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wardrobe planning: the $1500 challenge

This week, we’ve decided to challenge our stylists with the ultimate question:
If you were given a $1500 clothing budget, what items would you recommend someone get to develop their ultimate wardrobe?
This can be answered so many ways depending on your lifestyle.  Lucky for me, I get to answer this question three different ways this week!
Today, [...]

dc style: $1500 challenge – going out

Many of the women execs I work with are quickly able to put together outfits on their own for their nine-to-five work week, but seem to panic when it’s party time.
My $1500 wardrobe challenge focuses on getting dolled up for a night on the town while looking pretty, polished and still professional at a work-related [...]

east coast style: if i had $1500 to spend…

This week, we’ve decided to challenge our stylists with the ultimate question:
If you were given a $1500 clothing budget, what items would you get?

What a fun thought:  How would I spend $1,500?
I would invest in what Nina Garcia [Elle, Project Runway] calls “the bones” of a wardrobe – classic building blocks that are always chic.  [...]

wardrobe planning: accessories

For the last article of our $1500 Challenge series, I thought it best to cover something we all tend to shop for as an afterthought: accessories.  Accessories keep an outfit interesting and can convey your personal style much more easily than a Splendid tee.
Try and find the best quality you can afford when it comes [...]

wardrobe planning: mom wardrobe

The $1500 Wardrobe Challenge continues and today’s post is for mom’s and gals who lead a more casual lifestyle.  When carving the wardrobe, I took the approach to spend the money on the items where the cost per wear is worth it (bottoms, special dresses and shoes) and go for inexpensive but fun tops that [...]