Keeping it classy tip of the week..

Do not ever wear colored or patterned underwear under a white shirt, dress, pants, or shorts... ever. Stick to skin tone or white always. If you are going to put in the effort to put together a cute outfit, make sure your leopard underwear isn't clearly showing through your dress (attn. girl in my class today).

   Stay Classy :)

Un-Classy Eyewitness Moment of the Week...

Happened when...

I was sitting in my car waiting in a parking lot when the girl in the car next to me gets out of her car and lifts up her dress so that she can pick her wedgie.. next time if you feel as though you absolutely need to make that un-classy move, please make sure no one is looking.

   Stay Classy :)

Staying "fit"...

I think that one of the most important things to keep in mind when it comes to dressing with class, is making sure that you buy clothes that fit your body. No matter what size you may be; bigger, smaller, taller, or shorter... buying clothes that fit your body correctly can be essential to making your outfit even a tiny bit classier. I'm a firm believer in the saying that "size doesn't matter". When you wear tighter or bigger fitting clothes than what is appropriate for your body size, you can attract negative attention because of it. Wearing correctly-sized clothing can not only help you look more classy and stylish, but it can give you more confidence as well because you know that you look good.

Now let me set some thing straight here, I'm not talking about minor cases here, I'm referring to the major offenders. For example, it is never okay to see a girl's butt cheeks in public because her shorts are just that short. Or seeing women in shirts that display more cleavage than her bathing suit would.
 Wearing clothes that are 2 or even 3 sizes too small for you, is not showing your body off but instead is negatively putting it on display. If there is skin bulging out of those pants, shorts, or shirts that usually isn't, but due to the severe tightness now is, why would you continue to walk out the door wearing it? Honestly, how comfortable can that outfit actually be? Changing gears now... I think we're all familiar with the overwhelming trend of wearing clothes that are 2 or even 3 sizes too big for you thanks to Larry Platt from American Idol. "Lookin' like a fool with you're pants on the ground." Exactly Larry. To prove this point even more here's a picture that I recently came across...

Anyone who has looked at a skeleton of the human body can clearly see that NO this is not where the butt is located. So would you wear your pants so that the back pockets are covering the back of your knees instead of where they were intended to cover? Is it so you have the opportunity to wear your extra long t-shirts (that would be considered dresses if they were in the women's department of a store) with it? Putting aside that shear fact of impracticality and how hard it must be to do anything else when you constantly have to be holding your pants up, I think that it just looks plain ridiculous. 

I also feel that I should touch upon something else that relates to this subject; indecent undergarment exposure.When you were properly fitting clothes, this isn't an issue. Although I cannot give any insight as to what is going through people's mind when they feel the need to have their boxers and the "whale tails" of their panties sticking out of their pants, all I have to say if that there is a reason it is called "underwear". Leave something to the imagination and pull up your pants please. 

So remember when shopping, take advantage of those dressing rooms and if the clothes don't fit; then don't wear them.

   Stay Classy :)

Books to check out!

"Classy" by Derek Blasberg

"Very Classy" by Derek Blasberg

"How to be a Hepburn in a Hilton World" by Jordan Christy

My top three celebrity class acts.

Lauren Conrad:

I may be biased, being a huge Lauren Conrad fan, but Lauren is definitely one of my top three class acts. Not a lot of stars can spend several years being followed around by tv cameras and come out in the end calm, classy, and a successful fashion designer.

Guiliana Rancic:

Not only does Guiliana have amazing style and a job hosting E News that most girls envy, she also has shown viewers the trials and tribulations that she has been through on the hit Style show, "Guliana and Bill." From infertility treatments to a diagnosis of breast cancer, Guiliana has been an inspiration for women everywhere, putting her life on display to help raise awareness, and has done so with an admirable amount of class.

Kate Middleton:

The Duchess of Cambridge not only has gracefully transformed into a Princess while the entire world watched, but she also did so with her own classy unique style.

Keep calm and stay classy.

Color wars... The color combination that is always a losing battle.

I think everyone can agree that when getting dressed the most important thing one can do is make sure that the colors that they are wearing match. However, there are some colors pairings out there that just don't work well together at all. Recently I became aware of some confusion on what colors exactly cannot be matched, three that come to mind are black and brown, navy blue and black, and grey and brown. So let's clear up this confusion:

Black and Brown:
We're talking about a deeper brown here, because lighter shades of brown such as tan are of course acceptable. A darker brown is completely acceptable when paired with black, just in moderation. For example here are some examples of how to do black and a darker brown right :

Black and Navy Blue:
Although not the brightest color combination, navy blue and black actually look great when paired together correctly. If you don't want to take my word for it, here's some proof:

Now for the last combination; Grey and Brown:
Here's the thing, I couldn't find any pictures of the colors working well together in an outfit because, well they just don't. This is the combo that just can't happen. Some things just don't compliment each other well, and when it comes to colors, those things are grey and brown. Light brown, dark brown, tan.. it just isn't going to happen.

Well I hope that helped to clear up some confusion!

   Stay Classy :)