Lorraine Anderson, the lady who runs The Occasional Woman custom clothing service, has some fashion recommendations for surviving summer. Linen, cute natural fabric dresses, no bucket hats, please, are what she writes about today.
What’s cookin’ down at Dina’s Diner? Chef, hostess and dishwasher Dina Amberle has some tasty dishes you don’t want to miss. First up is an appetizer to tease your intellectual taste buds all about the dimensions of beauty. Then a satisfying soup made from the ways a simple change of hairstyle can completely change your look. Are heels every too high? That’s the main ingredient for the next dish. Then Dina brings out the main course consisting of an appreciation of album covers and the statements they made about the artists. A light desert of catfishing rounds things out. Don’t forget to visit the diner today!
Pauline Estelle has been doing a series on spring fashions. While it’s still spring until the middle of June recent warm weather in her Canadian home has prompted Pauline to start writing about summer fashion choices. With the up and down nature of temperature in the northern hemisphere it’s a good bet that some days you’ll be in sandals and a cotton frock and within a day or two back into leggings and a sweater.
Spring is here, even though the temperature hasn’t settled down to warm yet. Pauline Estelle feels it’s the perfect time to work on your spring wardrobe. Her fashion series about preparing your wardrobe for spring continues. Dig into your closet and evaluate the need to keep old outfits. Do the clothes still fit? Are they flattering to your shape? And, what new items do you want to shop for? Let Pauline be your guide.
Every year fashion pundits promote the “it” color of the season. What color is it all about for spring? Here’s a hint: a band from the ’70s was named for this color. The color is associated with Prince in the form of precipitation. Have you got it? Read on the see if you guessed right.
Not one to hide her light under a bushel Kandi Robbins gets out and about and is happy to meet and great. That’s how she began doing fashion modeling. She met Jackie Bertolette of Ohio Fashion Week and was invited me to walk her show. That lead to walking in two other shows, including in New York, for Victoria Henley. Today we have photos from Kandi’s magazine appearances and shots of some of the outfits she wore in the shows, along with excerpts of her interview with ALM Magazine.
Misha Monroe ask if other crossdressers are like her, wanting to look attractive, mature, and elegant but when stripped down to their undies a naughty girl in sexy lingerie is revealed. What sort of undergarments? Read on and learn.
Today Pauline Estelle begins a fashion series with a blog post about preparing your wardrobe for spring. Dig into your closet and evaluate the need to keep old outfits. Do the clothes still fit? Are they flattering to your shape? And, what new items do you want to shop for? Let Pauline be your guide.
Kandi Robbins traveled to The Big Apple for Fashion Week and did more than the usual tourist activities. Sure, she got her picture taken on Broadway and visited the attractions on 42nd Street, but most important was he time walking the runway in the International Beautiful You Fashion Show. We’ve got photos!
Lorraine Anderson, the lady in charge at The Occasional Woman custom clothing service, has a big shopping tip. Tons of stuff is now on sale! From coats to shoes to lingerie and much more, the stores are trying to get rid of things that you can still wear for awhile. Making room for spring merchandise means savings on winter attire for you.
Back in 1998 a TGForum contributor Bobbi Williams wrote a piece on how to learn to walk confidently in high heels. It was titled If You Talk the Talk, Be Ready to Walk the Walk. Her advice from over 20 years ago holds up today. Get well made shoes that fit and then practice, practice, practice. No one likes to see a woman wobble her way down the street. Read on to learn how to avoid that look.
At times like this, uncertainty about how safe it is to go out of your house, Lorraine Anderson suggests that you use your time inside to go through your collection of shoes handbags and make the tough decision on what stays and what has to go. Do you really need those platform heels you wore once?
The holiday season is upon us and Lorraine Anderson, the lady in charge of The Occasional Woman custom clothing service, has some tips on how to take your glamor up a notch for all of your holiday parties.
Pauline Estelle recently indulged in a new corset for more than just slimming her waist. She wanted one that could be a fashion statement. She shares the experience of shopping for it online and gives tips to those interested in getting into corseting fashion.
Time for cold weather in the northern climes! Lorraine Anderson, the proprietor of The Occasional Woman custom clothing service, has some tips on how to stay toasty warm while remaining chic and stylish.
What’s hot in fall fashion? Lorraine Anderson has a few standouts she wants you to consider. Button down shirts, plaid, color matching and other trends are all on point for Lorraine. She also has some pointers on what not to wear.
Ah, shoes. Some women don’t care about shoes. Their loss. For those of you who do like to prance around in footwear that makes you feel pretty and special, don’t miss Lorraine Anderson’s post on The Shoes Every Girl Needs. She highlights five styles that need to be in your closet. As long as you are a shoe loving kind of girl. If not try to find joy in your flip flops.
Lorraine Anderson, owner of The Occasional Woman custom clothing and alterations operation in suburban Philadelphia investigates the “must have” summer trends. She looks at bucket hats, square toed sandals, and other fashion items deemed by the fashion cognoscenti as totally in and lets you know what she thinks of that assessment.
Just a few years ago it was big news when a fashion model came out as transgender. These days it is decidedly not so rare. While Lea T and Andreja Pejic were novel and daring there are now many trans women walking the runways at Paris and New York fashion shows, as well as gracing the pages of fashion magazines, and even some men’s magazines. Here are 21 of today’s top transgender models
Pauline Estelle has views about fashion and she shares them with you in this post which is aimed at the older woman who wants to deport herself as a chic, stylish lady. There are ways to do that without coming across as dressing too young for your age. Pauline starts from the bottom layer and goes from inner to outer wear with hints and tips on how to make certain styles work for you and not against you.
Our resident fashion maven, Lorraine Anderson, says that one of the biggest trends for spring is legs, legs, and more legs. Also bold colors and wide leg trousers. Learn what to avoid and what to show off from the lady behind The Occasional Woman custom clothing service.
Lorraine Anderson, the lady behind The Occasional Woman custom clothes service, is looking forward to spring. Here in the northeast we had a preview with several days of temperatures near seventy degrees. That made Lorraine look for new, fresher fashions, to help erase the tedium and iciness of winter.
Pauline Estelle takes a look at hosiery through the ages. From olden times when men wore leggings under their tunics to the shift is hose from men to women, the development of silk stockings, and on to rayon and nylon leg covering, Pauline covers our lower limbs throughly.
Lorraine Anderson takes a look at the touted shoe trends for 2021. From fuzzy ugg mug outdoor slippers to cowboy boots, combat boots and sexy kitten heels, Ms. Anderson gives you her views on what the fashionable foot will be wearing in 2021.
Linda Jensen reminisces about the early days when she bought her girl clothes from the Sears Catalog. Now in 2021 with dressing rooms in most stores closed over COVID concerns she’s had to adjust how she shops. The still visits Ross Dress For Less regularly but now she has to take things home to decide if she will keep them.
Lorraine Anderson, the woman behind The Occasional Woman custom clothing service, keeps an eye on fashion trends. Today she talks about visible thongs, photos printed on clothing, maxi dresses, wrap skirts and the hot new color for 2021. If you want to stay in step with the latest fashion trends read The Occasional Woman and see what Lorraine thinks of them.
