Author: awrensays
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Commodity Milk Expressive: A delicious fragrance treat
Sweet, but doesn’t rely on sugar alone. A well-balanced profile of flavors, be it vanilla, cocoa, caramel, or whatever you desire. And of course, great for special occasions. Is that a cake? Yes, certainly, but also a good gourmand. Today, I bring you Commodity Milk Expressive. I believe I have said before that I am…
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Procrastinating, or running from discomfort?
“Procrastination is not a time management problem. It’s an emotional management problem.” Dr. Tim Pychyl Years ago, I decided to start listening to a podcast, instead of doing the work I should have started. It was called iProcrastinate, a podcast with researcher Dr. Tim Pychyl. I distinctly remember he discussed procrastination as not an issue…
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Upside down dresses at Viktor & Rolf and high fashion art
A friend sent me a short video of the Viktor & Rolf 2023 Couture show, captioned with the message, “Now this, this is high fashion.” I think what a lot of people get wrong about couture shows, and fashion shows in general, is that every single piece that comes down the runway needs to be…
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Maybe there’s more to the colors on the runway
I was preparing a talk and needed a song. I gave it over to YouTube to play something randomly for me. It gave me Sara Bareilles covering Yellow by Coldplay. As she sung it, the words sunk into me. It spoke to me of sacrificial love. It was perfect for a discussion of love and…
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Beyond New York: Here are some other American cities that do Fashion Week too
Love is measured in time. How long do you want to spend with the subject of your affection? If you are measuring my viewing of the recent fashion shows and content to come to an assessment, you can certainly say that I love fashion shows. February is “Fashion Month,” or at least on of the…
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Not too late: An introduction to over 60 model Jacky O’Shaughnessy
I get into my head every now and again that my time has passed. It is as if I am a wound soldier in this battlefield of life, telling my dreams to go on without me. “Save yourself! Leave me behind with my unfulfilled potential.” In truth, very rarely is it too late to start…
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Are the Peace Out Acne Dots right for you? (based on my quick review)
While I had multiple careers in mind as a child, the one thing I wanted to be in my future profession was confident. I would have a power pink blazer, stand in front of the board room, and own the meeting. Now as an adult, I can say I still have a lot of work…
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Let Montale’s Arabian Tonka take you on a fragrant journey
As a child, I thoroughly enjoyed picking up books by Christopher Lloyd. He wrote fantasy that I just go lost in. One of his tales of adventure and renewal was The Three Lives of Lukas Kasha. It takes place a world away from where I was that fateful summer. It was a story of a…
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The clutter I hold on to
My anxiety increases each time I see the clutter. I know that I need to do a deep clean, but I keep putting it off. I pushed back doing a closet cleanout until I completed a fitness challenge. Then, I never completed it. I put off getting rid of the old school work because I…
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Dolce & Gabbana goes all black for Fall-Winter 2023/2024
Dolce & Gabbana debuted their menswear line for Fall-Winter 2023/2024. It was just black, with pops of color from grey and white. To call them pops of color is a bit much. What I did notice was that they are continuing what I’ve noticed happening across designers. That is borrowing aesthetics from womenswear and doing…
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