shoes = cute outfit. Unstylish shoes = unflattering outfit. (For those of you playing the Style Sessions drinking game, I think that is four drinks. If my calculations are correct.)
An earlier rule of thumb included the shorts to tunic length ratio. Don’t worry, these will all be compiled together in a book from CMI press, due out in January 2011.
At any rate, you can see the Amber McFall theorem in action right here, right now.
When McFall walked into the Young Avenue Deli, I noticed her peep-toe heels right away, but I couldn’t see the ruched Express halter or the boot-cut jeans. But the shoes definitely made me take a second look.
“This isn’t my everyday attire,” she says. An employee at the division of corrections, McFall generally wears slacks and a button down to work. “The stuff I wear to work, I just wear to work.”
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We spotted Hannah King dressing the window at Burke’s Book Store, but it was her dress that really caught our eye.
A flea market find, the dress is flocked with birds, birds, and more birds, and is King’s favorite.
“It’s comfortable,” she explains, “and I like the design. When I don’t know what to wear, it’s my ‘go-to’ item.”
She paired the dress with a cardy from Target and Forever 21 skinny pants.
“I’ve been doing this forever,” she says of the pants/dress combo. “I do it whenever wearing a dress wouldn’t be very practical.”
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