• Week One Recap: FROCKTOBER 2018

    WELCOME TO FROCKTOBER FOR OVARIAN CANCER This month is all about fashion–but it’s also to raise money and heighten awareness of Ovarian Cancer. As my beloved colleague and friend, Chris Noya, fights her battle, I will do my part to make this month meaningful. I’m looking forward to the challenge of posting 31 outfits in honor of Chris and women everywhere who are battling this disease. My love to you all as you bravely carry on. We are with you. ❤️ FROCKTOBER | Day 1 “The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some…

  • FROCKTOBER Week 2 | What I Wore

    In celebration of #FROCTOBER, I’m doing a quick recap of what I wore this past week. I’ve been posting daily on my Instagram feed (stephverni), and it’s been fun. It makes me think, though, because it’s a lot of pressure to post an outfit you think is good enough to feature as a Frocktober favorite. I’m a petite, regular gal, and the correct proportions of my clothing matters; it’s one of the things I learned when I became a fashion consultant. We tend to want to wear all the latest trends whether they suit us or not, but if our body type/size/shape/height doesn’t work for that trend, we have to…

  • Ode to Catherine! Ode to the Heel!

    *** I wrote this poem a while ago and just came across it. Some of my readers/friends know that I dabbled in fashion consulting for a while. This is my tribute to the sexy heel. Oh, and it’s also a good gift idea for men struggling to find that perfect present for your fashionista. Enjoy. *** Sultry stiletto saunters, turns heads in a dress from Vogue. Platform pump prances, gets looks in a suit, all legs. Naughty black boots make entrance at a meeting full of men. Feminists can have their sexual politics. Fashionistas will hail Queen Catherine de Medici, Queen of the French Court, Queen of the heel. O!…