Style File Key to Personal Style
If shopping for clothes perplexes you, it may be because you don't know your personal style. Catalogs can help you determine what you really want.
By Judith Rasband
Wash and Wear 101
Sometimes the best strategy for keeping clothes looking new is not to wash them so often.
By Judith Rasband
Beat the Summer Heat
Temperatures are at an all time high for this time of year in many areas of the country, and summer has just begun. Loose-fitting style lines in your clothes are one of the keys to keeping cool in summer. The tips that follow are sure to help you keep your cool in comfort.
By Judith Rasband
Travel Cluster of Nine Easy Pieces
Traveling with only carry-on luggage means taking one small, well planned, cluster of clothes in which everything goes with everything else.
By Judith Rasband
Gestures Can Help Improve Your Image
Your hand and arm gestures can be valuable aids in helping you improve the visual image you present to others.
By Judith Rasband
Cami Style Confusion
Underwear worn as outerwear is today’s pop fashion trend. But as any man or boy will tell you, lacy camisole underwear worn as outerwear is distracting — and not in a good way. It’s not only what you wear, but how you wear it that determines the message.
By
Judith Rasband
The
Almighty Jacket Layer
What good does a jacket do? Why spend time or money on a jacket?
By
Judith Rasband
Balance
Is Key to Good Nutrition & Good Health
In
the past fifty years, a great deal of research has identified
close links between diet and disease. The focus is on some
of our favorite foods and on such widespread disease as cancer,
heart disease, diabetes and stroke — not to forget obesity.
By Judith Rasband
What
Is Sexy? Where Does It Lead?
A word highly overused is “sexy.”
It seems, nowadays, everything has got to be “sexy.” According
to television talk shows, news, and nightly sit-coms, we've
got to have sexy clothes, sexy hair, sexy cars, sexy cereal,
sexy toys, and so on. What happened to “pretty” and “handsome”
and “romantic”?
By Judith Rasband
Looking
Good When You Feel So Bad
If you feel as though you died
yesterday but you still have to get out of bed this morning,
here are some tips on how to look like you’re on top
of the world, instead of under the weather.
By Judith Rasband
Sniffing
Out False Beauty Claims
To help you separate fact (what works)
from fiction (what doesn’t) concerning beauty, diet
and exercise, be alert to these characteristics of a myth-informer.
By Judith Rasband
Those
Little Things Provide a Big Laugh
You don't have to be Erma Bombeck
to find humorous incidents in life. If you make a silly mistake,
laughter can be the best medicine.
By Judith Rasband
Sense
of Self Worth Is Priceless
It is important to recognize
that the seeds of low self-esteem are sown while children
are very young. Although children may seem to miss everything
else, they remember every event having to do with their feelings
of self worth.
By Judith Rasband
Recycle
Your Clothes And Stretch Your Budget
Fast-changing fashion trends,
weight gain or loss, and durable fabrics that never wear out
often leave us with clothes in our closets that are not worn
out, but not being worn. How does that make you feel? Guilty?
Like you're losing money? Maybe recycling those old clothes
is a solution you should consider.
By Judith Rasband
Companies
Cannot Afford High Turnover Rate
Although a lower salary may
lead to job dissatisfaction, a top salary does not guarantee
job satisfaction and retention. People who feel good about
themselves at work will work harder, be more efficient, and
will ultimately be more satisfied.
By Judith Rasband
Quality
Control in the Closet
If we can get past trash fashion
trends and the pop-culture anti-statement styles, most people
recognize when a garment has real quality. The clothes look
terrific, feel wonderful and serve you well over a longer
period of time. Best of all, they can make you look terrific
and feel wonderful as well
By Judith Rasband
Empowerment
through Image Management
Image sets the boundaries for
personal interaction or involvement — in the home, the
school, church, and community, as well as in the workplace.
Our image can work for us or against us — diminish our
capability or empower us to greater ability and credibility.
By Judith Rasband
Entry
Level Job Strategy
Throughout America, people are finally joining ranks in calling
for image reform. As employees push the limits of acceptable
workplace attire to new lows, more and more Americans are
speaking out. It's time we upgraded our own personal and professional
image.
By Judith Rasband
Manners
Make a Difference in a Stress-Filled World
Knowing
and practicing good manners is not a matter of vanity, snobbery,
or trying to impress. It is simply a matter of being kind
and sensitive to the needs of others, of creating a considerate,
gracious, and respectful atmosphere for everyone.
By
Judith Rasband
Just
a Simple “Thank You” Can be Answer Enough
Common sense may say that it’s
rude to contradict people who go out of their way to give
a compliment. But it’s become common practice to dispute
the flattering comment lest we be considered conceited, a
braggart or at the very least dishonest.
By Judith Rasband
What
Are They Thinking?
People are known to think about
what style of car they want to buy and drive. But too many
people don't really think about the style of their clothes
and its effect on their lives.
By Judith Rasband
Why
Are We So Rude?
Rudeness is part of the ongoing
casualization of America. Unfortunately, as a culture, we
are dropping established standards of behavior —
becoming more casual and therefore less disciplined.
By Judith Rasband
Clothes
Encounters (or, What Low Pants Do For Your Image?)
Just why do teenage
boys wear saggy pants, anyway?
By Judith Rasband
Try
this Cure for "Sticker Shock"
The cure for sticker shock requires
you to be discriminating about what, where and when you buy
clothing.
By Judith Rasband
