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February 2011:
In this issue...
From My Closet
Fashion Trends for Spring 2011
Upcoming Events

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Sat., March 5, 2011:
8:30am - 1:30pm
Community Campus
Portsmouth, NH

Seacoast Women's Week


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Sun., March 6, 2011:  9:30am - 3pm

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375 Middle St.
Portsmouth, NH 03801

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Bedford, NH 03110


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"My birthday party was wonderful! I felt so good that night, and I know it had a lot to do with what I had on. Thanks for all your help." ~Hillary

  

"It was a pleasure to have Andréa teach a Day of Fashion Feng Shui at the Center for Feng Shui and Intuitive arts. it was lots of fun and she shared so much of her passion and her deep knowledge and experience, you leave wanting more." ~Peg Donahue, The Center for Feng Shui and Intuitive Arts

 

"You create magic and showed me the possibilities." ~Sally

 

 Greetings!

Andrea Dupont

"In order to seek one's direction, one must simplify the mechanics of ordinary every day life" ~Plato

 

Yep!  It is another New Year!  Strange how that happens. I had a very exciting 2010. I had a wonderful trip to Italy, and some very good friends came along. I am sure you have seen the pictures by now. My intention is to have one new travel experience every year. How about you?

 

You have all been inundated by the saying every January " A New Year, A New You"  well I am challenging you to start a new tradition "A New Year, the Old You"  No it is not a typo. Why do people have the impression that there is something wrong with the OLD me? Instead of reinventing yourself this year, I want to encourage you to think about how you are living your life, how you are nurturing yourself, are you living fully and authentically?  Have you lost the "YOU" you were born to be? We all came into this world with our own unique purpose, for a lot of us it get's tempered with along the way, our upbringing, relationships, environs, expectations. Etc? Most of us create a "style story" when we're very young. We listen to the people in our lives that we admire and try to emulate. Often what we hear isn't always positive. We internalize the negative comments and experiences, and sometimes hold on to them well into our adult lives.

 

What is your memory of yourself as a child? What made you happy? Were you introspective, always on the move doing something, giggle and laugh a lot, use stuffed animals or dolls to nurture, or were you more interested in having your toys lined up or your clothes match.

 

You would be surprised to know those basic traits are still there, waiting to be rediscovered. Interesting? Do you need a little help?  Let me know if you would like to explore this further, sometimes we just need a little direction, help to look within.

 

Do you know your I Ching Star? That is the star you were born under that defines who you are at the core. The New Year begins on February 4th and heralds a year that is influenced by the charming, reflective and fun 7 Lake Star. In turn this Star will begin to affect all the other 8 Birth Stars differently. What is ahead for you this year?

 

Andrea Dupont








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Organized Closet From My Closet

This has been the year for me of Grey and Black, and then another shade of grey and black!  Where did my color go? Are my choices reflective of my mood or is that what the stores had to choose from? What does your closet look like?

This is the perfect time to organize your closet:
  1. The 1st thing to do is get rid of all your wire hangers and buy plastic, felt or wood.
  2. Take everything out.
  3. Evaluate your go to clothes this winter.
  4. Re hang on new hangers and put back only what you actually wore.
  5. Hang by color, tops from light to dark on top, and pants and skirts on bottom by color, light to dark. A great visual system.
  6. What you did not wear, consider the reasons why, did it fit, nothing to match, wrong color??? Hang these garments separately or purge them.
By doing this you will get the sense for what your emotional temperature is and where the holes are in your wardrobe. Make a note of your favorites and what you might need next year to complete your look. This is a great time to buy basic pieces to stretch your wardrobe. Remember, don't buy because it is cheap, you still need to love it, have something to go with it, a great fit and color. Do not sacrifice for price.

 

Spring Trends 2011 Fashion Trends for Spring 2011

2011 will to be a most interesting and exciting year for fashion. The latest trends in women's fashions for 2011 are inspired by yesteryear's classic styles with a dash of sex, skin, colors. Women should try out styles that look good on them. Fashion trends 2011 will show a number of options for mixing and matching to come up with the right style. Thanks to changing fashion trends, old styles come back in fashion. 2011 will be a year of taking hold of the importance of being a woman and embracing the essence of womanhood.

Wide-Leg Trousers
Fashion trends for Spring 2011 for women's day wear will feature comfortable designs like high-waisted, wide-leg trousers. The '70s-inspired bottoms are back with a vengeance! This style of pant looks good on just about any body frame or type.

Military Styles
Look for an abstract take on futuristic, military-styles that mimic the more traditional military trends of seasons past. Out goes the mini craze that has swept closets for the past few years making way for the longer hemlines that exude elegance and sophistication.

Trendy Halter Necklines
The appearance of beautiful halter-necklines on playsuits, dresses and summer gowns adorned with unique neck-wear, bring back vision of glamorous summer days spent by the sea.

Color Palette
Perhaps it's Phoebe Philo's influence at Céline that permeates everyone's mood-boards, or even the chaotic energy in the world that's driving designers to simplify their palettes, but spring will be no stranger to warm and soothing shades of sand, camel, and ivory nicely framed with dark swipes of black. Rich mango, persimmon and ripe pumpkin, paired with white, will be one of spring's sweetest color trends. These intense shades feel make fashion alive and fresh once again.

White
White was major player for spring 2011 daywear. White, light-weight sweater dresses are great casual day wear items for early spring. Italian design house No.21 has set the bar for this look with their white sweater dress.

Style Tip: Most white garments tend to be see-through. This is especially so for spring, which would use lighter fabrics. Wearing a white or nude slip, camisole or hosiery can help prevent "peak-a-boo moments"


Denim
Denim almost never goes out of style and is versatile enough to go from daywear into evening. However, the best denim offerings for spring 2011 are meant for daywear. Even the house of Valentino offered up a ruffled, denim shorts suit for spring 2011 daywear. However, the trendiest uses of denim comes from London's commercial design house Twenty8Twelve. Look out for women flocking to purchases dresses similar to Twenty8Twelve's denim babydoll dresses.

Style Tip: Denim can be made light-weight or heavy weight. Regardless of the weight of the fabric denim suits can be warmer to wear than a pair of jeans. Therefore, wear denim suits during the beginning of spring.


Long Hemlines
Traditionally springtime is for shorts and short hemlines. However, designers have turned this tradition on its ear for spring 2011. Hemlines are much longer this coming season. These longer hemlines give way to the romantic and boho looks seen during the spring 2011 shows.

Style Tip: If you choose a dress or skirt that sweeps the ground, wear flat sandals as heels can dig into the fabric causing garment tears or worse injury from a fall.


Dolman Sleeves
Blouses have gravitated to fuller, boxier, cropped cuts for some time now, so it should not be a surprise to see so many designers featuring fuller silhouettes and classic dolman sleeves. Some of the blouses reference vintage surf hoodies, while others feel modern and almost evening-like. Favorites, Yigal Azrouël and Vena Cava, manage to give this typically casual piece an old Hollywood sophistication.

Keep a look out for these trends when they hit stores in the coming months. Maybe you will want to wear one or two of these trends together. Perhaps you'd be lucky enough to find a maxi-length, white denim skirt and kill three birds with one stone for daywear attire. Start planning on way to use these trends to update your wardrobe next spring.

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Wouldn't it be wonderful to always have the perfect thing to wear, to know exactly what style, colors and accessories work best for you? A wardrobe that reflects who you are and what you want others to see. As a mom, executive, entrepreneur, coach, or speaker, looking your best helps you to live your best life. Are you ready to stop doing the same thing and getting the same results! Are you ready to stop buying things that you never wear, and don't know why? Does every business opportunity to shine or social invitation stress you out and have you frantically shopping for the perfect outfit? Are you ready to step into your Best Life? Then this is for you...


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