jewelry
Fashionista tip: Keep jewelry sparkling with this easy solution
With Valentine’s Day on the horizon and spring just around the corner, there are plenty of occasions when you’ll want to look your best–right down to your jewelry. Luckily, a few products you already have at home can help. Don’t buy expensive, noxious jewelry cleaners. Just head to your kitchen! Since I’m shining up some [...]
Best of Guest Blogger: A Few of My Favorite Goodwill Finds
Hi! My name is Apollina from Apollinas.com and I am so excited to do a guest post for DC Goodwill! I am a long time Goodwill fan. Growing up, we didn’t have a lot of money, we lived off of food stamps hand-me-downs. Being someone who’s always valued personal style and a sense of fashion, [...]
Fashion Forward: Fabric adornments
Ever gotten a great bargain at Goodwill, then wondered if you would ever wear the garment in question? It happens to even the savviest of shoppers, but there’s no shame involved. All those “mistakes” can be turned into great DIY projects!* Kendra of The Good Life recently offered a tutorial to refashion a piece of [...]
Fashion Forward: Just Jewelry
We continue Halloween week here at Goodwill with a different type of advice for putting together an awesome Halloween costume. Why? Well, dear reader, because we all know that accessories can make an outfit—and a costume, too! For a bit of inspiration and the nerve to alter jewelry, we turn to Real Girl Runway, who [...]
Statement necklaces are here to stay
A few seasons ago, I would have told you that big, bold statement necklaces were a passing fad. But time has proven that these chunkly necklaces are here to stay—at least, for a few more seasons. When it comes to statement necklaces, I think of simplicity. Sometimes it’s hard to coordinate what jewelry and accessories [...]
Guest Blogger: A Few of My Favorite Goodwill Finds
Hi! My name is Apollina from Apollinas.com and I am so excited to do a guest post for DC Goodwill! I am a long time Goodwill fan. Growing up, we didn’t have a lot of money, we lived off of food stamps hand-me-downs. Being someone who’s always valued personal style and a sense of fashion, [...]
It’s a Lock
I have to admit that I’m not usually too interested in trends in accessories. Â I’m a lover of vintage jewelry, for example, so the last necklace I bought was probably on-trend in 1968. Â That’s not to say that I don’t notice when patterns emerge, which is why I’ve been noticing padlocks as key components of [...]
First Lady Of Fashion
It’s quite amusing to many of us that so many publications are talking about a new, fashionable Washington, D.C. because for as long as I can remember, finding those words in the same sentence guaranteed that one was telling a joke. This town – outside of some circles like the embassy crowd – has never [...]
Au Revoir, Oh-Eight
Last year, dear readers, I recounted for you the trends of 2007 that I hoped would sneak quietly into the back of our collective closets. For the most part, my words had no effect because there are still tons of poorly-placed leggings, ill-fitting jeans tucked into boots, and tragically inappropriate footwear being worn in public. [...]
Charmed, I’m Sure
Apologies for the last post this morning, dear readers. The DCGF arrived at her destination via Amtrak at the lovely hour of 5:45AM this morning, and a tiny nap was in order before my writing would make sense. It was a great trip, though, in that I was able to catch up on a whole [...]
