At the moment the entire fashion world is waiting for the latest collection of Jason Wu to hit the stores. The collection got the name of Target. We know by now that it has been inspired by Jean Seberg and also by French New Wave films. This is why it is no wonder that we will find blouses having Peter Pan collars, nautical-tinged dresses and also pleated skirts. Naturally the designer didn’t forget about the handbags and the accessories either.

According to the designer, he didn’t want any replicas of the main collection. Instead he opted for offering entirely new clothing that comes with its own personality and voice, being inspired by his personality. The

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Saturday is (finally) here again and youre alternating between opening your fridge and opening your closet. Fridge looks okay. That orange juice isnt that old and it will mix okay with that razz vodka you have cooling in the freezer. But your closet, thats not so okay. Youve worn everything in there at least 6 times and youre pretty sure that youve been photographed in all them. So what are you going to do? Raid your roommates closet? No, her stuff is as stale as yours. Nope, youre going to take a quick trip to the mall and put together one of these kickass outfits. The best part?

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Happy New Year everyone! As Im sure youve noticed, my posts here have really dropped off. Its partly due to all the many life changes that have been thrown my way. Plus, Ive been wonderfully occupied with the Style Institute, mentoring and training some amazing women who are launching their own personal styling businesses. Change comes in unexpected ways but if we embrace it, it opens up our world to new opportunities.  Thats why for 2012 Im going to do things just a tad differently here.

My whole philosophy for personal styling is based on three core concepts that get to the heart of who we are: mind, body and spirit.

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*Claire, Director of Disease Prevention Christopher, Engineer*

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Before I was a Wedding Graduate, I was a Wedding Dropout. Before meeting the man who is now my husband, I had previously been engaged for two years to someone else. Looking back, I’m finally able to admit that my first reaction when I realized he was proposing was sheer panic. However, when the man you love is kneeling before you with tears in his eyes, asking you to accept his offer of everlasting love, “Um, I don’t think this is a good idea,” just doesn’t seem like a possible response. So I s

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In our business (tent and party rental) we’re reasonably priced, but we’re not the cheapest in our area. We get a fair amount of  calls throughout the year that are simply price comparison calls—“Hi, can you tell me how much you charge for a 4060 tent? Ok, thank you.” We appreciate that brides and grooms want to get the most for their wedding budgets, but most wedding products and services are not always apple to apple comparisons.

Planning a wedding does entail an enormous amount of research and decision making, but putting in the time and asking the right questions early on means there will be few, if any, surprises when the big day comes—and the final invoices arrive.

Here are 5 things to consider when shopping for a wedding vendor:

1) Product Quality

In our case, tent and party rentals, the tent is the most expensive product we rent. It’s also th

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