We all have hips we are suppose to, it's part of the fact that we give birth. Now some of us are blessed with more hips than others and that's ok too. I have some advise though on how to dress for this. So many women wear black pants and a bright colored top, thinking this reduces your hips. On film and in photos all you succeed in doing is to look like a talking head. In real life it doesn't really acconplish much either. Here is what I would suggest. Wear the same color top to bottom. If you want make the color on the bottom a bit darker. This look will actually make you look taller and slimmer, the eye will go up and down instead of stopping in the middle right where your hips are. You will be glad you tried this.

 I have so many women that I adore from afar that are style icons, from Diane Keaton, to Lauren Hutton, Kate Capshaw, but I really love Ines de la Fessange from France. Paris actually. Because of her I have rolled out my white jeans to wear this winter. It's a bit trickier to do in the winter because of the slush, although this year is not bad. I just have to remember they may need to be laundered every time they are worn, but hey, style has no pain.  So here I come white jeans and a navy sweater. What could be more classic and more real than that.

  While all I ever ever preach is for a person to have his or her own style, I still desperately love fashion. Without it we would still be dressed in something out of the dark ages. I always try to figure out from all the style shows and fashion magazines, what it is that I can take away from the photos and ideas that do not seem to fit into my life. Ah! but there are ideas and plenty of them if you  just have to learn to read between the lines. Here is one thing I have taken away this year: COLOR. Color and big bold splashes of it is everywhere, I love color, I have worked with color my whole life. The trick to color is to make sure it goes with first your skin tone, then you hair and last but not least your eyes. When investing in color for work, make sure it's appropriate to your particular office or position. Tomorrow: what styles am I looking at. You also want to make sure you have other items to wear with this one. Invest in one or two pieces not a whole wardrobe, next year you may not like it.