Chic From Season To Season
You're still dying of heat, but the stores are featuring cold-weather clothes already. But this year, many magazines are suggesting ways to wear many of your clothes more than just one season.
Cheryl Kramer of Redbook magazine dropped by The Early Show for a Chic on a Shoestring segment designed to illustrate great ideas about transitional clothing.
Look No. 1: "Office Proper": Mix 'n' Match Suit
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Grand Total: $144.79
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Grand Total: GRAND TOTAL: $380
What's the difference? The Club Monaco jacket is a wool blend and it features more tailoring and detail. The H&M jacket is a cotton blend. The BCBG camisole is made of silk, and has silk trim. The H&M blouse is polyester. The Club Monaco skirt is wool, and the one from JC Penney is made of synthetic fibers.
Look No. 2: "Date Night": Print Dress
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Grand Total: $188
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Grand Total: $517
What's the difference? The Diane Von Furstenberg dress is bias-cut (more expensive way to produce clothes), and lined in silk. And you pay for the designer's name and reputation as a master dressmaker. The Zara dress is unlined silk. The Charles David shoe is more supple leather and made in Spain while the Spiegel shoe is stiffer construction and made in China.
Look No. 3: "Weekend Chic": '80s-inspired Separates
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Grand Total: $156
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Grand Total: $401
What's the difference? JCrew sweater is cashmere, Gap is cotton blend. JCrew jeans are Japanese premium denim, most high-end denim available. JCrew shoe is all leather made in Italy; Gap is partly man-made material, made in Brazil.