30 Lessons for 30: Career Lessons

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We are onto day 3 of this 5-day series, 30 Lessons for 30.  And today I want to focus on Career Lessons. Yes, I have a career outside of blogging—sort of.  My actual day job is as a Social Media Director for a hotel company.  And I have to tell you, I am pretty happy… [Read More...]

Coco Rocha For Target Shows Us How To Model

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For those of you content with just standing there, in her latest ad for Target, Coco Rocha shows us that modeling is much more of a sport: Am I the only one tired from just watching?!   Image of Coco Rocha for Target via targetstyle.tumblr.com and video via Target’s YouTube page.  

Final Florals: How I wear them!

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Well a week of florals has all cumulated here.  That’s right.  This is where I show you how I wear a flower pattern. Now I have to admit, I RARELY (read: almost never) wear floral prints.  But this top worked for me because the colors are subdued and the pattern doesn’t feel too intense.  The… [Read More...]

Sophisticated Snowflake Garland

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Remember how I wanted an elegant Christmas and Lukus wanted a more (how shall I say this?) colorful Christmas?  Well, we met in the middle—maybe not the exact middle, but somewhere in the vicinity. Okay, so it is absolutely skewing my direction.  However, to be clear, my dream was a Chanel inspired Christmas.  But as… [Read More...]

Confessions Of A Zookeeper

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Every so often I take the opportunity to share some advice from an expert in a certain field…. this is one of those times: Recently I sat down with Dave Waite of Zookeeper, a brand identity, graphic design and communications company.  According to their website, Zookeeper helps companies to “build brands that smartly express who… [Read More...]

Fashion Savvy Need To Know

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You look the part, consider yourself well versed in the latest trends and know who’s who on the runway.  But there’s more to being truly fashion savvy.  These are the things that maximize our style IQ, while capitalizing on our closets.   And as luck would have it, I have collected a list of 5 things… [Read More...]

Lee Knaz Turns Up The Heat

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(Another day another guest post!  Today we have the smart and  Lee Knaz of Master Chef fame.  He is currently a Sous Chef at Smith House in Los Angeles.  You can check out his previous appearances on NoH here and here.) To make a long story short, there was the big bang; organisms were created;… [Read More...]

First Impressions

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(We’ve got another guest post today!  This time fellow LA fashion blogger Stephanie from The Loudmouth shares her take on professional wear.  Her own fun aesthetic paired with her working knowledge come together for a fantastic post.  Enjoy!) I work at Ann Taylor and the one question I hear over and over is, “I have an… [Read More...]

NoH DIY: Hair Feathers

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I am really excited about this new feature that will start appearing on NoH.  It’s called NoH DIY and basically it is a step-by-step “how to” where an expert teaches me (and in turn you) how to do the installment’s topic.  Make sense?  Well hopefully after checking out the rest of this post you will… [Read More...]

Maximum Style

C&C California "Crochet Maxi Dress" ($128), PiperLime.com

Lately I’ve been thinking about how true style is well, personal.  Style is not going into a store a recreating an outfit from the mannequin piece by piece.  But instead it is being able to create your own complete look that is neither forced nor careless.  It is the idea that you can take one… [Read More...]