How To Be Lovely

When someone asks me who I admire the first woman that comes to my mind is Audrey Hepburn. She happens to be my absolute favorite old-school actress. I love ALL of her movies even the horribly corny ones like "Roman Holiday." She was a great actress and a beautiful woman. She is certainly known for her undeniable beauty, style, grace and femininity. What most people don't know, however, is that Ms. Hepburn was a great humanitarian as well. In her later years,she became a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador and devoted her life to helping starving children in places like Somilia. For more information on Audrey, her humanitarian endeavors and to find out about The Audrey Hepburn Children's Fund, please visit http://www.audreyhepburn.com/. That is someone who I admire and would like to emulate. A mother and wife, a style icon, a beautiful, poised, perfectly feminine and lovely woman; yet, she dedicated her life to things that were not so lovely. Whom do you admire? Why?

By Brisette Gantt

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Feel Like A Woman -- Wear a Dress!

That is the catch-phrase of my all-time favorite designer, Diane von Furstenberg (DVF). I love it!! Eventually, I want to be one of those women who wears a dress and a pair of high heels everyday; not to baseball games or to picnics - but mostly everyday.Like today - I have on a dress. A really pretty DVF one. What's the special occasion you ask? Not a thing! All day people asked me where I'm going ... I told them "nowhere." It's fun for me to wear a dress and heels. I am one of those super girly-girls and I like getting dressed up whenever the occasion permits. Sometimes I feel overdressed especially when compared to my company. I remember one time I was having lunch with my honey and his friends. No place special, just a spot in the mall. Everyone was in jeans, but I wore a dress. I felt like a such a woman ... especially at a table full of men! I didn't care that I was dressed up (though I threw on a pair of jeans for chilling purposes later). Is this strange? When you wear a dress, do you feel like more of a woman?

By Brisette Gantt

* Photo courtesy of femalefirst.co.uk

Buyers' Remorse

How many times have you bought an item and felt completely bad about it? Spending your last dime for a flyy purse or a killer pair of boots. There are plenty other things you could spend your money on but instead you satisfy your ego for a couple of minutes. Everything is all planned out; the dress you have for your shoes and the jacket that complements your bag. Now your home feeling guilty because you know there is a closet full of brand new things you never wore. You start promising to be more careful spending your money next time around. You run back to the store to return what you bought only to find something even better. Now your on line asking yourself the same damn questions!

By Madame Q

* Photo courtesy of Emerald2810 on flickr