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If youre working on building your wardrobe, one way to go to start things off is to try the basic. You probably already have a lot of the basics in your closet. As we previously said, you probably have five pairs of black pants, numerous skirts that you can mix up a bit with different jackets and that kind of thing. But, if youre starting from scratch and you really want to start building a wardrobe this is a great way to do it. Back in the 80s Donna Karan came out with seven easy pieces which were all very, very basic items and they were able to be interchanged with each other to make countless outfit. I'm kind of taking a little liberty with that philosophy but I think its a really, really good way to build your wardrobe. Its great if you travel, for living, its just a really good way to do it. First of all, Laura, is here she has a suit that has pants and it also came with a skirt. So, she can take the pants, she can do them separately with a cool shirt. She can also wear with a jacket. She can bring in the skirt. She can do that. She can put it with a camisole and then put the jacket over top or if she wants to just wear the skirt separately, she can take a really kind of edgy top an asymmetrical Donna Karan top we have here and just mix it with that, put it with her pants for a great evening look. It would look great with some pearls, it would look great with a great choker, and some really cool sandals at evening. Then youre always want to have a great blouse, one or two great blouses. I suggest probably a black one and a white one just say youre covering everything because therere times that you just cant do better than having a crisp white blouse to pair with thing. Also, it depends on your edge level. Some people would not feel comfortable in having a shear blouse and thats fine. Tailor all of this to your taste and youll come out great and make sure if you feel comfortable in what you pick. This is a very great all-purpose cardigan sweater, its cashmere and the nice thing about cashmere is that you can wear all year around and it doesnt have to be 9000 gauge cashmere, you can get some really beautiful cashmeres. This one happens to be a Michael Kors that we have in the store. However, Target had wonderful cashmere in the Isaac Mizrahi area.
Finally, I cant stress enough the importance of the wrap dress this season. This is a great and versatile dress. It travels perfectly, its really appropriate in mostly every situation. Dress it up, dress it down. The dress is so big, so it definitely needs to be staple. You could totally get away with these things as your wardrobe.
Expert: Cindy McCartney
Cindy McCartney is the owner of Diva Designer Consignment and Other Delights in Old Town Alexandria, VA. With the backing and encouragement of her husband, David, she left a lifelong career as a cosmetic and fragrance executive to open her dream store—a women’s designer consignment boutique in which shopaholics (like herself) could recover some of the money they had spent on fabulous things they bought but More »
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In this video, Cindy McCartney, owner of Alexandria, VA designer consignment boutique Diva, describes how fashionable women can dress stylishly and with elegance on a budget. The video is designed for women who More »
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