The Style Expert

The scarf emerged about a year ago as a trendy fashion statement worn by both men and women as a fun, light-weight summer accessory. The trend continues. Scarves are now worn every season and appear to be replacing the necklace as “the statement piece.”  Irini Arakas, a jewelry designer and onetime Vogue editor, is dumbfounded. “Really?” she joked with the New York Times. “It’s 110 degrees and you’re wearing a scarf? But that’s what tuned me in: this is a real movement, a real accessory.”
Ms. Arakas began designing scarves for her Prova line and insists her scarves feel like necklaces. She cuts them in triangles to drape easily around the neck, and trims the edges with colorful beaded fringe. Ikram in Chicago picked them up; Michelle Obama wore one in Paris. Ms. Arkas recently designed a lower-priced line of silk-blend printed scarves for Barneys.  The store cannot keep them in stock.  The scarf is becoming a preferred way to add flash to an otherwise ordinary outfit and can be mixed and matched with any item in your existing wardrobe.
If tying the scarf is a challenge, consult one of the many books and videos available on ways to wear this popular fashion piece. The IPhone even has an App for accessorizing scarves entitled, “The Scarf Magician.” This app “teaches with easy to understand videos how to transform an ordinary look into a spectacular one with Unique Scarf Ties.”

The scarf, the new statement accessory, just might make getting dressed a little easier.

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Madeleine Albright, will be coming back to Denver on Tuesday, December 22.  The first woman to become United States Secretary of State spent her teen years in Denver and graduated from Kent Denver School in Cherry Hills Village, in 1955.  She founded the school’s international relations club and was its first president.  Years later, she was an intern at the Denver Post.

Madeleine Albright once criticized Saddam Hussein, only to be called “an unparalleled serpent” by one of his men. Soon after, she had a meeting with Iraqi officials and decided to wear a snake pin. It was a diplomatic declaration. And it became her signature. This is just one of many stories in Albright’s new book, Read My Pins: Stories from a Diplomat’s Jewel Box, an exploration of her life through the brooches she wore. I am excited to take my daughter Laina to see the former U.S. Secretary of State on Tuesday at the Tattered Cover Book Store in LoDo.    Hopefully, Albright will sign the copy of her book, “Read My Pins,” a Christmas gift I purchased for my lovely daughter.

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From Seth Goodin
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What Matters Now: get the free ebook

Now, more than ever, we need to shake things up.

Now, more than ever, we need a different way of thinking, a useful way to focus and the energy to turn the game around. I hope a new ebook I’ve organized will get you started on that path. It took months, but I think you’ll find it worth it the effort.

Here are more than seventy big thinkers, each sharing an idea for you to think about as we head into the new year. We want to shake things up. More than seventy extraordinary authors and thinkers contributed to this ebook. It’s designed to make you sit up and think, to change your new year’s resolutions, to foster some difficult conversations with your team. From bestselling author Elizabeth Gilbert to brilliant tech thinker Kevin Kelly, from publisher Tim O’Reilly to radio host Dave Ramsey, there are some important people riffing about important ideas here. The ebook includes Tom Peters, Jackie Huba and Jason Fried, along with Gina Trapani, Bill Taylor and Alan Webber.

Here’s the deal: it’s free. Download it (from this link: http://www.squidoo.com/Whatmattersnowfreeebook). Or from any of the many sites around the web that are posting it with insightful commentary. Tweet it, email it, post it on your own site. I think it might be fun to make up your own riff and post it on your blog or online profile as well. It’s a good exercise. Can we get this in the hands of 5 million people? You can find an easy to use version on Scribd as well. Please share.

Have fun. Here’s to a year with ideas even bigger than these.

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