Stitch Fix: A Personal Styling Service Subscription Box
Drab, meet your nemesis, Stitch Fix! Stitch Fix is a online personal styling service that lets you keep the items you like and return the ones you don’t.
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Tag: Fashion
BeauCoo Lets You See Clothes On Someone Your Own Size
BeauCoo launched last fall with an iOS-only app that was intended to encourage body-positive shopping by helping women of similar sizes connect and share fashion information while shopping. Today the style lovers’ social network is opening more broadly with a web-based platform.
Continue Reading10 Things We’re So Over on Pinterest
From hairdos and hairdon’ts to unexpected abs, here’s our top 10 list of things we’re so over on Pinterest.
Continue ReadingDear Necktie…Why??
Why do we give neck ties for father’s day? This is something that has puzzled me since I was a teenager. I don’t recall getting my dad a tie for Father’s day, but it seems like that is what every dad should expect to get.
Continue ReadingGeek Chic Wedding Dresses
Ah, wedding gowns. The chance for brides to shine in white satin or peau de soie. Of course, that’s the pedestrian choice. Those with a geekier (or more frugal) bent might choose a less expensive alternative. Say, toilet paper. Creative brides who have participated in the Cheap Chic Weddings Toilet Paper Wedding Dress Contest have […]
Continue ReadingChange the Subject – I Dare You!
Many of our daily conversations are dominated by some combination of these four topics: Our homes, our partners, our children, and our appearance. This is particularly true for women, as social pressures drive us to focus on these things above all else. However, habit can become stifling, and it’s probably not healthy to fulfill any […]
Continue ReadingWhen Men Dress Their Wives: Would Geeks Do Better?
I don’t usually troll Yahoo! for inspiration, but when I saw this post about men dressing their wives I had to click. While not all geek women share my love of fashion, I can safely say that my amazing husband just simply has no clue. At this point in our relationship he’s just learned to […]
Continue ReadingRevenge of the Nerd… Glasses
I tend to avoid trends on principle. First it is typically a waste of money to own everything they put in this month’s Cosmo. Mainly because next month there will be a whole new list. Take for example those over-sized shirts and tight leggings circa 1986. There is nothing wrong with the look but I […]
Continue ReadingThe Gift of Experience: How To Think Outside of the Wrapped Box
If your children are anything like mine, they get way too many toys for Christmas and birthdays. Their closets and shelves are bursting with items that they rarely play with or have forgotten in the chaos. Their GeekDad and I decided that rather then make wish lists for more toys that they don’t need, we […]
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