Wedding Wear
Special occasion shopping can be stressful. Our advice? You when receive a save-the-date for a wedding start dress hunting then and there. We realize that can’t always happen and so we’re here to help. If you’ll be attending a wedding this spring we have a few suggestions of what you might want to wear, even if you’ll be attending in an official capacity...
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Fashion for Getting Fit
‘Tis the season for resolutions about getting and keeping fit. As you might have guessed, we here at Capital Area Women’s LifeStyle Magazine like to be stylish while we do those things. So, we turned to our friends at Playmakers to help us do just that. Here are three looks to keep you fit and fashionable this winter. Yoga Masters Keep comfy in this...
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Fashion Workshop
Take a look around the Capital Area Women’s LifeStyle office and it’s not hard to tell — we’ve kinda got a thing for fashion. From handbags, to booties, to accessories and everything in between, we pretty much cover every style, size and trend there is. So, imagine our delight when Okemos Models called and asked our Production Director Julie Becker...
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Feathers in Style… Hairstyle, That Is
Step aside bows and barrettes. You’re in competition with a new hairstyle accessory … feathers! Used for years as a decorative component of men’s and women’s hats and occasionally as an element of other apparel, feathers have become popular this year, integrated into tresses in a naturalistic way. Hair accessories can be subtle or bold including black...
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Fanning the Flames of Fashion
We here at Capital Area Women’s LifeStyle Magazine love a good challenge — especially when the challenge involves shopping. So when our Art Director suggested that a few of us buy and style a piece of clothing in fall’s hottest new color — Vibrant Flame — we jumped at the chance. Take a look at how Managing Editor, Emily Caswell, Production Manager,...
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Fashion from your Home Sweet Home, For your Home Sweet Home
As we put this issue together New York Fashion Week was well underway and as hard as we tried (okay, not that hard), we just couldn’t pull our eyes away from the blogs and websites showing off what the big city had to offer. And then, as fate would have it, we heard of a store in Lansing — The Lansing Mall to be exact — that had a line of clothing designed...
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Back in Business
As much all of us at Capital Area Women’s LifeStyle Magazine adore the long, lazy days of summer, there is something to be said about getting back into our regular routine after Labor Day. There’s also something to be said about getting back into our more structured boardroom looks and leaving behind breezy summer knits. Still, just because you’re putting...
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Do The Polka (Dot)
Finding fun and innovative ways to wear your clothes at the end of a season can be tough. Those of us in the Capital Area Women’s LifeStyle office are feeling that way as August takes hold. Our bright and sunny wardrobes of May and June are looking just a tad boring. A great way to cure that feeling is by introducing a fun print into your closet. Since polka...
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Suit Up! Sizzle While you Splash this Summer
If the staff at Capital Area Women’s LifeStyle Magazine had a choice we’d be pool side or lying out at the beach all summer. Okay, well maybe not all summer — we’d miss all of you way too much. Still, it’s no secret that some of us will be spending the majority of our spare time sunny-side up. And of course, we’ll be doing so in style. Here are...
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Kitchen Couture: Cooking is all about the presentation
You’ve spent money to spruce up your kitchen, but when is the last time you’ve upgraded your kitchen wardrobe? Gone are the days of wearing aprons just to protect your nice clothes. Today, women’s aprons can be just as fabulous as the rest of your wardrobe. Special thanks to Kohl’s of Okemos, locatd at 1710 Newman Road, Okemos, (517) 347-2305, and...
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Workout Wear – Up your style along with your heart rate
Do us a favor. Look in your gym bag right now and check out what kind of clothes you have in there.If you’re anything like many of the women we know chances are you’ve got an old T-shirt and a pair of yoga pants that you’ve had since sophomore year of college in there. (Okay, maybe that’s just us). But we understand with all of the fashionable dressing...
Continue ReadingFashion: New Year, New Fashion
If you ask any of us at CAWLM, we say it’s never too early to start shopping — for anything — but especially New Year’s Eve. It’s a huge night. For one, think of all the photos that will be taken. So, before the ball drops you’ve got to get the perfect look. Of course, we realize not everyone is heading to a big, fancy bash so we’ve come up with...
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