Neon in the Fall

Neon is a spring trend that I am unwilling to give up this fall. I bought into the spring trend with the purchase of fabulous neon yellow sandals. I was stopped several times to receive complements on my nautical dress and neon sandals last time I wore them. An ego boost that made my day. … Read more

3 Ways to Wear Corduroys

While I was overhauling Karalee’s closet, she asked me to help her find outfits that would include her new corduroy flares. Karalee heads up north during the holidays and needs some warm clothes for the trip.  My favorite outfit here is where I mixed the brown cords with the black sweater and her skinny leopard … Read more

Gift Guide with Styling Purpose

Gift Guide with Styling Purpose and April Golightly by aprilgolightly featuring michael kors boots LaShannon Petit, the founder and owner of Styling Purpose, LLC is a native Miamian born to the parents of Borgella Petit and Ernestine Mike-Petit.  LaShannon is a volunteer wardrobe stylist at Dress for Success. It is with education, work experience, community networking … Read more

Graphic Sweater Trend

This season the runways were covered in graphic sweaters of all sorts. There were comic book inspired sweaters by 3.1 Phillip Lim, lobster print sweaters by Tibi, and of course wink print sweater by Moschino. The graphic sweater trend has expanded to include even ugly Christmas sweaters reminiscent of Bridget Jones Diary. I was considering buying … Read more

Velvet Jacket for Fall

As the temperature decreases, I get extremely excited about breaking out my fall velvet wardrobe. I try to wear velvet in non-tradition ways. Here, I buttoned up my cropped velvet jacket and wore it as a shirt. It worked out well because I was able to tuck it into my high waisted maxi skirt and … Read more

Color Blocking for Fall

Bags and nails are an easy way to add a pop of color to any fall outfit. You can use analogous colors that are next to each other on the color wheel like pink and orange. I prefer analogous color to complement as I have recently combined red and orange and blue and green. For more … Read more