• Going Mad For My Guilty Pleasure

    Alas the moment has once again arrived when I get to pour a Manhattan and remember why I left my TV celibate life behind.

  • Tune In, It's Tim Gunn

    Business trips with all expenses paid. Great contacts. Quick promotions. These are just a few benefits a job can offer. My latest benefit- a one on one with Tim Gunn. Yes, the fashion guru from Project Runway, the style icon from Liz Claiborne and the host of Guide to Style on Bravo.

  • Dating Blues Got You Down?

    Having some post Valentines blues? Did you spend the evening watching “Singles” and then downloading the soundtrack? If you didn’t have a Valentines evening by candlelight, eating Duck Terrine on a bed of roses and sipping Perrier-Jouet, don’t lose your beauty sleep, there are plenty of fish in this Birmingham sea.

  • What's A Girl To Do With A Broken Shoe

    Klutzy, thy name is Linea. No sooner had I stepped out of my car onto the pavement outside Panera to obtain my morning bagel and to-go-cup, that it happened. My foot moved, but my shoe did not. I had landed in a parking lot crater!

  • Sales To Make Your Spring Wardrobe Stronger

    Bradford's quest to make the most of sale season (aka the month of January) and pick up pieces that transition well into Spring.

  • The Ankle Boot: To Wear Or Not To Wear

    All fall I have been back and forth and back and forth about the ankle boot. I am not going to lie to you, when I first saw the boot it brought back painful flashbacks of my Sam and Libby ankle cowboy boot a la Jessie Spano from Saved by the Bell...

  • The Addition Of The Sweater Dress

    Moving on to the next staple for my closet – the sweater dress! I am very much into dresses, you put it on and BAM you are dressed. Grab accessories and lip gloss and you are out the door in no time. This is great for me as I have a love affair with my snooze button and wake up 20 minutes late on a regular basis.

  • The Search For The High Waisted Pant

    Okay, so here is the deal, I consider myself a fashion forward (albeit incredibly neurotic) gal. My husband however, considers me a danger to our credit. As such we have made a compromise; I am now a married- fashion forward- budget conscious-neurotic kind of gal. That being said I only get a few staples to get me through each season. Some of them require investment, some not so much, either way it is a budget conscious way to keep me in the fashion loop. The following details my search for the first staple of my Fall 2007 wardrobe: the high waisted pant.

  • You Can Take The Girl Out Of The Country, But...

    This fashion blogging, globe trotting, designer wearing Belle is actually a country girl. Deep down beneath the Tibi dress, Michael Kors shoes, and Manhattan loving persona is a gal who knows how to cast a reel and thump a watermelon to tell if it is ripe or not. (Something that comes in handy when making Summer Fruit Salad with Mint Vinaigrette).

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