Tips | Fashion Tips

Know Your Best Colors
People devote entire books to color theory. Here's a three step plan to finding the shades that bring out the most beautiful you.

First Fashion Tips- UNDERSTAND WARM VS. COOL It's intuitive: Warm colors are the stuff of fire and sunlight- red, yellow and orange. Cool colors are blue, green or violet. Given common hair, eye and skin color combos, most people looks best in shades from one side of the spectrum or the other

Second Fashion Tips- TAKE YOUR COLOR TEMPERATURE Metallics are a fast way to type yourself. Warm types look best in gold jewelry; cool types shimmer in silver. To test, buy foil wrapping paper in gold and in silver and hold a piece of each below your face. Which one brings out the glow?

Third Fashion Tips- GET TONAL Yes, blue is always cooler than orange. But you can find cooler or warmer tones within a color group that work for you. For example, red is cooler if it's closer to violet, warmer if closer to orange. A warm pink is peachy pink, a cool pink is more mauve.

If you respond to cool... Chances are your skin has more blue undertones and burns easily. Your makeup bag boasts a pearly eye shadow or two. What to wear? Along with blues and greens, opt for black, gray and deep gem tones. The best reds on you will be blue-reds like eggplant or burgundy.

If warm colors give you that glow... It's likely that your hair and eyes could be described as "earthy" and that the foundation you buy is more yellow-than pink-based. What to wear? Those rich spice colors all work for you, as does gold jewelry. Pastels will tend to make your skin look sallow or clash with your hair.

If your not getting a reading... You're neutral, or something like it, since your skin tone falls somewhere between the extremes of blue and yellow undertones. What to wear? You have a lot of flexibility with color, but when in doubt it sometimes helps to judge a hue by how it brings out your eyes, not your skin.

Tips | Fashion Tips

Getting Personal When it comes to style, it's all about you. How you work it. How you own it. Where you borrowed it. And, in a more practical sense, how you narrow down an avalanche of options to those that work for your figure, your coloring, your personality- your life. Of course sometimes (cue hideous dressing room from lighting) we all struggle with the very basic question of what looks right on us. To help you clear up any of your own fashion frustrations, we've put together a refresher course on everything from choosing your colors to dressing your age (with a little celebrity inspiration included).

Fashion Tips:
It's not that some women look good in clothes and others don't. It's about choosing cuts and styles that are right for you.

First Fashion Tips - IDENTIFY YOUR BODY TYPE You know that voice in your head? The one saying you can't wear those jeans because your hips will look gargantuan in them? Here's where you listen to it, just a little bit, and get a handle on where you fall in the basic range of shapes. Curvy like Salma Hayek? Petite like Eva Longoria? Get ready to compare.

Second Fashion Tips - ACCENTUATE THE POSITIVE Time to let the angst go. If you didn't have your shape, you'd have another. And they all require some specialized attention to what to wear and how. Check out our celebrity case studies to learn the basics of silhouette and proportion: things like when you need a flare at the hem, a V-neck instead of a crew, or the distraction of ruching or beads up top.

Fashion Bandanas | Bandanas

The Gabriela head scarves are offered in a wide range of fabric choices and can be worn casually or as a stylish fashion accessory. Made larger for more coverage, many women with hair loss appreciate the style and fit of the Gabriela head scarves.

The Gabriela style head scarves are attractive alternative to bandanas, turbans and scarves. Its close fitting design allows for comfort as well as a fashionable look. Our easy-tie design also eliminates the slipping inherent in many other cancer scarves and turbans.

Choose from a variety of Gabriela styles in a range of fabrics:

Knot it Up handcrafted bandanas are fun and stylish. Make a fashion statement by coordinating them with your outfits or different occasions. Bandanas are an easy and inexpensive alternative headwear.

Although they are practical for everyone, our bandanas are especially great for anyone with hair loss from alopecia or chemotherapy.

Fashion Bags | Bags

‘Frilly’ Bag Kit

Designed by Tess Dawson and crocheted in Rowan Big Wool and Jaeger Fur, this funky frilly bag is sure to catch everyone's eye this summer and you'll be getting admiring glances wherever you go!

Crocheted items being all the rage this season you'll be the envy of all your friends.

The kit comes complete with everything you need to make the finished crocheted bag. A free stitch guide is included along with crochet hook, enough yarn, bamboo handles and free pattern to get you started.

Fan Bag Kit

Yet another design by Tess Dawson and crocheted in Rowan Big Wool. This cute and funky fan bag is sure to catch everyone's eye wherever you go!

Crocheted items being all the rage this season you'll be the envy of all your friends.

The kit comes complete with everything you need to make the finished crocheted bag. A free stitch guide is included along with crochet hook, enough yarn, bamboo handles and free pattern to get you started.

Ribbon Scarf | Fashion Ribbon Scarf

Ribbon Scarves Collection

These stunning ribbon scarves can be crocheted at lightning speed. They are perfect accessories for spring and summer:
They are light and shimmery, appropriate for both day and evening wear.
Along with shawls and ponchos, scarves are the "it" accessory of the season, they transform your ordinary outfit into the extraordinary.
Just check out what the celebs are wearing - chances are that whatever they're wearing, they're pairing with a long, dramatic scarf, wrapped once tightly around the neck with ends draping down to the waist, hips or even below the knees!

Reptile Scarf: The slinky green reptile scarf can be crocheted from start to finish in under 2 hours using 100 yards of ribbon and 100 yards of novelty yarn. Long and dramatic - this scarf steals the show!

Wet Ropes Scarf: This scarf can be crocheted in under an hour using only 50 yards each of ribbon yarn and novelty yarn. Well-suited for daytime wear at the office with a power suit, it would look equally stunning with a simple strapless dress for evening wear. The scarf is constructed as a connected series of "ropes" that can be artfully arranged into different drapes around your neck and shoulders.

Lipstick Diva Scarf: This scarf can be crocheted in about 3 hours using 100 yards each of ribbon and novelty yarn. You make a statement with the lipstick diva scarf the moment you enter the room. The scarf is quirky, flirty and fun.

Corset | Fashion Corset

Outerwear Corset Crochet Pattern

The corset has been used for centuries as an undergarment. The historic practice of accentuating the feminine waist has made a comeback- this time as outerwear. Similar to the corsets appearing on runways this season, this corset is meant to be worn much like a belt, over a tailored stretch shirt or a skimpy tank top.

Not only does it define the waist, it gently flattens the tummy, providing the flat abs one may not have the time or discipline to acquire at the gym. This corset is crocheted over boning by using a mix of standard and Tunisian crochet techniques. The rows of Tunisian Crochet serve to provide firm structure, while the rows of standard crochet not only provide textural counterpoint, but provide openness and ventilation to the design as well.

Fashion Hats | Hats

Knit Hats Pattern Collection
Knitting Pattern

Bad hair day? Good hair day? It doesn't matter: Try one of these knit hats on for size and you'll look pretty and poised no matter what kind of day you're having. We've taken a diverse selection of the freshest current hat styles and provide a range of skill levels and yarn suggestions to make your knitting fly. No matter what the season, just choose a yarn, grab your needles, and you'll soon be wearing a fashionable chapeau that is custom-made for your fashion situation.

Ribbon Beanie: Simply romantic, the style of this little beanie is just as relevant today as it was in the 1920's and 30's when simi liar styles were popular. A cinch to work up with bulky ribbon yarn, the beanie hat also features a clever and simple ribbon finishing technique that you are sure to use on many projects to come.

Page Boy Hat: Bored of ladylike chic? Why not go funky seventies babe with a sassy attitude to match? A perfect casual accessory, this hat is great for everyday where or attach a rhinestone brooch and you are ready for a night on the town. Bulky weight wool helps this hat work up quickly, and the felted brim is fun and easy to make.

Parisian Beanie Beret: This updated classic, part-beanie / part-beret makes the perfect fit for an array of fashion situations. Featuring a delicate stitch pattern and just-right proportions, once you work this classy beret up, you may not be able to take it off...